DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 Beloit_WI 817ft pt38417@42.519,-89.104,854ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.9 - - 73.1 - - 70.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - 3 - - -55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2086 - - 1745 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 831 - - 831 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2903 - - 2562 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1464 - - 1812 - - 2446 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 213 - - 133 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 18 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 212 - - 189 - - 194 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 19 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 764 - - 967 - - -437 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2139 - - 1595 - - 1284 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -267 - - -103 - - -2376 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3170 - - 2665 - - 3223 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 100 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2910 - - 3220 - - 2510 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.9 - - 73.1 - - 70.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.9 - - 68.3 - - 66.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.4 - - 73.0 - - 71.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.5 - - 67.4 - - 66.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 47 - - 3 - - -55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2086 - - 1745 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 73 - - 99 - - 27 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 15 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96636 19 278 24 294 17 293 96636 89396 13 247 20 286 18 282 89396 83933 13 263 20 263 29 290 83933 79413 15 305 14 251 21 262 79413 75499 18 303 11 259 13 257 75499 71997 15 255 11 234 16 252 71997 68792 17 243 16 257 18 247 68792 65830 24 244 25 253 22 242 65830 63068 25 240 24 245 23 251 63068 60383 31 248 35 253 34 261 60383 57584 38 246 38 249 43 249 57584 54679 41 253 40 262 33 261 54679 51892 58 262 58 256 51 263 51892 49381 65 253 61 251 71 252 49381 47163 63 251 63 256 78 253 47163 45193 67 254 75 259 79 252 45193 43414 77 251 89 254 76 253 43414 41780 82 247 92 251 80 257 41780 40259 80 246 88 251 87 260 40259 38833 81 252 86 251 91 260 38833 37487 87 259 81 247 90 260 37487 36182 87 259 72 244 86 259 36182 34853 83 254 64 244 74 258 34853 33470 82 250 62 245 62 257 33470 32034 81 249 65 245 56 256 32034 30530 80 250 61 243 54 255 30530 28948 74 249 50 243 53 252 28948 27286 64 247 46 245 54 249 27286 25546 49 252 51 247 56 254 25546 23729 58 253 56 251 56 255 23729 21837 56 254 55 251 55 249 21837 19866 44 253 54 250 52 244 19866 17810 48 255 54 255 57 245 17810 15718 42 254 47 262 63 249 15718 13712 32 256 43 262 59 252 13712 11890 29 259 38 247 54 246 11890 10266 27 257 37 230 47 234 10266 8818 22 253 33 218 39 219 8818 7529 19 250 26 210 36 209 7529 6381 17 246 20 206 35 205 6381 5363 16 230 19 203 33 204 5363 4464 18 216 21 200 31 203 4464 3669 17 214 22 195 29 203 3669 2955 17*213 22*193 29 203 2955 2324 16*214 21*192 29 203 2324 1798 15 212 20 189 28 202 1798 1393 14 212 18 187 25 198 1393 1113 13 212 17 186 21 195 1113 944 12 212 15 186 17 194 944 847 10 211 11 185 11*194 847 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography