DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/17 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.3 - - 61.6 - - 66.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - 32 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 579 - - 190 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 830 - - 830 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1396 - - 1007 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1020 - - 699 - - 2122 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 137 - - 77 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 8 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 143 - - 066 - - 277 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 348 - - 161 - - -44 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1048 - - 846 - - 891 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -296 - - -4972 - - -642 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1692 - - 5979 - - 1489 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 330 - - 1080 - - 530 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.3 - - 61.6 - - 66.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.9 - - 60.7 - - 63.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.7 - - 61.3 - - 66.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.4 - - 60.4 - - 63.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - 32 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 579 - - 190 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 12 - - 13 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] 99071 28 091 24 103 20 082 99071 91508 23 101 20 099 19 072 91508 85698 16 092 19 093 18 088 85698 80895 12 094 19 071 17 096 80895 76770 13 094 13 071 14 082 76770 73133 12 103 7 125 4 061 73133 69832 10 104 11 131 2 159 69832 66787 6 004 1 039 4 039 66787 63964 9 294 10 309 15 339 63964 61241 11 282 18 282 25 285 61241 58411 16 296 24 286 26 286 58411 55471 24 278 34 283 41 279 55471 52655 34 294 32 275 49 264 52655 50109 42 289 49 285 44 274 50109 47817 42 292 52 277 47 283 47817 45733 56 291 58 279 66 290 45733 43833 68 284 68 275 85 289 43833 42091 82 278 74 271 103 286 42091 40480 92 269 77 270 115 283 40480 38974 92 267 87 274 122 281 38974 37556 93 266 100 276 127 281 37556 36187 89 264 114 277 129 279 36187 34800 84 264 122 277 130 277 34800 33365 79 261 124 276 131 275 33365 31887 74 258 122 274 131 274 31887 30349 72 256 117 273 130 272 30349 28737 73 254 109 272 128 272 28737 27050 73 252 93 269 122 272 27050 25291 70 251 81 261 111 269 25291 23471 66 253 77 250 97 264 23471 21597 64 256 78 244 85 259 21597 19660 63 257 81 248 80 254 19660 17644 60 256 79 253 82 253 17644 15584 56 254 76 258 84 255 15584 13593 52 251 66 264 75 261 13593 11778 49 251 47 261 56 263 11778 10167 45 252 43 253 42 248 10167 8735 41 248 37 246 37 253 8735 7459 41 239 34 239 33 260 7459 6321 41 228 34 230 32 260 6321 5310 41 218 34 222 31 259 5310 4417 38 210 31 216 29 259 4417 3627 35 198 25 209 26 262 3627 2922 30 185 18 202 23 268 2922 2301 25 167 10 190 21 270 2301 1782 22*153 5 142 18 273 1782 1383 19*145 8 075 15 275 1383 1109 18 143 9*066 13 276 1109 942 16 141 9*066 11*277 942 847 12 141 7 066 8*277 847 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