DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/03 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.2 - - 90.1 - - 85.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 166 - - 72 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3285 - - 5032 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2750 - - 3590 - - 832 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4102 - - 5849 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3089 - - 2523 - - 6860 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 349 - - 322 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 224 - - 213 - - 204 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - 7 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -717 - - 814 - - -2266 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4819 - - 5035 - - 3114 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2046 - - -504 - - -3726 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6148 - - 6353 - - 4574 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 84 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1460 - - 2640 - - 3810 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.2 - - 90.1 - - 85.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.8 - - 70.6 - - 74.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.9 - - 89.4 - - 87.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.6 - - 69.5 - - 73.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 166 - - 72 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3285 - - 5032 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 29 - - 38 - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 19 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] 99468 35 097 29 084 30 081 99468 91943 28 099 25 094 23 066 91943 86149 24 087 22 110 19 063 86149 81328 19 069 22 097 16 075 81328 77182 13 066 22 066 14 104 77182 73533 8 087 14 045 14 086 73533 70235 7 100 6 056 11 054 70235 67203 3 084 7 076 9 041 67203 64392 3 174 3 086 8 020 64392 61661 5 113 3 156 1 211 61661 58824 6 316 4 345 4 199 58824 55916 25 216 27 247 24 250 55916 53184 24 205 31 222 25 220 53184 50740 22 239 23 225 22 243 50740 48555 35 240 45 248 47 250 48555 46591 49 241 48 237 56 242 46591 44799 49 237 48 229 56 239 44799 43141 43 242 50 230 57 244 43141 41585 38 252 49 233 56 245 41585 40112 33 241 48 237 53 244 40112 38714 34 231 46 240 52 243 38714 37353 36 235 45 238 51 242 37353 35962 39 237 43 234 50 241 35962 34516 40 240 42 233 48 238 34516 33019 38 244 42 237 43 236 33019 31456 37 243 40 239 39 246 31456 29814 35 240 34 239 33 250 29814 28095 34 243 31 240 31 249 28095 26297 34 249 30 247 32 243 26297 24419 37 250 31 252 30 241 24419 22467 41 247 34 253 23 254 22467 20438 42 248 36 251 24 269 20438 18327 39 249 34 248 27 269 18327 16181 34 244 29 249 25 266 16181 14115 30 238 23 253 21 256 14115 12233 26 234 23 252 21 246 12233 10559 22 232 25 243 22 236 10559 9069 20 225 24 233 20 240 9069 7742 20 229 21 226 18 242 7742 6560 17 242 20*225 17 237 6560 5511 16 249 18*216 17 228 5511 4583 13*243 17 215 17 221 4583 3762 10*234 17 214 17 216 3762 3026 7 223 16 213 17 214 3026 2374 7 221 16 212 16 212 2374 1829 6 221 15 211 15 211 1829 1411 6 222 15 211 14 209 1411 1123 6 223 14 211 12 207 1123 948 5 223 13 211 9 205 948 848 5 223 10 210 6*204 848 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