DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/12 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 - - - - - - 76.7 - - 81.2 - - 80.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 5 - - 74 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 31 - - 2313 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 831 - - 1611 - - 832 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 848 - - 3130 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1940 - - 1482 - - 3924 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 29 - - 245 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 15 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 141 - - 302 - - 089 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -867 - - 525 - - -854 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1715 - - 2605 - - 1702 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5477 - - -1203 - - -2112 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6325 - - 4333 - - 2960 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 89 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1850 - - 2340 - - 3050 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.7 - - 81.2 - - 80.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.4 - - 72.1 - - 74.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.6 - - 80.4 - - 80.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.8 - - 71.0 - - 73.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 5 - - 74 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 31 - - 2313 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 69 - - 55 - - 47 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 16 - - 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] 99432 18 095 20 100 20 085 99432 91929 19 115 15 089 20 085 91929 86129 15 097 13 103 15 066 86129 81322 15 087 13 099 13 093 81322 77160 16 099 7 069 8 074 77160 73472 14 089 5 129 3 006 73472 70143 10 022 10 102 3 087 70143 67090 12 321 11 008 7 020 67090 64268 10 296 9 316 8 342 64268 61549 15 286 16 295 17 311 61549 58729 12 297 17 269 23 294 58729 55812 33 315 24 302 26 295 55812 53049 51 298 44 300 37 302 53049 50589 52 280 49 288 45 298 50589 48398 47 285 51 290 56 293 48398 46414 55 295 60 296 61 289 46414 44597 66 296 69 297 64 292 44597 42917 73 294 78 299 73 296 42917 41349 73 291 83 299 80 298 41349 39873 68 290 84 297 82 297 39873 38474 65 290 80 295 80 296 38474 37115 64 290 76 295 75 298 37115 35732 64 293 71 293 73 299 35732 34294 63 297 67 291 69 298 34294 32803 60 295 60 291 64 295 32803 31245 57 288 56 291 60 292 31245 29607 59 280 53 291 56 292 29607 27891 56 280 52 288 55 293 27891 26095 54 288 55 286 56 296 26095 24226 46 287 53 290 54 301 24226 22287 47 294 50 295 49 305 22287 20270 40 297 45 298 44 305 20270 18173 39 303 35 291 37 304 18173 16043 39 294 27 303 32 299 16043 13996 35 296 26 325 24 299 13996 12132 24 304 18 324 18 310 12132 10470 19 323 15 326 17 325 10470 8988 16 328 13 328 14 331 8988 7667 16 317 12 319 6 338 7667 6493 10 294 10 294 5 317 6493 5451 5 251 8 290 7 336 5451 4535 2 184 5 310 9 009 4535 3725 4 107 4*314 8 020 3725 2999 6 115 4*312 7 027 2999 2355 7 124 3 305 6 034 2355 1817 7 130 3 302 5 042 1817 1404 7 134 3 296 4 053 1404 1120 6 137 3 295 3 062 1120 947 6*140 3 290 2 072 947 848 5*141 2 291 1*089 848 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