DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/01 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 - - - - - - 89.9 - - 91.0 - - 86.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 54 - - -50 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3878 - - 4003 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3023 - - 2728 - - 832 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4695 - - 4820 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1692 - - 2109 - - 5578 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 334 - - 284 - - 30 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 20 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 217 - - 216 - - 208 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -5 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -553 - - -465 - - -3218 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5248 - - 5285 - - 4067 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4515 - - -3587 - - -5364 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9210 - - 8407 - - 6212 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 63 - - 71 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1730 - - 2200 - - 2280 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.9 - - 91.0 - - 86.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.6 - - 70.4 - - 71.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.2 - - 90.5 - - 88.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.2 - - 69.1 - - 70.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 54 - - -50 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3878 - - 4003 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 17 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] 99451 33 108 26 096 33 081 99451 91913 20 094 23 100 27 078 91913 86121 20 091 17 099 22 090 86121 81315 25 085 17 092 20 090 81315 77168 24 087 15 097 17 080 77168 73501 19 085 15 097 8 104 73501 70200 11 090 12 081 12 119 70200 67170 8 084 6 088 10 071 67170 64366 1 140 6 157 1 174 64366 61667 4 221 4 198 2 293 61667 58857 12 241 13 227 8 267 58857 55981 13 218 19 223 23 234 55981 53298 14 195 21 208 28 216 53298 50903 21 214 20 212 27 209 50903 48742 29 226 29 233 29 236 48742 46771 33 227 37 229 37 235 46771 44957 33 227 38 225 41 236 44957 43273 36 234 39 224 44 234 43273 41698 41 232 38 219 43 227 41698 40216 42 226 36 217 40 226 40216 38812 38 226 36 220 37 230 38812 37448 35 231 35 225 37 237 37448 36056 35 238 36 233 38 239 36056 34607 35 244 36 235 39 240 34607 33103 36 245 36 234 40 240 33103 31532 40 235 37 239 40 237 31532 29882 41 232 38 240 39 238 29882 28153 41 231 37 240 38 238 28153 26344 38 231 33 243 36 234 26344 24462 37 235 30 246 36 240 24462 22512 41 241 35 251 39 246 22512 20487 43 245 40 247 39 246 20487 18378 44 246 41 251 35 247 18378 16229 44 242 42 256 34 254 16229 14154 43 240 43 254 35 255 14154 12261 42 238 41 248 36 249 12261 10575 41 234 39 243 36 243 10575 9076 38 229 35 240 32 240 9076 7744 34 229 31 237 28 237 7744 6561 29 232 25 233 26 231 6561 5511 23*230 22*219 25 229 5511 4584 19*219 21*217 25 225 4584 3762 18 218 21 216 25 221 3762 3026 18 217 21 216 25 218 3026 2374 18 217 20 216 24 215 2374 1830 17 217 20 216 23 213 1830 1411 16 216 19 215 20 212 1411 1123 16 216 18 215 17 210 1123 948 14 216 16 215 14 209 948 848 11 216 13 215 9*208 848 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