DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/10 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 - - - - - - 60.8 - - 61.2 - - 61.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 385 - - 77 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 9108 - - 8410 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 7635 - - 5856 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 9925 - - 9227 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 755 - - 2642 - - 10853 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 619 - - 358 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 310 - - 302 - - 301 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 13 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 736 - - 99 - - -7666 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9189 - - 9129 - - 8512 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 227 - - -582 - - -8186 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9698 - - 9809 - - 9032 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 100 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 20 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.8 - - 61.2 - - 61.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.1 - - 23.9 - - 26.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.8 - - 60.6 - - 61.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.9 - - 22.8 - - 25.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 385 - - 77 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 9108 - - 8410 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 58 - - 101 - - 71 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 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] 97940 9 175 9 179 7 263 97940 90505 9 169 7 210 3 273 90505 84793 11 167 7 180 3 185 84793 80044 9 170 7 179 4 213 80044 75945 3 039 9 161 2 279 75945 72327 1 275 6 212 8 269 72327 69038 2 071 5 216 8 237 69038 65998 6 255 8 291 5 305 65998 63177 9 247 12 282 11 325 63177 60443 13 268 19 262 22 270 60443 57571 16 285 12 265 14 268 57571 54580 33 288 29 299 36 297 54580 51746 46 272 43 279 41 281 51746 49203 46 262 45 267 42 276 49203 46921 46 266 48 269 47 275 46921 44853 54 275 53 273 51 275 44853 42959 61 276 58 273 55 276 42959 41212 67 273 61 272 57 279 41212 39594 70 269 64 271 60 281 39594 38095 71 267 66 273 64 281 38095 36703 72 269 70 275 67 279 36703 35377 74 269 73 273 67 278 35377 34044 73 268 75 269 65 277 34044 32671 72 266 74 268 65 277 32671 31254 73 267 70 270 66 276 31254 29773 75 270 68 274 68 277 29773 28215 73 271 67 276 67 277 28215 26577 69 274 67 276 67 277 26577 24863 69 275 68 276 68 278 24863 23073 67 274 68 276 67 282 23073 21213 65 273 67 276 63 284 21213 19282 63 275 62 278 54 285 19282 17274 57 279 54 281 50 287 17274 15235 48 285 47 286 47 293 15235 13280 41 289 39 296 42 290 13280 11514 33*296 24 296 36 285 11514 9946 19*302 23*296 30 283 9946 8550 19 304 21*298 23 283 8550 7305 18 306 20 299 20 284 7305 6195 18 309 19 300 18 286 6195 5210 17 311 18 302 15 287 5210 4340 16 313 17 303 13 289 4340 3570 16 314 16 303 12 292 3570 2881 16 315 16 304 10 294 2881 2271 15 317 15 304 9 297 2271 1763 14 317 15 305 9 299 1763 1372 14 318 14 305 8 300 1372 1103 13 318 14 305 7 301 1103 939 12 318 12 305 6*301 939 846 11 318 10 305 4*301 846 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