DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/25 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 - - - - - - 56.2 - - 57.7 - - 56.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 191 - - 88 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2567 - - 2778 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2259 - - 1996 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3384 - - 3595 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 369 - - 293 - - 2892 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 329 - - 265 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 051 - - 081 - - 084 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 849 - - 622 - - -1905 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2535 - - 2973 - - 2751 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 631 - - 149 - - -6781 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2753 - - 3446 - - 7627 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.2 - - 57.7 - - 56.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.0 - - 47.7 - - 47.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.8 - - 56.9 - - 57.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.7 - - 46.4 - - 46.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 191 - - 88 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2567 - - 2778 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 92 - - 98 - - 6 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 7 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] 97160 23 230 28 245 29 240 97160 89843 26 243 23 240 21 234 89843 84256 21 227 16 256 7 257 84256 79590 10 209 13 245 11 299 79590 75545 1 018 9 217 11 282 75545 71969 7 001 6 219 10 272 71969 68729 8 321 5 292 8 274 68729 65752 10 296 12 311 12 288 65752 62988 9 272 14 274 13 273 62988 60295 8 288 8 259 14 260 60295 57461 15 274 9 238 18 226 57461 54498 18 251 16 255 15 234 54498 51662 28 243 28 246 23 270 51662 49110 27 230 32 240 27 258 49110 46835 25 234 32 247 27 260 46835 44784 29 249 36 255 29 268 44784 42916 30 250 37 251 27 264 42916 41205 29 245 33 251 34 272 41205 39633 26 258 30 261 35 265 39633 38186 38 282 30 276 33 266 38186 36844 45 277 37 275 35 266 36844 35559 38 270 39 265 35 255 35559 34260 29 275 39 264 34 256 34260 32910 29 280 35 270 31 259 32910 31509 31 277 31 278 28 264 31509 30044 26 272 28 278 23 268 30044 28502 17 274 22 257 15 282 28502 26882 16 298 12 236 15 274 26882 25182 13 278 11 227 18 252 25182 23404 15 248 15 241 20 235 23404 21551 15 232 16 231 18 224 21551 19616 14 231 16 224 21 210 19616 17593 10 206 15 221 21 208 17593 15524 10 200 16 221 18 208 15524 13521 9 239 14 229 15 208 13521 11695 3 243 9 223 11 224 11695 10074 2 046 6 158 4 210 10074 8636 3 029 5 109 4 042 8636 7358 3 005 5 017 8 022 7358 6223 4 005 8 359 11 049 6223 5220 4 334 10 002 19 059 5220 4339 7 348 11*029 18 068 4339 3566 7*033 9*073 14 083 3566 2878 8*044 9 077 14 087 2878 2270 8 049 9 081 14 086 2270 1761 8 052 9 083 14 086 1761 1371 8 054 9 084 13 086 1371 1102 8 055 8 086 12 086 1102 939 8 055 8 086 10*085 939 846 7 055 7 087 6*084 846 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