DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/05 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 - - - - - - 43.6 - - 45.8 - - 44.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 183 - - 93 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3399 - - 4023 - - 28 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2854 - - 2932 - - 828 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4216 - - 4840 - - 845 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 751 - - 790 - - 4302 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 358 - - 307 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 18 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 306 - - 290 - - 268 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 930 - - 1614 - - -885 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3286 - - 3226 - - 1730 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2716 - - 665 - - -1889 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6932 - - 4175 - - 2734 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 94 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.6 - - 45.8 - - 44.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.4 - - 34.9 - - 40.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.5 - - 45.1 - - 45.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.2 - - 33.7 - - 39.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 183 - - 93 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3399 - - 4023 - - 28 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 8 - - 74 - - 71 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96602 19 269 22 240 28 281 96602 89344 9 236 14 255 17 254 89344 83821 8 248 14 282 13 281 83821 79236 7 254 15 257 12 266 79236 75270 11 262 16 270 14 256 75270 71747 18 251 18 273 15 267 71747 68542 16 269 21 258 19 261 68542 65573 18 260 21 252 20 260 65573 62799 20 240 26 257 27 275 62799 60110 16 249 27 243 33 262 60110 57293 24 268 23 246 30 257 57293 54343 35 284 34 274 31 277 54343 51509 52 272 50 273 47 282 51509 48950 56 261 59 266 59 274 48950 46648 50 255 62 257 61 266 46648 44548 49 255 55 261 59 267 44548 42618 45 260 54 266 60 271 42618 40837 51 271 58 277 62 279 40837 39196 61 273 69 275 70 279 39196 37679 59 274 67 271 75 277 37679 36268 58 276 62 275 75 279 36268 34914 59 274 63 281 77 283 34914 33551 55 272 68 285 83 289 33551 32156 52 274 73 288 92 292 32156 30738 51 281 76 291 96 292 30738 29279 53 288 75 293 98 294 29279 27755 55 298 73 295 99 295 27755 26158 56 302 72 299 98 297 26158 24483 55 300 71 302 95 299 24483 22734 52 298 68 301 89 301 22734 20917 46 303 60 298 75 297 20917 19030 43 309 54 295 63 293 19030 17070 41 315 44 292 53 294 17070 15070 39 316 37 297 47 293 15070 13136 37 313 33 306 40 296 13136 11375 35 313 32 315 36 298 11375 9808 35 319 31 321 34 301 9808 8413 36 326 30 321 33 305 8413 7172 36 330 27 319 31 305 7172 6073 35 330 23 310 29 298 6073 5104 31*325 20*290 26 285 5104 4254 23*313 20*290 24 280 4254 3503 20 308 20 290 23 280 3503 2830 19 306 19 289 22 280 2830 2235 19 305 19 289 21 279 2235 1739 18 304 18 290 19 277 1739 1357 17 304 17 289 16 275 1357 1095 16 304 16 289 13 273 1095 936 15 303 15 289 10*271 936 845 12 303 12 289 6*268 845 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