DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.9 - - 58.5 - - 56.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 244 - - 215 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3471 - - 3781 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3016 - - 3177 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4288 - - 4598 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1097 - - 1014 - - 5230 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 392 - - 382 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 117 - - 110 - - 112 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1785 - - -2946 - - -6335 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6073 - - 7544 - - 7181 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9093 - - -9827 - - -14183 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13381 - - 14425 - - 15029 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 51 - - 73 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.9 - - 58.5 - - 56.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 30.5 - - 28.6 - - 28.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.3 - - 57.0 - - 57.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 29.3 - - 27.3 - - 27.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 244 - - 215 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3471 - - 3781 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 98077 25 251 29 255 28 275 98077 90601 24 262 24 249 18 279 90601 84821 25 251 26 261 20 290 84821 80041 15 255 20 270 22 290 80041 75937 17 286 15 277 23 314 75937 72315 25 288 24 291 30 302 72315 69044 29 280 30 294 33 299 69044 66035 29 293 38 301 39 302 66035 63238 34 300 44 297 45 307 63238 60522 41 301 46 297 55 302 60522 57687 49 299 49 296 61 300 57687 54736 55 297 55 296 61 297 54736 51915 58 295 59 297 58 294 51915 49379 60 295 60 297 57 292 49379 47111 59 297 59 296 56 294 47111 45062 60 299 61 298 58 297 45062 43205 63 302 67 297 63 294 43205 41516 70 302 75 294 66 295 41516 39968 80 298 81 293 73 294 39968 38533 86 296 83 295 75 294 38533 37190 86 298 83 297 77 293 37190 35890 86 298 84 298 77 290 35890 34563 86 297 87 297 76 290 34563 33180 82 298 93 291 71 291 33180 31748 80 299 94 285 68 291 31748 30253 78 299 84 298 67 294 30253 28680 76 301 74 306 59 297 28680 27024 74 305 59 306 47 300 27024 25288 66 313 54 309 40 299 25288 23475 54 312 48 309 36 303 23475 21584 48 307 43 309 33 308 21584 19609 42 306 40 311 30 314 19609 17551 39 308 36 312 26 320 17551 15453 34 308 26 313 18 323 15453 13436 25 311 21 311 13 324 13436 11609 18 325 12 313 8 320 11609 9991 13 333 7 326 2 294 9991 8557 11 329 5 337 3 213 8557 7287 5 338 3 317 6 220 7287 6168 5 066 3 153 10 179 6168 5185 10*096 8*118 11 154 5185 4319 11*113 9*112 12 145 4319 3553 11 115 9 111 12 133 3553 2868 11 117 9 110 13 127 2868 2262 11 118 9 109 13 122 2262 1756 10 119 9 108 13 118 1756 1368 10 120 9 108 13 116 1368 1100 9 120 8 108 12 114 1100 938 9 120 8 108 10*113 938 846 8 120 7 107 7*112 846 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