DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/04 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 - - - - - - 87.3 - - 90.2 - - 85.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 155 - - 63 - - -56 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4452 - - 6022 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3579 - - 4226 - - 832 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5269 - - 6839 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2255 - - 2519 - - 7083 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 378 - - 332 - - 31 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 218 - - 221 - - 200 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 194 - - 518 - - -4527 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5076 - - 6321 - - 5375 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1445 - - -863 - - -6595 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6714 - - 7702 - - 7443 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 81 - - 58 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1320 - - 940 - - 420 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.3 - - 90.2 - - 85.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.8 - - 65.4 - - 64.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.3 - - 89.7 - - 87.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.6 - - 64.0 - - 63.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 155 - - 63 - - -56 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4452 - - 6022 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 86 - - 24 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 12 - - 13 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] 99478 32 097 29 091 30 086 99478 91906 31 107 26 089 26 068 91906 86097 26 105 26 085 20 070 86097 81298 25 098 19 086 19 082 81298 77162 26 096 16 102 18 080 77162 73511 26 078 21 102 14 085 73511 70222 20 064 23 089 17 099 70222 67211 14 053 18 074 20 076 67211 64428 6 062 7 046 16 047 64428 61754 8 033 5 025 10 014 61754 58988 10 359 7 357 12 353 58988 56130 20 340 19 346 18 355 56130 53414 30 321 29 327 24 320 53414 50977 27 307 25 323 21 321 50977 48793 24 314 31 323 29 337 48793 46800 31 319 38 314 35 329 46800 44958 33 321 30 313 32 315 44958 43251 34 326 22 325 31 310 43251 41666 26 329 18 340 25 303 41666 40183 13 348 17 336 14 282 40183 38783 18 006 13 323 13 284 38783 37426 25 338 18 330 12 299 37426 36044 23 322 22 329 14 312 36044 34606 14 323 23 321 15 311 34606 33115 11 320 21 311 16 300 33115 31553 10 293 14 304 18 302 31553 29907 11 279 11 302 14 317 29907 28181 12 264 11 312 11 331 28181 26375 8 273 12 309 13 331 26375 24490 7 310 14 309 16 335 24490 22528 13 333 18 333 16 337 22528 20482 18 334 20 343 14 338 20482 18349 17 330 17 340 14 337 18349 16175 20 307 8 347 5 007 16175 14086 13 300 4 296 5 219 14086 12193 11 306 8 235 9 221 12193 10517 5 269 10 216 11 207 10517 9032 11 252 15 229 15 215 9032 7709 13 246 16*227 18 218 7709 6532 16 237 16*225 19 219 6532 5487 15*228 15 224 19 217 5487 4563 14*223 15 222 20 214 4563 3746 14 221 14 220 19 212 3746 3014 13 218 14 219 19 209 3014 2365 13 217 13 218 18 208 2365 1823 12 215 13 217 17 206 1823 1408 11 213 12 217 16 204 1408 1121 11 213 12 216 13 202 1121 948 10 213 11 216 11*201 948 848 9 212 9 216 7*200 848 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