DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/22 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 - - - - - - 65.3 - - 70.1 - - 65.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 247 - - 224 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2884 - - 2846 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2571 - - 2509 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3701 - - 3663 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 887 - - 853 - - 3168 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 366 - - 354 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 19 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 109 - - 093 - - 088 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 14 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1613 - - -3836 - - -4816 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5314 - - 7499 - - 5663 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8158 - - -10475 - - -10825 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11859 - - 14138 - - 11671 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 88 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.3 - - 70.1 - - 65.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.1 - - 40.3 - - 43.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.6 - - 68.6 - - 65.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.2 - - 39.2 - - 43.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 247 - - 224 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2884 - - 2846 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 50 - - 94 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 6 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] 98323 15 118 15 091 15 094 98323 90885 7 101 1 175 5 061 90885 85180 9 063 8 175 3 024 85180 80432 10 095 5 171 1 014 80432 76333 9 100 6 116 2 218 76333 72718 2 238 5 064 2 147 72718 69438 8 226 6 246 4 299 69438 66417 7 228 11 212 8 269 66417 63617 10 252 7 243 9 235 63617 60897 17 254 14 253 10 233 60897 58052 21 228 21 232 18 243 58052 55098 23 247 25 242 21 244 55098 52291 38 243 36 238 33 243 52291 49788 38 232 36 234 34 238 49788 47569 38 243 38 234 39 241 47569 45578 54 244 52 233 51 237 45578 43783 65 232 59 227 60 234 43783 42142 66 226 62 222 68 222 42142 40616 62 228 68 222 82 214 40616 39181 65 226 77 222 84 208 39181 37821 67 225 80 222 77 208 37821 36498 69 227 75 222 70 212 36498 35146 69 228 68 223 66 211 35146 33737 60 235 59 223 64 214 33737 32274 51 241 53 220 47 222 32274 30744 40 233 50 221 47 213 30744 29131 36 224 34 219 42 208 29131 27441 39 221 27 213 26 220 27441 25674 38 221 26 212 20 232 25674 23827 32 228 24 220 24 221 23827 21903 26 224 22 218 25 216 21903 19907 27 217 22 204 19 213 19907 17837 27 220 23 206 15 209 17837 15727 26 218 21 177 14 197 15727 13694 22 226 17 169 14 184 13694 11843 13 194 11 173 13 170 11843 10196 15 145 10 165 11 161 10196 8733 18 150 13 160 12 152 8733 7436 18 142 16 153 13 157 7436 6288 18 133 17 140 19 150 6288 5274 19 128 20 131 24 135 5274 4384 20*121 20*116 26 122 4384 3602 16*114 19*098 25 112 3602 2903 15 111 20 095 24 101 2903 2287 15 109 20 093 21 094 2287 1773 14 108 20 092 20 092 1773 1378 14 107 19 091 18 091 1378 1106 13 107 18 091 16 090 1106 941 12 106 17 090 14 089 941 846 10 106 13 090 10*088 846 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