DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/27 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 - - - - - - 60.8 - - 68.0 - - 65.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 336 - - 227 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2763 - - 4502 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2582 - - 3740 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3580 - - 5319 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 800 - - 807 - - 5694 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 398 - - 411 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 165 - - 171 - - 172 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2884 - - -4038 - - -7168 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6465 - - 9358 - - 8014 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11259 - - -11256 - - -14013 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14839 - - 16575 - - 14859 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 84 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.8 - - 68.0 - - 65.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.7 - - 30.0 - - 33.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.9 - - 66.5 - - 66.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.5 - - 28.9 - - 32.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 336 - - 227 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2763 - - 4502 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 38 - - 35 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 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] 97589 9 132 11 214 5 293 97589 90225 6 195 5 182 3 009 90225 84565 7 140 3 145 1 220 84565 79883 2 107 1 186 5 258 79883 75868 2 145 4 300 8 305 75868 72324 3 325 6 286 9 320 72324 69101 9 294 16 304 15 320 69101 66118 20 299 19 296 18 308 66118 63330 21 291 19 299 21 314 63330 60614 25 297 29 288 30 295 60614 57783 29 286 30 283 34 288 57783 54847 32 294 36 289 34 291 54847 52044 41 293 41 283 40 286 52044 49532 45 290 44 280 46 284 49532 47295 45 286 42 286 46 279 47295 45282 47 287 45 293 46 280 45282 43462 50 289 52 291 47 284 43462 41809 51 291 51 290 50 290 41809 40287 50 297 48 296 53 288 40287 38864 48 301 48 296 53 287 38864 37519 46 301 47 296 52 292 37519 36213 45 297 45 296 50 294 36213 34879 43 293 44 297 48 292 34879 33491 41 291 42 295 43 292 33491 32053 41 290 40 293 40 293 32053 30547 42 289 38 293 38 294 30547 28962 40 290 38 294 34 291 28962 27297 38 292 35 293 31 289 27297 25553 37 285 35 287 29 288 25553 23731 37 287 36 286 28 287 23731 21833 34 287 29 280 30 280 21833 19852 29 282 26 274 29 271 19852 17785 21 280 25 270 24 271 17785 15676 14 274 16 259 17 265 15676 13642 13 273 9 262 13 251 13642 11790 19 241 16 247 12 235 11790 10145 14 227 15 244 14 215 10145 8689 10 179 12 226 14 207 8689 7401 9 170 13 194 16 202 7401 6267 13 174 18*183 21 188 6267 5268 19 172 17*175 20 185 5268 4386 19*174 17 173 20 185 4386 3607 16*167 17 172 19 184 3607 2908 15 166 17 171 19 183 2908 2290 15 165 16 170 18 181 2290 1774 14 164 16 169 17 180 1774 1379 14 163 15 168 15 178 1379 1106 13 162 14 168 13 176 1106 941 12 163 14 167 10 174 941 846 10 163 11 167 6*172 846 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