DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/02 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.7 - - 63.5 - - 62.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -21 - - -12 - - -58 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 29 - - 30 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 829 - - 830 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 846 - - 847 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 467 - - 1907 - - 1598 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 0 - - 21 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 14 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 155 - - 209 - - 193 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - -49 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 846 - - 896 - - 847 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5573 - - -690 - - -1623 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6419 - - 1537 - - 2470 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 270 - - 410 - - 890 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.7 - - 63.5 - - 62.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.3 - - 61.8 - - 61.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 53.5 - - 63.9 - - 64.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.1 - - 61.5 - - 61.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -21 - - -12 - - -58 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 29 - - 30 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - 12 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] 96614 13 264 12 252 17 251 96614 89385 4 232 13 273 10 269 89385 83862 2 298 10 294 6 287 83862 79295 8 266 11 297 12 314 79295 75363 9 271 9 266 13 290 75363 71867 18 297 12 276 15 296 71867 68675 25 288 20 284 20 296 68675 65724 22 268 24 274 21 293 65724 62971 23 251 25 267 26 277 62971 60300 22 251 29 269 29 266 60300 57510 31 265 29 267 30 262 57510 54606 36 258 34 262 30 265 54606 51831 39 250 42 246 40 263 51831 49339 44 233 45 240 41 254 49339 47114 40 229 48 239 44 242 47114 45107 72 228 55 231 51 237 45107 43284 83 213 78 217 61 232 43284 41611 79 212 102 204 68 227 41611 40055 82 212 100 200 72 223 40055 38595 78 212 100 200 75 216 38595 37218 72 209 98 201 80 212 37218 35887 70 208 96 201 86 210 35887 34535 68 207 95 203 92 209 34535 33134 65 207 94 205 93 207 33134 31686 64 207 87 204 85 206 31686 30177 64 208 78 197 78 208 30177 28595 63 210 74 192 71 208 28595 26948 60 208 75 194 64 210 26948 25233 56 208 73 195 58 216 25233 23446 54 209 68 196 58 220 23446 21583 56 211 61 198 59 222 21583 19641 60 212 57 205 59 225 19641 17614 64 211 65 215 56 227 17614 15545 63 208 64 221 57 227 15545 13552 60 208 61 225 59 223 13552 11741 59 208 58 226 56 219 11741 10132 55 209 54 225 49 217 10132 8700 52 209 51 225 46 221 8700 7428 52 209 44 225 48 228 7428 6298 52 208 42 224 48 228 6298 5296 55 208 45 224 48 226 5296 4409 58 207 47 223 48 224 4409 3625 55 201 47 222 47 219 3625 2922 49 194 42 219 46 213 2922 2300 43 190 39 217 43 208 2300 1781 34 179 33 214 37 202 1781 1382 26 170 28 212 31 198 1382 1108 18 159 23 211 25 195 1108 942 15*157 20*210 21*194 942 847 9*155 14*209 13*193 847 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