DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/04 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.7 - - 77.7 - - 72.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 204 - - 113 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6964 - - 10101 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5619 - - 7632 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7781 - - 10918 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3085 - - 2295 - - 11411 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 472 - - 447 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 27 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 257 - - 251 - - 243 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -19 - - 7 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1116 - - 977 - - -6753 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8898 - - 9942 - - 7600 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4333 - - -694 - - -8407 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12114 - - 11612 - - 9254 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 67 - - 66 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 50 - - 170 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.7 - - 77.7 - - 72.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.0 - - 36.3 - - 41.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.5 - - 77.0 - - 74.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.8 - - 35.1 - - 40.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 204 - - 113 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6964 - - 10101 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 7 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 97822 8 215 15 255 12 271 97822 90378 9 227 8 242 8 214 90378 84632 17 225 17 260 10 270 84632 79856 13 208 15 238 11 240 79856 75728 9 204 10 222 10 226 75728 72064 13 214 13 234 14 248 72064 68730 10 236 9 221 10 237 68730 65642 12 246 18 255 17 279 65642 62775 16 259 21 253 25 262 62775 60006 21 258 23 261 21 260 60006 57115 24 264 30 273 27 284 57115 54113 32 273 34 261 38 280 54113 51259 35 272 35 262 45 271 51259 48715 35 279 39 272 44 269 48715 46458 41 279 43 275 45 271 46458 44421 45 278 43 276 50 269 44421 42564 50 275 47 279 49 266 42564 40863 52 271 54 276 52 272 40863 39307 54 275 55 266 60 275 39307 37876 59 286 52 274 57 269 37876 36546 61 282 58 283 53 275 36546 35266 56 275 57 277 53 275 35266 33966 51 273 54 269 54 270 33966 32616 49 276 54 273 54 267 32616 31217 50 276 52 275 54 266 31217 29757 49 272 53 273 55 265 29757 28223 49 266 53 267 56 266 28223 26616 50 264 52 261 58 268 26616 24934 49 261 51 261 57 266 24934 23176 48 260 48 262 56 264 23176 21344 44 264 46 262 53 261 21344 19434 40 265 43 261 51 259 19434 17443 38 263 42 264 46 261 17443 15426 35 261 41 267 39 264 15426 13488 32 258 38 266 36 260 13488 11718 26 269 35*258 35 259 11718 10135 26 282 30*251 33 259 10135 8720 26*281 30 251 31 258 8720 7456 27*269 29 251 31 258 7456 6327 28 261 29 251 30 258 6327 5322 28 259 28 251 29 258 5322 4434 27 257 27 251 28 257 4434 3647 26 255 27 252 28 257 3647 2940 25 254 26 251 27 256 2940 2314 25 253 25 252 25 255 2314 1790 24 252 24 252 23 253 1790 1388 23 252 24 251 20 250 1388 1111 22 252 22 251 16 248 1111 943 20 252 20 251 13*246 943 847 16 251 16 251 7*243 847 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