DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/10 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.4 - - 74.6 - - 65.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 16 - - -41 - - -53 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1035 - - 30 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 831 - - 831 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1852 - - 847 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 640 - - 2749 - - 118 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 140 - - 31 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 9 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 184 - - 169 - - 153 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2217 - - -3387 - - -1784 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4069 - - 4235 - - 2630 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7692 - - -7216 - - -8817 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9544 - - 8063 - - 9663 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 58 - - 48 - - 53 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 140 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.4 - - 74.6 - - 65.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.6 - - 59.0 - - 56.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.2 - - 76.0 - - 68.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.2 - - 57.7 - - 56.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 16 - - -41 - - -53 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1035 - - 30 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 10 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] 97647 31 279 29 264 32 286 97647 90465 14 275 19 284 21 274 90465 84852 10 258 21 298 10 285 84852 80159 10 258 22 281 14 304 80159 76118 10 260 18 251 18 289 76118 72553 12 274 15 235 18 275 72553 69326 20 286 12 261 15 274 69326 66364 27 276 19 274 16 270 66364 63624 30 258 27 271 22 272 63624 60975 34 242 37 264 35 270 60975 58226 35 233 43 256 39 261 58226 55397 35 238 44 247 41 252 55397 52708 40 251 45 242 44 246 52708 50284 45 255 44 238 46 238 50284 48101 43 257 40 240 42 231 48101 46107 37 258 37 241 39 227 46107 44268 33 257 35 239 35 227 44268 42563 30 255 33 237 32 240 42563 40969 25 253 23 232 32 229 40969 39481 30 234 19 231 31 220 39481 38095 50 224 33 233 38 216 38095 36758 46 222 41 229 38 202 36758 35391 26 231 34 227 39 210 35391 33965 21 236 16 229 44 234 33965 32489 16 211 11 233 25 239 32489 30954 16 186 12 220 10 218 30954 29344 15 174 10 196 8 201 29344 27659 14 173 10 180 8 169 27659 25898 12 170 10 172 11 157 25898 24061 9 169 9 171 7 146 24061 22150 6 210 7 192 4 163 22150 20157 7 234 7 208 3 195 20157 18072 8 239 8 206 4 206 18072 15947 11 219 11 213 6 183 15947 13901 14 201 15 203 9 183 13901 12036 17 212 16 218 10 202 12036 10373 20 228 17 230 10 235 10373 8896 22 228 18 225 13 246 8896 7582 24 213 20 210 13 228 7582 6414 26 203 22 205 18 204 6414 5381 26 202 24 202 23 199 5381 4472 26 204 26 198 27 196 4472 3671 26 207 28 191 30 189 3671 2956 27 202 27 183 30 179 2956 2323 25*194 25 179 31 174 2323 1795 20*186 23 176 30 170 1795 1390 18 184 20 174 27 167 1390 1111 16 183 16 172 21 160 1111 943 14 182 14 170 17 158 943 846 11 182 9*169 7*153 846 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