DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/15 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.7 - - 74.0 - - 72.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 7 - - -2 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 30 - - 30 - - 31 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 831 - - 831 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 847 - - 847 - - 848 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1890 - - 2710 - - 3261 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 28 - - 21 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 236 - - 279 - - 243 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -127 - - -540 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 974 - - 1387 - - 848 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -532 - - -1143 - - -1149 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1379 - - 1990 - - 1997 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 93 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 580 - - 610 - - 910 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.7 - - 74.0 - - 72.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 70.4 - - 71.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.5 - - 74.0 - - 73.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.5 - - 69.9 - - 71.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 7 - - -2 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 30 - - 30 - - 31 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 98 - - 71 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 16 - - 17 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] 98974 18 118 18 131 10 094 98974 91626 10 133 9 117 11 093 91626 85944 10 153 6 186 10 119 85944 81200 9 185 10 197 6 171 81200 77080 12 206 7 211 7 212 77080 73420 9 218 5 203 9 191 73420 70102 9 247 4 222 7 202 70102 67057 16 202 18 211 14 232 67057 64256 12 219 16 207 18 226 64256 61558 20 240 19 229 21 221 61558 58771 27 229 31 238 31 243 58771 55911 36 229 42 231 37 240 55911 53203 39 240 44 239 45 249 53203 50798 48 248 51 245 54 249 50798 48654 55 250 52 248 55 250 48654 46703 57 254 54 250 61 249 46703 44910 64 253 61 246 63 242 44910 43243 70 250 63 244 61 245 43243 41675 69 245 63 251 67 264 41675 40197 66 239 67 258 65 258 40197 38793 63 234 66 253 62 250 38793 37422 61 232 64 249 61 247 37422 36022 60 241 65 244 62 248 36022 34566 60 247 65 241 63 253 34566 33058 59 250 65 246 66 252 33058 31483 55 248 61 248 69 253 31483 29829 54 243 58 246 63 251 29829 28096 53 238 56 246 54 246 28096 26283 52 239 55 245 46 244 26283 24393 50 240 52 245 40 252 24393 22431 47 238 51 251 39 266 22431 20390 46 239 49 254 42 269 20390 18266 50 241 50 251 41 269 18266 16103 56 245 52 249 38 265 16103 14027 53 253 50 254 35 258 14027 12141 42 256 43 266 35 251 12141 10461 32 268 36 272 35 249 10461 8962 30 275 31 266 30 260 8962 7628 29 272 25 246 30 261 7628 6447 27 266 18 235 22 238 6447 5406 25 259 17 260 20 263 5406 4493 23 261 16 267 13 286 4493 3690 21 261 14 274 14 299 3690 2971 19 256 13 279 13 297 2971 2334 18 253 12 281 13 294 2334 1803 17 249 11 281 11 285 1803 1395 14 242 10 282 9 273 1395 1115 12 240 9 280 8 261 1115 945 10 238 8 280 6*253 945 848 8*236 5*279 3*243 848 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