DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/09 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.0 - - 68.7 - - 61.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 132 - - 203 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7793 - - 7101 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5931 - - 5689 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8610 - - 7918 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1592 - - 3105 - - 7102 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 420 - - 466 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 25 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 264 - - 291 - - 323 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 22 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 11 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -850 - - 161 - - -6248 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9461 - - 7758 - - 7095 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2775 - - -833 - - -8126 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11385 - - 8751 - - 8972 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 66 - - 63 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 50 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.0 - - 68.7 - - 61.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.9 - - 37.2 - - 33.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.0 - - 67.5 - - 62.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.8 - - 36.2 - - 32.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 132 - - 203 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7793 - - 7101 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 97624 2 190 4 201 1 318 97624 90290 6 175 3 198 2 289 90290 84615 8 160 7 195 4 237 84615 79862 7 177 6 200 3 283 79862 75754 5 173 4 193 5 303 75754 72131 2 237 6 257 7 312 72131 68845 5 277 10 257 7 302 68845 65808 7 301 10 289 10 323 65808 62987 11 271 18 272 18 302 62987 60251 6 295 10 249 16 288 60251 57389 24 306 22 303 27 293 57389 54411 37 277 32 276 30 268 54411 51567 32 267 27 280 31 279 51567 49014 28 279 42 288 42 284 49014 46737 51 292 52 284 53 282 46737 44687 63 288 60 279 60 279 44687 42826 68 284 66 275 66 277 42826 41122 74 282 69 275 70 274 41122 39549 79 283 73 280 72 273 39549 38090 85 285 81 282 75 274 38090 36731 92 287 84 282 78 272 36731 35428 97 287 86 283 79 273 35428 34108 100 288 89 283 81 275 34108 32738 100 289 91 283 83 275 32738 31316 99 290 92 283 83 275 31316 29827 99 291 93 284 82 277 29827 28260 95 291 94 285 83 277 28260 26614 89 291 93 286 82 279 26614 24889 84 290 90 286 78 284 24889 23092 81 286 85 285 76 285 23092 21229 77 283 81 284 75 283 21229 19296 73 281 76 282 73 283 19296 17287 68 277 70 281 67 285 17287 15247 65 279 61 282 57 288 15247 13290 54 282 52 280 44 288 13290 11514 47 288 43 278 38 288 11514 9937 44*281 32 275 34 284 9937 8536 36*265 26*278 29 282 8536 7292 30 262 25*281 21 291 7292 6186 28 262 25 284 20 303 6186 5205 26 263 25 289 20 311 5205 4338 25 264 25 292 21 318 4338 3570 24 265 25 293 22 319 3570 2882 23 266 25 295 22 321 2882 2273 22 267 25 295 22 322 2273 1764 21 268 25 296 21 322 1764 1373 21 268 24 296 20 322 1373 1103 20 268 23 296 19 323 1103 940 18 269 21 296 16*323 940 846 14 268 17 296 12*323 846 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