DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/03 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 50.1 - - 59.0 - - 67.0 - - 65.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -30 - - 120 - - 153 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 28 - - 3437 - - 4899 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 829 - - 2689 - - 3861 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - 845 - - 4254 - - 5716 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 902 - - 2053 - - 2406 - - 8177 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 21 - - 318 - - 379 - - 14 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 32 - - 25 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 193 - - 206 - - 233 - - 240 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 18 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 11 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1566 - - 66 - - -698 - - -5196 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2411 - - 4188 - - 6414 - - 6042 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3801 - - -1584 - - -2282 - - -6663 ODpotential blCL - - - 4646 - - 5838 - - 7998 - - 7509 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 99 - - 77 - - 63 maxRH CAPE - - - 20 - - 70 - - 90 - - 200 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 50.1 - - 59.0 - - 67.0 - - 65.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 42.6 - - 43.5 - - 41.5 - - 42.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 51.1 - - 58.5 - - 66.1 - - 67.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 41.6 - - 42.2 - - 40.4 - - 41.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -30 - - 120 - - 153 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 28 - - 3437 - - 4899 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 94 - - 8 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 97736 14 248 20 247 11 292 13 260 97736 90305 12 226 14 253 11 259 8 301 90305 84578 9 202 9 228 14 229 13 276 84578 79819 4 133 11 199 15 228 15 269 79819 75711 2 126 12 202 16 231 16 271 75711 72073 5 270 11 210 13 228 16 241 72073 68760 13 258 11 213 11 229 11 227 68760 65687 20 248 13 243 11 257 11 256 65687 62827 16 265 21 243 18 255 16 261 62827 60050 20 268 18 244 19 274 19 277 60050 57157 24 264 26 264 30 266 27 285 57157 54157 28 266 25 262 31 259 27 276 54157 51289 30 283 29 282 27 267 32 288 51289 48716 35 285 34 280 35 280 38 279 48716 46424 35 279 36 281 37 274 34 282 46424 44357 31 282 39 281 35 282 37 287 44357 42477 36 295 35 283 39 287 37 288 42477 40748 44 299 39 290 42 288 38 299 40748 39152 50 296 48 294 46 293 44 303 39152 37678 56 293 59 293 52 294 50 303 37678 36312 60 291 67 290 57 293 51 300 36312 35009 66 292 72 288 59 290 49 300 35009 33700 74 293 75 288 57 289 45 301 33700 32351 73 291 73 290 55 289 43 303 32351 30964 67 290 71 290 54 289 44 303 30964 29520 61 291 66 289 52 289 44 300 29520 28005 54 289 58 289 49 290 42 300 28005 26416 50 286 52 289 46 292 42 301 26416 24754 45 286 44 285 43 292 39 300 24754 23017 38 290 37 281 40 291 35 298 23017 21206 34 292 31 281 38 289 30 292 21206 19317 36 284 29 283 35 288 29 292 19317 17346 41 280 30 283 30 288 29 295 17346 15333 47 283 34 278 30 287 28 296 15333 13388 49 287 37 279 31 284 24 293 13388 11614 44 284 35 286 31 281 24 294 11614 10036 45 274 23 295 25 284 25 293 10036 8630 45 262 20 285 23 278 26 287 8630 7376 37 238 37 245 24 265 25 279 7376 6258 35 219 44 233 27*239 24 274 6258 5264 36 219 41 222 27*237 22 270 5264 4386 36 222 37*213 27 235 20 264 4386 3608 35 221 36*211 27 234 18 260 3608 2910 32 216 34 208 26 233 16 258 2910 2293 28 210 33 206 25 232 15 256 2293 1777 25 205 32 205 25 231 13 254 1777 1380 21 200 30 204 24 231 12 251 1380 1107 16 196 28 204 22 230 10 248 1107 941 13 195 25 203 20 230 7 244 941 846 8*193 19 203 16 230 4*240 846 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