DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/27 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.1 - - 65.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 27 - - -31 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1528 - - 30 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 830 - - 830 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2345 - - 847 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1405 - - 2349 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 160 - - 21 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 25 - - 14 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 164 - - 162 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 609 - - -154 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1736 - - 1002 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -197 - - -1072 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2542 - - 1919 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 40 - - 860 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.1 - - 65.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.0 - - 62.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.8 - - 65.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.3 - - 62.7 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 27 - - -31 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1528 - - 30 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 13 - - - 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] 97276 30 228 27 245 97276 89926 18 241 20 253 89926 84301 10 282 15 246 84301 79645 6 252 9 251 79645 75650 3 268 3 214 75650 72120 6 309 4 304 72120 68927 11 315 12 291 68927 65988 15 297 17 285 65988 63245 18 292 25 287 63245 60574 27 275 30 281 60574 57769 25 269 30 281 57769 54837 27 274 37 274 54837 52020 30 268 34 261 52020 49472 37 256 37 258 49472 47189 39 246 42 250 47189 45141 34 245 47 246 45141 43285 43 251 48 248 43285 41574 58 248 61 236 41574 40013 76 218 79 218 40013 38584 69 213 85 204 38584 37242 67 217 86 202 37242 35942 65 216 84 205 35942 34618 62 216 75 209 34618 33238 57 215 67 213 33238 31806 53 216 66 214 31806 30310 50 217 63 218 30310 28738 46 220 60 223 28738 27089 44 225 59 225 27089 25362 44 228 63 225 25362 23558 44 228 69 226 23558 21680 44 227 68 226 21680 19724 45 227 67 226 19724 17687 46 229 70 228 17687 15618 47 229 66 233 15618 13630 47 225 55 232 13630 11817 42 218 43 222 11817 10196 37 210 38 212 10196 8747 37 202 43 208 8747 7457 38 199 52 204 7457 6314 39 197 54 197 6314 5303 40 194 49 190 5303 4413 38 190 46 183 4413 3626 36 180 44 179 3626 2923 33*170 42 176 2923 2300 29*165 38 175 2300 1782 27 164 34 169 1782 1383 25 163 30 166 1383 1109 23 163 26 164 1109 942 19 163 23*163 942 847 14 163 14*162 847 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