DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/31 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.7 - - 76.3 - - 77.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 281 - - 54 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2910 - - 3328 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2636 - - 1825 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3727 - - 4145 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1110 - - 1554 - - 6089 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 383 - - 238 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 15 - - 10 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 131 - - 131 - - 089 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4540 - - -4801 - - -7619 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8268 - - 8947 - - 8467 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12384 - - -10943 - - -12576 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16111 - - 15088 - - 13423 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 100 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.7 - - 76.3 - - 77.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.6 - - 40.2 - - 43.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.7 - - 75.6 - - 78.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.4 - - 39.0 - - 42.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 281 - - 54 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2910 - - 3328 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 62 - - 101 - - 88 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 98610 14 116 13 083 6 061 98610 91120 8 070 9 065 4 072 91120 85367 13 061 5 079 14 055 85367 80609 16 073 11 090 19 059 80609 76508 13 069 14 067 18 055 76508 72878 11 083 13 073 14 042 72878 69593 14 065 14 072 12 036 69593 66578 13 038 14 048 14 027 66578 63796 12 016 14 019 15 010 63796 61117 13 002 15 357 16 003 61117 58321 15 333 16 340 18 348 58321 55410 17 330 18 323 18 328 55410 52633 20 317 20 311 20 320 52633 50148 21 309 20 321 19 310 50148 47938 23 301 25 306 21 309 47938 45958 26 297 25 298 22 303 45958 44169 26 287 26 288 26 294 44169 42528 29 286 31 274 35 276 42528 40993 32 282 31 272 34 275 40993 39542 25 273 25 277 31 275 39542 38165 23 265 21 269 29 275 38165 36826 24 257 22 266 28 277 36826 35460 24 252 21 270 25 287 35460 34038 18 250 22 282 24 292 34038 32562 14 256 24 288 25 281 32562 31016 14 270 24 292 26 266 31016 29390 11 261 25 295 26 258 29390 27683 7 275 27 291 28 263 27683 25895 2 233 26 292 24 269 25895 24036 8 235 17 294 20 272 24036 22105 13 242 13 258 20 268 22105 20093 12 271 14 264 15 263 20093 17999 3 289 14 262 10 239 17999 15868 4 216 10 258 10 253 15868 13816 10 247 7 262 9 276 13816 11951 9 266 9 253 11 287 11951 10296 7 264 10 253 15 277 10296 8827 8 251 7 250 18 266 8827 7524 7 247 6 228 14 244 7524 6373 4 275 5 223 8 230 6373 5355 2 277 3 150 5 218 5355 4457 2*204 4*131 2 160 4457 3662 4*133 4*130 4 118 3662 2951 5 132 4 130 5 104 2951 2321 5 131 4 131 7 098 2321 1795 5 130 5 132 7 095 1795 1391 5 129 4 133 8 093 1391 1113 5 130 4 132 7 091 1113 944 4 130 4 134 7 090 944 847 4 130 4 134 5*089 847 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