DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/12 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.6 - - 75.0 - - 72.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 81 - - 9 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3043 - - 4597 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2312 - - 2209 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3860 - - 5414 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3589 - - 2680 - - 5835 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 290 - - 238 - - 27 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 22 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 254 - - 264 - - 244 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 322 - - 1462 - - -1688 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3538 - - 3952 - - 2536 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1427 - - -782 - - -3066 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5287 - - 6196 - - 3913 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 75 - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 440 - - 360 - - 780 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.6 - - 75.0 - - 72.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.7 - - 60.4 - - 63.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.0 - - 75.0 - - 73.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.4 - - 59.1 - - 62.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 81 - - 9 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3043 - - 4597 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 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] 98922 30 097 22 097 19 067 98922 91410 31 091 21 102 16 088 91410 85660 23 081 25 095 18 088 85660 80897 19 087 24 087 20 075 80897 76787 19 100 15 096 16 079 76787 73155 15 110 13 112 13 096 73155 69871 16 094 15 103 11 093 69871 66855 8 079 8 140 2 356 66855 64064 12 137 10 131 16 188 64064 61362 6 211 2 202 7 160 61362 58533 15 252 14 234 12 249 58533 55598 31 233 25 262 22 258 55598 52798 37 233 34 254 31 252 52798 50273 35 228 40 254 46 263 50273 48008 48 266 42 256 55 258 48008 45953 63 260 53 263 55 262 45953 44078 67 257 62 262 65 269 44078 42362 75 258 70 265 72 267 42362 40773 80 257 74 267 73 268 40773 39285 79 261 74 268 75 270 39285 37884 83 267 73 268 75 271 37884 36531 87 269 71 268 74 270 36531 35159 90 270 69 266 71 267 35159 33739 91 270 68 264 68 266 33739 32274 90 270 68 262 66 269 32274 30748 89 270 68 261 65 270 30748 29147 88 270 68 264 63 267 29147 27473 89 273 71 269 61 266 27473 25721 86 277 75 273 62 266 25721 23888 80 280 74 277 63 267 23888 21976 75 279 69 278 60 269 21976 19980 75 283 63 275 55 267 19980 17899 66 285 55 276 53 267 17899 15781 48 286 46 282 45 277 15781 13749 36 287 38 278 38 293 13749 11904 32 290 34 275 35 298 11904 10265 31 287 32 280 32 294 10265 8812 31 284 30 281 29 293 8812 7523 31 283 28 279 26 292 7523 6377 31 279 27*276 24 289 6377 5360 30 274 26*273 22 280 5360 4462 28*270 24 265 21 269 4462 3667 25*263 23 263 20 261 3667 2954 21 255 22 262 19 257 2954 2324 21 253 21 261 18 255 2324 1797 20 253 20 261 17 253 1797 1392 19 252 19 260 15 251 1392 1113 18 252 18 260 12 248 1113 944 16 251 16 259 10 246 944 847 13 251 12 259 6*244 847 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