DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/14 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 - - - - - - 77.4 - - 80.8 - - 74.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 329 - - 222 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4177 - - 5275 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3659 - - 4327 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4994 - - 6092 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2181 - - 2990 - - 5738 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 456 - - 433 - - 25 W* B/S - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 118 - - 123 - - 148 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 128 - - -144 - - -1927 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4866 - - 6236 - - 2774 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -487 - - -876 - - -3200 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5481 - - 6968 - - 4047 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 80 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 600 - - 480 - - 1480 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.4 - - 80.8 - - 74.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.6 - - 56.0 - - 64.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.1 - - 79.1 - - 74.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.9 - - 55.4 - - 62.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 329 - - 222 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4177 - - 5275 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 17 - - 21 - - 57 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] 98003 9 158 4 027 11 131 98003 90592 11 093 7 122 10 093 90592 84907 9 084 9 082 14 073 84907 80201 6 097 6 038 8 024 80201 76160 3 104 6 040 6 323 76160 72580 5 004 5 018 6 342 72580 69323 5 002 4 289 7 346 69323 66326 2 347 5 261 5 334 66326 63551 5 098 6 203 4 262 63551 60868 3 044 6 189 6 235 60868 58062 4 295 5 218 8 228 58062 55141 6 223 8 210 9 215 55141 52348 10 205 10 212 10 225 52348 49826 15 204 16 205 15 225 49826 47566 17 195 15 197 14 221 47566 45530 13 186 10 234 11 225 45530 43686 6 198 12 250 13 256 43686 41991 8 266 12 267 18 265 41991 40415 14 266 18 278 18 276 40415 38942 17 261 23 283 17 299 38942 37562 16 254 20 275 22 306 37562 36234 8 219 18 264 24 295 36234 34888 2 214 14 244 19 280 34888 33496 4 259 10 238 15 259 33496 32057 5 262 10 244 14 243 32057 30554 5 252 10 245 12 250 30554 28973 6 264 9 250 12 259 28973 27313 8 277 8 256 11 262 27313 25575 9 260 8 263 11 280 25575 23758 10 252 9 269 11 300 23758 21864 12 250 10 266 12 305 21864 19890 10 247 12 262 11 294 19890 17832 8 221 9 251 10 269 17832 15738 9 208 7 220 10 227 15738 13720 9 201 4 210 6 206 13720 11887 8 186 5 193 4 200 11887 10259 6 178 10 198 8 209 10259 8811 4 142 8 197 8 208 8811 7522 4 110 5 187 5 184 7522 6376 4 109 4*161 5 158 6376 5361 4*119 4*138 6 148 5361 4463 5*123 5 132 8 142 4463 3668 6 121 5 125 8 140 3668 2955 6 120 5 122 8 139 2955 2324 6 118 5 118 8 141 2324 1797 7 116 5 116 8 143 1797 1393 6 115 5 114 8 145 1393 1114 6 113 5 113 8 146 1114 944 6 114 5 113 7 147 944 847 5 113 5 112 5*148 847 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