DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/25 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 - - - - - - 81.5 - - 84.2 - - 81.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 223 - - 167 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5800 - - 6655 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4748 - - 5241 - - 831 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6617 - - 7472 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3156 - - 2121 - - 8023 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 452 - - 432 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 200 - - 192 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -886 - - -1602 - - -6856 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7504 - - 9074 - - 7704 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2340 - - -4175 - - -8780 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8957 - - 11647 - - 9627 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 75 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 80 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.5 - - 84.2 - - 81.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.6 - - 47.3 - - 50.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.9 - - 82.9 - - 82.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.3 - - 46.0 - - 49.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 223 - - 167 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5800 - - 6655 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 98 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 8 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] 98664 15 095 16 083 7 064 98664 91176 17 108 17 115 11 094 91176 85412 17 100 11 090 14 089 85412 80625 12 081 8 069 18 061 80625 76512 9 055 7 073 14 044 76512 72896 5 067 6 051 7 047 72896 69625 7 111 3 027 3 010 69625 66610 4 145 3 346 3 341 66610 63806 3 202 5 231 5 311 63806 61085 9 251 8 236 11 265 61085 58243 13 240 15 236 13 238 58243 55288 18 245 16 238 16 238 55288 52483 20 241 19 252 23 249 52483 49982 26 247 34 254 34 257 49982 47760 38 246 42 242 45 252 47760 45766 47 246 45 242 53 247 45766 43956 56 245 55 245 60 246 43956 42294 62 240 64 241 67 245 42294 40751 59 240 64 241 67 245 40751 39303 56 240 61 240 65 246 39303 37934 55 239 55 248 62 244 37934 36605 53 239 52 254 56 248 36605 35248 51 243 51 259 54 259 35248 33838 51 253 52 265 56 268 33838 32379 51 260 51 267 55 270 32379 30858 47 265 47 267 52 271 30858 29261 43 276 44 269 49 273 29261 27586 38 277 40 267 45 275 27586 25830 35 278 36 268 42 281 25830 23995 37 271 33 272 40 287 23995 22082 37 261 31 279 39 288 22082 20088 35 254 31 284 36 283 20088 18009 23 269 29 287 31 283 18009 15893 24 294 23 278 26 296 15893 13859 24 307 19 281 24 305 13859 12008 24 307 21 297 20 288 12008 10361 24 299 22 285 23 283 10361 8897 15 302 17 234 17 253 8897 7595 9*251 16*205 17 211 7595 6437 11*206 15*201 17 209 6437 5409 11 203 15 198 17 207 5409 4500 11 201 15 195 16 205 4500 3696 11 200 14 192 16 204 3696 2976 11 199 14 190 15 202 2976 2338 11 198 14 188 15 200 2338 1806 10 197 13 186 14 199 1806 1397 10 196 13 185 13 197 1397 1116 10 196 12 185 11 194 1116 945 9 196 12 184 9 192 945 847 8 196 10 183 6*190 847 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