DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/19 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.1 - - 40.7 - - 39.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 23 - - 3 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 958 - - 28 - - 28 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 828 - - 828 - - 828 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1775 - - 845 - - 845 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1286 - - 2241 - - 1578 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 118 - - 20 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 109 - - 080 - - 119 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 318 - - -257 - - -115 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1457 - - 1102 - - 960 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 95 - - -395 - - -620 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1680 - - 1240 - - 1465 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.1 - - 40.7 - - 39.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.1 - - 39.2 - - 39.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.7 - - 40.6 - - 40.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.4 - - 38.9 - - 38.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 23 - - 3 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 958 - - 28 - - 28 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95946 38 318 29 322 41 306 95946 88989 29 328 31 321 34 318 88989 83592 26 329 28 312 31 326 83592 79105 25 316 29 309 30 329 79105 75207 24 316 26 304 25 321 75207 71722 26 315 24 311 22 311 71722 68547 25 305 23 309 20 306 68547 65614 24 298 23 300 19 300 65614 62882 28 290 28 298 22 296 62882 60233 32 279 32 287 29 292 60233 57458 31 280 37 279 35 283 57458 54568 35 285 41 275 41 278 54568 51813 49 270 57 267 59 272 51813 49343 54 265 63 264 63 266 49343 47134 55 271 65 263 69 275 47134 45131 65 272 65 269 78 271 45131 43298 69 273 75 271 82 269 43298 41607 77 272 83 269 85 266 41607 40035 86 267 84 264 86 263 40035 38570 90 262 79 262 85 262 38570 37199 84 259 75 263 89 264 37199 35880 72 263 78 270 89 263 35880 34540 74 268 86 271 82 263 34540 33155 83 270 85 265 75 265 33155 31723 86 270 83 261 77 263 31723 30222 76 272 80 259 78 258 30222 28639 58 267 75 259 70 256 28639 26979 57 259 78 271 59 265 26979 25242 58 263 69 271 55 265 25242 23428 52 265 61 271 48 268 23428 21543 43 248 48 271 38 266 21543 19579 39 250 39 265 40 259 19579 17528 31 255 36 267 40 262 17528 15432 25 257 29 266 33 265 15432 13410 21 255 25 265 29 268 13410 11567 14 265 23 267 25 278 11567 9927 7 252 15 254 21 277 9927 8476 3 227 13 242 13 264 8476 7195 3 175 11 228 10 251 7195 6069 6 136 9 185 9 232 6069 5088 7 124 8 164 6 190 5088 4234 9 165 6 182 3 172 4234 3482 11 169 6 169 5 198 3482 2811 11 150 6 158 8 185 2811 2220 9*130 6 131 8 167 2220 1727 7*110 5 093 9 134 1727 1350 6 109 5 085 8 121 1350 1092 6 108 5 082 6 117 1092 935 5 108 4*081 5*116 935 845 5 108 3*080 2*119 845 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