DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/18 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 - - - - - - 54.6 - - 59.8 - - 52.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 96 - - 82 - - -72 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2529 - - 5587 - - 28 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1906 - - 3878 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3346 - - 6404 - - 845 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2795 - - 4375 - - 510 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 267 - - 320 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 25 - - 39 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 256 - - 239 - - 228 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 22 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 14 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2925 - - -2580 - - -7061 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6271 - - 8984 - - 7907 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6786 - - -3867 - - -10206 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10132 - - 10271 - - 11051 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 42 - - 44 - - 29 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.6 - - 59.8 - - 52.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.7 - - 22.7 - - 20.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.1 - - 59.4 - - 54.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.4 - - 22.1 - - 19.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 96 - - 82 - - -72 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2529 - - 5587 - - 28 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 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] 97040 25 070 23 089 16 074 97040 89833 19 105 10 082 13 051 89833 84212 13 104 5 054 13 042 84212 79519 14 068 7 103 7 068 79519 75454 7 045 10 091 7 076 75454 71849 4 245 5 349 7 030 71849 68588 7 205 8 270 8 296 68588 65589 4 209 7 251 10 243 65589 62801 8 294 10 282 6 297 62801 60081 26 262 28 270 29 280 60081 57225 22 237 28 245 31 238 57225 54250 25 278 19 230 28 219 54250 51386 52 277 37 268 18 269 51386 48787 74 250 69 254 58 265 48787 46466 71 243 72 252 55 255 46466 44371 65 239 62 255 52 259 44371 42448 65 243 66 258 67 261 42448 40669 69 247 76 253 80 257 40669 39018 75 244 79 245 78 252 39018 37483 75 241 77 240 70 249 37483 36052 66 241 68 246 63 249 36052 34689 66 252 64 253 67 251 34689 33317 72 261 70 257 79 253 33317 31909 82 264 81 257 87 254 31909 30472 93 260 93 257 83 256 30472 28998 101 251 99 256 77 255 28998 27473 100 246 100 252 70 260 27473 25888 108 248 95 253 68 264 25888 24237 114 251 101 260 83 265 24237 22521 112 254 101 263 94 261 22521 20739 102 254 97 264 91 257 20739 18883 90 250 92 259 85 262 18883 16952 80 244 89 256 81 268 16952 14984 75 241 86 260 76 264 14984 13085 73 243 74 260 71 261 13085 11355 70 248 63 256 66 262 11355 9814 66 251 57 253 61 260 9814 8442 57 247 50 246 57 256 8442 7218 50 245 45*242 53 251 7218 6128 47 251 43*240 49 247 6128 5159 43 258 42 240 47 246 5159 4302 37 259 41 240 45 246 4302 3543 30*256 40 239 43 246 3543 2861 29*256 39 239 41 245 2861 2258 27 256 38 239 38 243 2258 1753 26 256 37 239 34 241 1753 1366 25 256 35 239 28 237 1366 1100 23 256 33 239 22 233 1100 938 20 256 29 238 18 231 938 845 16 256 22 238 10*228 845 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