DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 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 - - - - - - 10.8 - - 12.8 - - 10.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 10 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1196 - - 26 - - 26 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 826 - - 826 - - 826 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2013 - - 843 - - 843 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 984 - - 2314 - - 2305 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 174 - - 27 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 11 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 009 - - 009 - - 010 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -444 - - -1506 - - -2239 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2457 - - 2349 - - 3082 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2698 - - -2736 - - -4364 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4711 - - 3579 - - 5207 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 88 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 10.8 - - 12.8 - - 10.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 3.5 - - 6.1 - - 0.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 10.3 - - 12.7 - - 11.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 2.6 - - 5.3 - - 0.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 10 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1196 - - 26 - - 26 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 74 - - 54 - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 94702 100 241 99 238 117 243 94702 87560 90 251 89 255 96 255 87560 82088 76 263 83 266 89 264 82088 77547 76 269 75 270 82 270 77547 73621 69 272 70 279 78 276 73621 70139 63 273 71 279 77 277 70139 66968 60 273 71 278 70 280 66968 64036 60 282 68 280 65 284 64036 61301 64 289 65 286 64 288 61301 58637 67 289 66 289 63 291 58637 55842 67 286 66 289 59 293 55842 52925 62 285 66 289 55 297 52925 50123 60 288 58 288 49 298 50123 47593 54 287 50 291 44 301 47593 45321 47 291 43 289 44 300 45321 43253 46 296 38 294 39 298 43253 41356 44 296 38 298 35 307 41356 39610 42 297 36 302 37 313 39610 37994 39 302 34 305 34 314 37994 36493 41 303 33 305 33 319 36493 35089 43 298 30 306 27 324 35089 33744 43 292 26 307 24 336 33744 32387 38 289 24 317 21 353 32387 30994 36 290 22 323 26 005 30994 29570 38 288 21 326 26 016 29570 28101 42 282 21 330 32 033 28101 26579 43 276 20 332 39 042 26579 25007 41 276 18 339 44 048 25007 23381 38 280 15 350 52 055 23381 21698 33 287 14 011 58 061 21698 19953 28 295 15 032 59 063 19953 18137 22 302 18 047 54 062 18137 16243 17 309 21 048 47 059 16243 14312 13 316 21 043 41 055 14312 12453 11 316 21 042 35 051 12453 10763 9 339 20 038 31 044 10763 9264 9 055 11 022 26 037 9264 7939 13 104 12 095 26 028 7939 6772 13 077 14 097 12 347 6772 5742 17 058 17 079 7 346 5742 4831 18 057 19 069 9 018 4831 4030 19 045 20 061 18 009 4030 3324 20 029 21 045 24 010 3324 2694 23 022 23 025 25 011 2694 2138 22*019 22 016 24 013 2138 1675 18*010 21 013 22 015 1675 1319 17 009 20 011 19 015 1319 1075 15 008 18 010 15 013 1075 927 14 007 15*009 12*012 927 843 11 007 11*009 6*010 843 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