DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/10 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.5 - - 39.5 - - 33.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 34 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2050 - - 2037 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1561 - - 828 - - 828 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2867 - - 2854 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 455 - - 588 - - 2185 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 249 - - 175 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 20 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 321 - - 315 - - 310 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 801 - - 626 - - -528 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2066 - - 2228 - - 1372 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 388 - - 129 - - -1499 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2479 - - 2725 - - 2343 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.5 - - 39.5 - - 33.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.5 - - 32.9 - - 31.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 38.8 - - 39.1 - - 35.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.4 - - 31.9 - - 30.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 34 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2050 - - 2037 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 91 - - 70 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96382 10 006 30 013 26 013 96382 89422 21 023 22 002 19 002 89422 83967 22 013 15 350 18 003 83967 79376 16 359 10 342 16 348 79376 75370 11 337 14 336 17 331 75370 71796 12 328 12 320 17 321 71796 68554 17 327 15 305 18 320 68554 65578 15 298 15 292 17 306 65578 62815 20 299 19 292 22 292 62815 60132 28 300 26 291 25 294 60132 57320 36 280 32 275 36 277 57320 54382 35 282 31 274 37 268 54382 51569 45 284 44 277 48 282 51569 49042 56 266 65 270 63 274 49042 46777 55 268 70 268 61 270 46777 44713 58 277 70 273 60 277 44713 42814 84 275 78 277 78 281 42814 41062 89 265 91 272 84 272 41062 39445 87 264 99 267 99 278 39445 37959 99 268 106 266 117 272 37959 36594 108 265 111 264 116 265 36594 35291 104 265 106 262 111 269 35291 33968 105 267 99 267 113 269 33968 32591 106 268 104 269 113 267 32591 31164 101 271 107 269 113 273 31164 29670 98 274 102 272 112 277 29670 28097 94 272 94 271 106 278 28097 26447 90 269 92 269 100 275 26447 24719 89 267 94 266 94 271 24719 22918 91 263 92 267 90 269 22918 21050 76 268 91 268 87 270 21050 19107 72 270 82 266 83 270 19107 17083 70 261 71 264 80 270 17083 15029 75 260 67 268 71 279 15029 13074 73 260 58 270 51 294 13074 11313 59 264 46 287 43 302 11313 9747 44 271 39 296 41 305 9747 8354 36 285 36 299 39 307 8354 7115 31 300 34 305 36 309 7115 6017 28 307 34 314 34 312 6017 5045 27 312 33 320 34 316 5045 4193 28 318 30 323 32 317 4193 3446 26*321 24*315 31 315 3446 2786 23*321 22*315 29 316 2786 2204 23 321 21 315 29 316 2204 1718 23 321 21 316 27 316 1718 1345 22 321 19 316 23 315 1345 1089 21 321 18 316 17 313 1089 933 18 321 16 316 14*313 933 844 14 321 12 315 7*310 844 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