DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/20 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 13.1 - - 17.5 - - 14.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 155 - - 47 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1886 - - 2056 - - 26 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1641 - - 826 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2703 - - 2873 - - 843 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 735 - - 969 - - 993 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 269 - - 188 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 245 - - 223 - - 106 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1512 - - -2216 - - -2527 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4215 - - 5089 - - 3371 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11501 - - -10678 - - -11697 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14204 - - 13551 - - 12540 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 90 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 13.1 - - 17.5 - - 14.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -2.2 - - -1.7 - - 3.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 12.1 - - 16.9 - - 16.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -3.2 - - -2.7 - - 2.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 155 - - 47 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1886 - - 2056 - - 26 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 58 - - 0 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] 95562 23 302 26 263 33 258 95562 88504 27 298 23 290 27 276 88504 83001 27 271 34 289 36 284 83001 78379 35 276 41 276 46 283 78379 74385 39 279 42 281 47 290 74385 70849 43 268 46 280 46 287 70849 67620 41 275 50 280 47 278 67620 64601 50 286 56 285 52 277 64601 61759 60 286 64 286 58 283 61759 58991 65 280 69 284 65 287 58991 56113 67 276 71 282 69 288 56113 53142 69 277 73 280 72 281 53142 50323 74 279 75 279 74 274 50323 47792 79 280 77 277 75 274 47792 45522 79 278 78 275 75 276 45522 43464 78 277 77 275 76 277 43464 41583 75 277 78 276 79 279 41583 39854 74 279 79 276 86 280 39854 38257 74 279 80 275 94 278 38257 36775 75 279 79 275 96 275 36775 35395 76 280 79 279 95 276 35395 34073 79 283 81 282 98 277 34073 32744 84 285 84 285 103 277 32744 31380 90 284 88 287 106 277 31380 29989 93 282 92 287 102 277 29989 28559 93 280 94 289 97 278 28559 27069 88 279 98 291 93 281 27069 25506 82 279 93 293 89 282 25506 23868 79 282 88 292 82 276 23868 22154 76 283 86 290 74 274 22154 20364 69 283 80 290 73 276 20364 18494 65 285 67 292 70 277 18494 16547 60 288 57 278 64 276 16547 14567 52 294 53 275 58 273 14567 12664 46 300 45 274 52 268 12664 10936 41 298 41 271 44 267 10936 9404 37 287 41 271 39 268 9404 8052 32 278 38 271 35 268 8052 6857 29 272 32 269 30 257 6857 5804 26 267 26 262 30 243 5804 4878 24 264 24 251 34 224 4878 4067 23 260 23 241 30 211 4067 3352 21*259 18*233 25 204 3352 2714 16*252 13*223 20 198 2714 2151 13 245 12 223 14 191 2151 1683 12 244 11 222 9 182 1683 1324 12 244 11 223 6 171 1324 1077 11 243 10 223 5 153 1077 928 11 243 9 223 4*126 928 843 9 243 8 223 4*106 843 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