DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/19 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 - - - - - - 12.5 - - 15.6 - - 13.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 38 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1320 - - 1339 - - 26 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 826 - - 826 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2137 - - 2156 - - 843 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 230 - - 248 - - 1285 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 207 - - 151 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 6 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 302 - - 223 - - 187 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -88 - - 13 - - -785 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2226 - - 2143 - - 1628 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -16590 - - -17189 - - -17278 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 18727 - - 19345 - - 18121 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 92 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 12.5 - - 15.6 - - 13.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 6.0 - - 9.4 - - 10.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 11.7 - - 15.0 - - 13.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 4.9 - - 8.6 - - 9.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 38 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1320 - - 1339 - - 26 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 37 - - 67 - - 73 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 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] 96240 27 253 33 245 33 257 96240 89139 17 266 20 231 18 263 89139 83629 14 239 19 227 18 247 83629 79047 17 250 19 240 21 234 79047 75096 20 253 16 245 20 239 75096 71580 15 246 18 244 21 249 71580 68359 15 241 22 257 18 267 68359 65382 16 249 28 261 22 276 65382 62614 18 266 29 250 24 271 62614 59910 26 273 26 261 38 270 59910 57080 22 265 44 272 43 270 57080 54136 50 272 52 267 36 269 54136 51304 57 266 40 274 56 287 51304 48764 50 274 54 292 66 283 48764 46516 42 290 72 291 71 285 46516 44484 53 306 87 291 76 279 44484 42618 78 302 93 291 78 283 42618 40899 97 296 97 292 91 288 40899 39312 102 294 95 289 102 288 39312 37835 98 295 89 289 102 287 37835 36452 93 296 86 294 98 288 36452 35124 84 300 86 297 97 291 35124 33784 88 314 89 300 98 293 33784 32401 103 319 98 301 100 295 32401 30974 112 316 102 302 101 295 30974 29487 115 310 100 302 100 294 29487 27929 116 307 93 299 96 292 27929 26303 118 314 91 298 94 288 26303 24602 105 318 87 299 92 284 24602 22820 90 309 84 293 88 281 22820 20958 82 305 83 293 90 286 20958 19021 80 310 81 294 73 294 19021 17006 75 306 69 296 67 295 17006 14949 63 308 60 293 62 292 14949 12971 59 312 55 289 57 284 12971 11180 59 313 47 287 56 267 11180 9605 52 318 39 285 44 265 9605 8221 44 320 28 289 29 264 8221 6994 41 319 26 285 27 264 6994 5903 37 314 27 283 28 259 5903 4937 33 313 26 286 25 256 4937 4092 30 316 19 287 20 245 4092 3352 27 319 12 286 18 229 3352 2701 23*318 7*252 19 216 2701 2137 16*306 6*227 20 204 2137 1674 14 302 6 224 18 195 1674 1319 13 302 6 222 16 192 1319 1076 12 301 5 221 13 190 1076 928 11 301 5 222 11*189 928 843 9 300 5 220 8*187 843 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