DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/05 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1327z - - 1554z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 27.9 - - 32.2 - - 38.2 - - 39.6 - - 37.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -18 - - 2 - - 17 - - -5 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 27 - - 27 - - 550 - - 28 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit 827 - - 827 - - 828 - - 828 - - 828 Hcrit BL Top 844 - - 844 - - 1367 - - 845 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 411 - - 729 - - 724 - - 1808 - - 1536 Hgt.Variab. W* 11 - - 21 - - 91 - - 14 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 9 - - 11 - - 4 - - 1 BL Wind Direction 196 - - 197 - - 200 - - 200 - - 045 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 1 - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1047 - - -1527 - - -1102 - - -1159 - - -565 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1891 - - 2372 - - 2469 - - 2004 - - 1409 sfcLCL ODpotential -12082 - - -10410 - - -9113 - - -8855 - - -2259 ODpotential blCL 12926 - - 11254 - - 10480 - - 9700 - - 3103 blCL maxRH 70 - - 75 - - 94 - - 93 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 27.9 - - 32.2 - - 38.2 - - 39.6 - - 37.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 22.8 - - 24.9 - - 30.4 - - 33.9 - - 34.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 28.8 - - 32.2 - - 38.1 - - 40.1 - - 38.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 22.2 - - 24.1 - - 29.4 - - 33.0 - - 33.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -18 - - 2 - - 17 - - -5 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 27 - - 27 - - 550 - - 28 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 2 - - 78 - - 70 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 95175 58 260 65 266 69 266 55 266 60 260 95175 88206 48 266 50 272 51 266 45 272 40 269 88206 82747 40 274 40 272 38 268 37 272 40 277 82747 78183 40 284 30 272 28 260 37 262 40 262 78183 74240 44 282 36 285 26 268 37 256 40 268 74240 70767 45 279 47 279 37 277 39 268 44 265 70767 67619 48 278 49 276 40 268 42 270 35 254 67619 64684 53 269 48 273 45 261 39 272 31 278 64684 61934 50 268 49 269 47 265 57 281 57 286 61934 59272 53 279 54 275 57 273 71 277 70 277 59272 56502 64 276 61 274 65 271 72 266 72 268 56502 53632 70 274 67 270 70 264 73 262 69 267 53632 50888 75 274 72 271 70 266 74 264 79 271 50888 48420 84 275 77 277 79 275 76 268 93 268 48420 46217 100 276 93 279 94 275 91 270 102 268 46217 44223 111 272 109 273 106 269 96 269 106 271 44223 42397 107 270 108 269 105 267 102 271 115 273 42397 40717 102 274 107 270 107 270 113 272 125 270 40717 39169 111 277 118 273 114 270 119 270 130 268 39169 37735 121 274 125 269 113 267 121 270 129 268 37735 36396 121 270 115 268 109 266 122 269 126 268 36396 35109 114 272 107 277 106 267 118 266 124 267 35109 33803 109 279 109 278 104 268 112 264 122 265 33803 32446 107 278 108 275 101 267 109 262 118 264 32446 31037 103 275 107 275 100 265 108 262 114 263 31037 29561 98 272 106 276 98 263 104 262 110 263 29561 28009 93 272 102 274 97 262 96 261 107 264 28009 26379 87 272 98 270 96 263 91 259 101 264 26379 24673 83 270 95 267 91 264 87 257 92 262 24673 22899 75 267 89 268 86 262 82 257 82 258 22899 21061 66 261 74 271 81 264 76 259 76 256 21061 19149 60 264 62 267 71 267 71 260 69 259 19149 17157 56 271 56 260 62 268 63 261 61 264 17157 15127 48 266 56 267 57 266 52 259 53 263 15127 13169 45 260 59 267 58 259 49 251 47 263 13169 11383 44 257 49 254 53 256 49 247 41 257 11383 9792 40 255 44 242 47 250 44 245 40 254 9792 8381 35 260 36 247 43 248 39 247 29 261 8381 7132 30 262 24 249 33 247 29 248 20 257 7132 6029 29 256 16 256 23 232 21 239 16 246 6029 5058 27 252 16 264 16 238 16 242 11 234 5058 4210 27 246 18 260 13 240 12 244 8 238 4210 3466 30 243 18 255 15 229 16 233 10 245 3466 2801 31 245 20 248 19 222 17 228 9 244 2801 2214 31 244 24 237 19 217 15 221 9 235 2214 1725 29 234 23 222 17*212 11 203 8 220 1725 1349 23 223 18 210 13*202 9 202 7 218 1349 1090 15 206 13 201 11 200 8 201 5 212 1090 934 13*203 12*199 10 198 6*201 2 204 934 844 6*196 9*197 8 197 4*200 1*045 844 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