DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 11/04 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 42.1 - - 58.8 - - 61.1 - - 49.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -1 - - 59 - - 1 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 28 - - 1188 - - 29 - - 28 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 828 - - 829 - - 829 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - 845 - - 2005 - - 846 - - 845 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 180 - - 2532 - - 3590 - - 127 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 11 - - 175 - - 22 - - 10 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 11 - - 10 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 170 - - 181 - - 164 - - 149 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1642 - - -4708 - - -9190 - - -4978 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2487 - - 6713 - - 10036 - - 5823 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10254 - - -13717 - - -18032 - - -16156 ODpotential blCL - - - 11099 - - 15722 - - 18878 - - 17001 blCL maxRH - - - 59 - - 78 - - 80 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 42.1 - - 58.8 - - 61.1 - - 49.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.7 - - 32.7 - - 20.3 - - 27.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 42.2 - - 58.3 - - 61.0 - - 52.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.6 - - 31.4 - - 19.2 - - 27.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -1 - - 59 - - 1 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 28 - - 1188 - - 29 - - 28 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 12 - - 20 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 2 - - 3 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] 96400 15 333 9 331 17 313 14 017 96400 89327 15 321 11 311 14 309 13 329 89327 83864 9 333 10 298 14 290 15 290 83864 79298 12 311 15 281 16 285 15 276 79298 75348 18 280 20 283 17 279 20 283 75348 71852 22 270 24 271 21 270 20 276 71852 68659 23 266 25 271 24 280 19 295 68659 65701 26 280 27 279 34 282 32 294 65701 62967 31 292 32 283 37 279 35 288 62967 60334 42 279 38 284 40 284 42 284 60334 57581 43 270 42 273 47 273 46 268 57581 54699 45 276 46 273 49 266 58 278 54699 51955 58 286 56 280 63 274 73 274 51955 49516 70 283 67 281 72 276 76 274 49516 47346 76 279 75 277 75 276 83 277 47346 45374 79 279 80 270 79 275 89 274 45374 43561 80 277 79 268 83 274 90 271 43561 41878 81 276 81 275 84 275 88 271 41878 40307 81 278 82 276 85 274 86 272 40307 38834 79 278 83 273 85 273 81 272 38834 37455 75 279 85 273 81 273 73 270 37455 36131 71 284 82 278 76 270 68 270 36131 34788 69 286 79 284 73 268 66 273 34788 33393 64 284 78 289 71 271 68 274 33393 31948 60 285 75 288 69 270 71 274 31948 30438 56 286 70 286 70 269 72 275 30438 28850 55 282 63 285 70 269 71 276 28850 27185 61 278 57 284 65 274 67 276 27185 25444 70 275 53 280 58 279 64 277 25444 23628 71 272 58 270 54 280 59 277 23628 21739 68 277 58 270 50 278 55 277 21739 19769 57 277 53 275 49 276 52 277 19769 17711 51 278 48 277 48 274 49 274 17711 15609 49 266 44 269 46 273 47 268 15609 13581 44 259 41 268 43 277 44 267 13581 11731 33 262 33 263 40 266 34 262 11731 10088 28 272 29 256 45 260 38 256 10088 8636 21 281 23 236 34 252 40 253 8636 7353 15 271 17 230 28 237 38 239 7353 6220 10 259 17 215 27 219 34 224 6220 5219 10 236 19 203 27 207 36 215 5219 4341 13 223 19 195 26 196 36 207 4341 3567 14 221 19 192 22 183 34 194 3567 2876 16 217 18 190 19 172 34 185 2876 2266 18 213 17*188 19 170 33 182 2266 1756 18 211 14*183 18 169 30 176 1756 1367 15 211 12 182 17 167 26 168 1367 1099 11 206 11 181 15 166 19 158 1099 937 7*198 10 180 13*165 16 156 937 845 2*170 8 179 10*164 6*149 845 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