DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/02 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 - - - - - - 17.6 - - 22.0 - - 22.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - 18 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 693 - - 1070 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 827 - - 827 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1510 - - 1887 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1001 - - 1054 - - 1955 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 137 - - 110 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 13 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 241 - - 234 - - 195 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 352 - - 455 - - -519 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1158 - - 1432 - - 1363 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 283 - - 280 - - -988 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1227 - - 1607 - - 1832 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 17.6 - - 22.0 - - 22.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 15.8 - - 19.0 - - 19.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 17.1 - - 21.9 - - 23.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 15.8 - - 18.6 - - 19.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - 18 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 693 - - 1070 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 103 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96313 10 060 14 043 9 061 96313 89142 9 047 9 017 8 026 89142 83590 11 004 2 313 6 001 83590 78961 15 312 11 286 13 316 78961 74954 16 259 18 269 19 277 74954 71386 14 268 13 259 18 264 71386 68119 24 275 17 281 22 285 68119 65103 20 282 25 273 29 283 65103 62306 25 298 25 265 30 274 62306 59595 31 292 26 277 33 274 59595 56761 37 280 33 286 34 274 56761 53818 41 275 43 287 39 279 53818 51014 44 273 50 280 49 278 51014 48498 43 274 54 272 56 273 48498 46246 43 277 50 270 54 265 46246 44193 42 281 44 273 55 267 44193 42308 48 283 47 279 61 269 42308 40576 60 288 54 279 66 270 40576 38978 67 281 60 274 69 272 38978 37495 66 273 59 276 74 279 37495 36117 58 273 68 281 82 282 36117 34801 54 276 73 281 87 281 34801 33480 49 281 71 282 88 281 33480 32121 52 286 77 283 87 281 32121 30720 53 292 81 281 82 282 30720 29258 61 301 75 281 74 282 29258 27726 68 305 67 287 61 276 27726 26125 66 304 62 288 53 275 26125 24446 58 300 55 289 47 276 24446 22690 53 295 53 290 48 270 22690 20858 54 291 52 293 50 267 20858 18944 54 291 46 298 43 271 18944 16948 46 299 42 298 37 273 16948 14912 42 305 40 293 35 275 14912 12952 33 300 30 298 33 272 12952 11176 26 289 23 292 31 271 11176 9605 21 290 23 277 30 279 9605 8218 17 294 22 271 26 282 8218 6990 15 279 21 265 24 275 6990 5904 14 258 20 257 24 269 5904 4947 13 245 19 246 24 269 4947 4110 12 238 20 243 23 269 4110 3376 13 237 22 245 22 258 3376 2728 14 241 20 241 20 235 2728 2163 14 245 18*238 19 218 2163 1692 13*245 15*235 18 213 1692 1330 10*242 14 234 16 206 1330 1081 9 241 13 233 13 199 1081 930 8 240 11 232 11*198 930 844 6 240 9 232 8*195 844 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