DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/17 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 - - - - - - 13.5 - - 14.8 - - 15.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - 19 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1919 - - 601 - - 26 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 826 - - 826 - - 826 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2736 - - 1418 - - 843 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 948 - - 2084 - - 2445 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 174 - - 94 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 14 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 253 - - 260 - - 258 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 854 - - -266 - - -644 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1882 - - 1684 - - 1487 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 329 - - -649 - - -1264 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2407 - - 2067 - - 2107 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 95 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 13.5 - - 14.8 - - 15.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 8.5 - - 10.7 - - 12.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 13.1 - - 14.5 - - 15.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 7.7 - - 10.0 - - 11.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - 19 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1919 - - 601 - - 26 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 79 - - 104 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] 96380 60 029 52 038 39 032 96380 89405 49 028 45 025 36 024 89405 83940 28 022 35 014 28 015 83940 79318 14 001 21 336 19 346 79318 75282 7 315 15 293 22 316 75282 71671 12 294 19 295 24 312 71671 68375 16 278 24 296 25 303 68375 65337 18 277 27 295 26 289 65337 62508 21 286 26 294 26 282 62508 59744 25 286 25 287 27 280 59744 56827 29 279 30 277 33 278 56827 53764 33 271 39 270 40 275 53764 50821 38 264 46 263 42 273 50821 48169 40 257 47 258 42 271 48169 45806 37 253 45 255 41 267 45806 43682 34 253 42 253 41 264 43682 41749 32 254 40 253 40 260 41749 39969 32 255 37 255 36 261 39969 38321 35 254 34 257 30 266 38321 36786 36 251 30 258 29 277 36786 35351 34 251 25 258 29 276 35351 33977 34 252 21 267 25 274 33977 32601 32 253 20 277 19 288 32601 31192 28 256 19 278 18 310 31192 29756 29 248 19 275 21 323 29756 28277 27 229 22 270 23 322 28277 26749 21 216 18 264 22 322 26749 25173 15 216 9 253 20 331 25173 23541 11 232 5 228 16 329 23541 21849 9 247 2 209 11 332 21849 20092 10 250 2 015 12 341 20092 18262 10 239 4 011 12 350 18262 16352 9 220 4 002 18 356 16352 14407 9 205 8 005 18 358 14407 12534 5 108 12 035 17 003 12534 10833 19 072 15 049 16 355 10833 9329 21 053 17 026 16 334 9329 8002 20 045 18 021 12 340 8002 6823 14 057 15 019 12 358 6823 5774 8 041 16 002 18 345 5774 4848 8 339 13 333 20 335 4848 4039 13 276 15 306 25 320 4039 3331 18*263 19 283 27 307 3331 2700 19*255 20 267 25 295 2700 2142 19 255 19 265 24 286 2142 1678 18 253 18*263 21 272 1678 1322 17 252 16*261 19 267 1322 1076 16 252 15 260 16 262 1076 928 14 252 13 259 13*260 928 843 11 251 10 259 9*258 843 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