DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/16 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.4 - - 61.1 - - 54.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 31 - - 18 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1491 - - 29 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 829 - - 830 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2308 - - 846 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1077 - - 4628 - - 181 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 162 - - 36 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 239 - - 245 - - 210 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -345 - - -3706 - - -2278 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2653 - - 4553 - - 3124 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3855 - - -5667 - - -6014 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6163 - - 6513 - - 6860 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 79 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.4 - - 61.1 - - 54.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.7 - - 44.1 - - 43.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 55.2 - - 61.0 - - 56.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.7 - - 43.3 - - 43.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 31 - - 18 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1491 - - 29 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 84 - - 15 - - 44 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 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] 96821 19 084 18 096 11 112 96821 89706 15 081 12 082 8 102 89706 84114 13 100 4 058 5 075 84114 79421 10 099 2 094 9 019 79421 75366 5 079 2 237 7 351 75366 71775 2 038 4 292 5 309 71775 68524 8 319 6 266 8 300 68524 65523 16 290 12 277 10 312 65523 62726 21 284 21 280 24 275 62726 60023 25 276 25 262 26 276 60023 57183 32 287 30 286 36 291 57183 54235 57 278 57 274 59 269 54235 51457 61 267 57 266 56 270 51457 48961 56 272 50 276 61 291 48961 46708 65 287 66 295 79 287 46708 44662 78 285 83 289 95 279 44662 42810 87 280 96 280 99 276 42810 41128 88 277 102 279 104 281 41128 39586 90 282 107 281 112 285 39586 38154 99 288 111 286 120 286 38154 36809 109 290 118 290 124 286 36809 35509 114 290 120 291 124 286 35509 34185 113 289 119 291 119 288 34185 32808 110 287 116 290 110 290 32808 31383 106 285 111 287 103 290 31383 29897 102 284 107 285 98 287 29897 28336 98 284 104 286 97 285 28336 26701 92 285 100 286 94 285 26701 24991 84 283 94 283 87 284 24991 23210 81 280 85 279 80 284 23210 21361 75 279 77 279 75 281 21361 19435 65 277 67 279 68 278 19435 17428 57 275 60 276 58 276 17428 15382 49 276 54 277 49 275 15382 13411 43 271 38 273 43 274 13411 11614 41 269 38 271 44 273 11614 10015 39 267 34 267 29 265 10015 8597 36 269 29 269 20 257 8597 7336 35 262 29 269 19 263 7336 6214 37 259 29 269 19 267 6214 5222 39 260 29 264 19 264 5222 4349 40 257 24 252 18 260 4349 3578 38 250 23 249 18 255 3578 2887 35*245 22 248 17 250 2887 2275 29*241 21 247 17 245 2275 1764 27 239 20 247 16 240 1764 1372 25 239 19 247 15 236 1372 1103 22 238 17 246 13 230 1103 939 19 238 15 246 11*225 939 846 14 238 11*245 4*210 846 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