DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/21 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 - - - - - - 30.0 - - 28.6 - - 27.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 166 - - 57 - - 52 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2889 - - 2435 - - 2589 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2395 - - 827 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3706 - - 3252 - - 3406 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 930 - - 1515 - - 1314 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 319 - - 212 - - 211 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 16 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 292 - - 298 - - 307 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 4 - - 4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 815 - - 975 - - 982 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2891 - - 2278 - - 2424 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 510 - - 685 - - 609 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3196 - - 2567 - - 2797 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 30.0 - - 28.6 - - 27.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 20.5 - - 21.9 - - 20.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 28.8 - - 28.0 - - 27.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 19.3 - - 21.2 - - 19.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 166 - - 57 - - 52 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2889 - - 2435 - - 2589 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 103 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] 96929 31 094 33 097 26 097 96929 89751 28 094 23 098 20 096 89751 84167 23 101 16 098 13 087 84167 79505 16 092 10 115 11 082 79505 75460 11 118 4 099 6 049 75460 71863 7 107 2 074 6 005 71863 68595 2 119 5 211 5 316 68595 65572 1 329 1 260 4 259 65572 62761 8 222 8 271 10 274 62761 60037 5 251 13 254 16 272 60037 57182 21 265 22 257 21 269 57182 54183 29 260 25 255 27 267 54183 51289 31 253 33 254 33 263 51289 48680 37 263 39 260 39 265 48680 46347 43 262 50 255 41 261 46347 44231 52 255 53 248 39 259 44231 42293 53 254 48 252 38 266 42293 40505 57 257 52 259 45 265 40505 38849 60 255 57 253 51 256 38849 37306 58 252 53 246 49 249 37306 35862 58 252 49 248 44 252 35862 34478 59 250 50 250 45 257 34478 33090 60 246 55 249 46 256 33090 31676 62 242 55 246 41 254 31676 30239 61 238 51 245 35 251 30239 28765 54 235 44 247 27 257 28765 27237 44 231 35 243 22 266 27237 25653 28 228 33 239 19 290 25653 24007 16 221 24 251 12 299 24007 22291 18 215 12 248 4 313 22291 20504 18 222 10 241 5 354 20504 18637 15 237 10 249 8 343 18637 16684 17 239 10 259 4 329 16684 14688 17 236 14 241 6 304 14688 12769 16 240 11 247 12 305 12769 11033 15 269 14 254 12 308 11033 9493 15 282 11 254 13 295 9493 8129 13 293 15 277 14 298 8129 6922 15 302 16 294 15 306 6922 5857 15 310 16 300 16 313 5857 4921 12 313 15 302 16 312 4921 4104 12*298 16 301 17*309 4104 3384 13*296 16*301 17*309 3384 2741 13 293 17*299 17 308 2741 2172 13 292 17 298 17 307 2172 1698 13 292 16 298 17 307 1698 1334 13 291 16 297 16 307 1334 1083 12 291 15 297 15 307 1083 931 11 290 13 296 14 306 931 844 10 290 10 296 11 306 844 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