DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/12 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 - - - - - - 20.0 - - 24.8 - - 23.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 33 - - -2 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 271 - - 26 - - 26 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 827 - - 827 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1088 - - 843 - - 843 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1687 - - 2110 - - 2353 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 85 - - 14 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 259 - - 257 - - 256 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -621 - - -1076 - - -498 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1710 - - 1919 - - 1341 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1555 - - -1507 - - -1013 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2643 - - 2350 - - 1856 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 20.0 - - 24.8 - - 23.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 15.9 - - 19.7 - - 21.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 19.7 - - 24.9 - - 24.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 15.3 - - 19.2 - - 21.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 33 - - -2 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 271 - - 26 - - 26 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 103 - - 98 - - 100 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] 94843 77 284 69 280 76 278 94843 87957 55 287 58 281 66 279 87957 82566 48 284 52 288 58 285 82566 78060 52 282 49 291 54 293 78060 74156 50 278 57 294 52 291 74156 70690 51 276 58 291 51 290 70690 67527 51 281 48 283 46 289 67527 64581 51 288 42 291 42 292 64581 61809 54 294 50 298 48 299 61809 59105 60 292 60 293 59 295 59105 56284 60 285 64 287 63 289 56284 53351 59 286 62 283 61 289 53351 50544 63 289 62 285 63 289 50544 48022 66 291 66 289 70 295 48022 45771 67 292 75 292 81 294 45771 43738 68 294 83 290 89 292 43738 41880 72 294 85 288 90 291 41880 40163 75 294 84 287 92 291 40163 38567 78 295 84 288 95 291 38567 37078 84 297 83 291 97 293 37078 35685 89 296 86 295 101 296 35685 34351 92 294 91 296 107 296 34351 33009 91 293 95 295 111 296 33009 31629 90 293 95 293 113 296 31629 30214 88 294 93 293 112 296 30214 28749 87 295 92 294 109 296 28749 27224 83 296 88 294 100 296 27224 25644 78 299 82 295 89 296 25644 24002 74 301 74 295 83 293 24002 22288 70 302 67 291 77 292 22288 20501 64 301 61 287 66 288 20501 18640 54 296 58 286 62 284 18640 16699 49 282 53 288 60 283 16699 14721 47 271 47 285 56 283 14721 12815 39 275 44 285 51 286 12815 11082 32 276 41 290 49 291 11082 9538 31 277 41 297 43 294 9538 8165 27 284 37 295 39 299 8165 6945 20 282 30 280 37 303 6945 5866 14 276 27 280 26 294 5866 4924 12 261 26 286 25 288 4924 4104 14 249 25 289 26 286 4104 3382 15 255 23 289 28 286 3382 2738 18 267 21 281 28 281 2738 2169 18 267 17 266 25 273 2169 1695 18 266 15 261 21 265 1695 1332 14*262 14 260 19 261 1332 1082 9*260 12 258 15 258 1082 930 8 259 11 257 13 257 930 843 6 258 8*257 8*256 843 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