DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - - - - - 39.1 - - 43.7 - - 36.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 69 - - -5 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 649 - - 28 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 828 - - 829 - - 828 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1466 - - 845 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 470 - - 1280 - - 131 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 149 - - 21 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 257 - - 254 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -582 - - -1270 - - -120 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2048 - - 2116 - - 964 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7804 - - -6337 - - -7669 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9270 - - 7182 - - 8513 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 77 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.1 - - 43.7 - - 36.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.4 - - 37.6 - - 35.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 38.5 - - 43.7 - - 38.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.3 - - 36.4 - - 36.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 69 - - -5 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 649 - - 28 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 19 - - 9 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 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] 94499 45 305 43 311 58 337 94499 87784 48 304 49 309 57 328 87784 82592 49 294 53 313 47 320 82592 78244 46 287 51 308 43 319 78244 74445 41 288 48 302 44 316 74445 71044 35 289 40 297 45 313 71044 67921 35 295 34 296 42 306 67921 65014 37 303 30 301 40 301 65014 62295 38 300 28 305 36 291 62295 59634 36 292 32 305 30 289 59634 56821 34 288 37 298 30 298 56821 53872 32 289 40 296 40 299 53872 51050 39 297 49 293 49 293 51050 48523 50 293 52 288 52 292 48523 46270 50 290 49 293 55 301 46270 44242 49 292 54 296 60 303 44242 42408 53 294 56 295 58 301 42408 40731 55 300 57 299 57 308 40731 39184 66 306 61 306 65 315 39184 37749 76 302 66 307 71 314 37749 36409 80 295 67 306 71 312 36409 35120 77 292 65 307 64 310 35120 33815 74 299 64 312 61 320 33815 32464 74 307 64 315 69 331 32464 31070 76 312 64 316 75 335 31070 29615 79 314 63 317 68 335 29615 28084 81 314 62 314 61 332 28084 26475 80 315 64 307 52 326 26475 24784 76 314 66 306 52 318 24784 23015 73 313 65 308 54 312 23015 21176 64 311 62 310 48 307 21176 19267 57 307 56 312 44 301 19267 17277 51 301 49 314 41 295 17277 15245 47 302 43 311 36 293 15245 13285 44 303 37 304 30 292 13285 11500 40 302 34 301 25 288 11500 9910 38 302 32 298 24 281 9910 8497 35 307 32 300 24 279 8497 7241 29 305 29 302 23 282 7241 6127 26 298 26 293 24 281 6127 5143 25 293 28 284 25 281 5143 4276 24 290 29 285 25 284 4276 3510 25 287 29 286 24 292 3510 2827 26 281 26 282 20 291 2827 2228 24 272 22 271 18 263 2228 1733 19*265 17 260 21 241 1733 1353 13*257 15 258 19 239 1353 1092 12 256 13 256 15 233 1092 934 11 256 11*255 12 230 934 844 9 256 8*254 5*215 844 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