DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/04 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 - - - - - - 44.3 - - 47.9 - - 44.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 24 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 982 - - 1421 - - 28 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 828 - - 828 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1799 - - 2238 - - 845 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 856 - - 951 - - 1882 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 175 - - 136 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 142 - - 069 - - 113 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -8 - - 342 - - -339 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1807 - - 1896 - - 1184 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9036 - - 26 - - -1042 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10835 - - 2212 - - 1887 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.3 - - 47.9 - - 44.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.7 - - 42.8 - - 42.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.5 - - 47.6 - - 45.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.0 - - 42.2 - - 42.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 24 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 982 - - 1421 - - 28 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 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] 96144 27 266 31 255 28 264 96144 88951 31 260 34 254 40 273 88951 83430 35 248 41 268 42 258 83430 78823 29 245 30 261 42 281 78823 74874 39 279 42 284 48 286 74874 71428 56 274 55 281 47 276 71428 68303 49 264 53 275 42 271 68303 65394 42 259 48 274 45 280 65394 62669 46 276 46 276 55 284 62669 60016 59 286 54 278 65 281 60016 57237 72 286 64 279 72 278 57237 54341 79 281 73 282 77 276 54341 51570 84 276 80 278 76 276 51570 49076 82 271 82 271 75 273 49076 46851 78 265 79 268 74 268 46851 44844 71 262 75 263 71 264 44844 43017 65 257 69 257 69 262 43017 41346 63 255 69 254 68 255 41346 39814 64 258 72 254 64 249 39814 38392 64 259 76 261 68 250 38392 37048 66 260 77 265 73 246 37048 35746 73 267 79 262 73 242 35746 34420 91 270 78 255 73 240 34420 33045 93 260 78 250 73 239 33045 31623 91 258 77 252 74 240 31623 30139 89 269 75 254 72 240 30139 28577 67 272 72 257 69 240 28577 26936 51 262 66 261 66 240 26936 25213 41 260 50 267 61 241 25213 23414 29 260 36 261 38 250 23414 21544 21 264 34 254 28 241 21544 19598 16 263 20 258 26 239 19598 17571 17 253 16 254 22 256 17571 15500 21 247 20 258 24 245 15500 13495 21 250 18 254 25 237 13495 11663 16 253 14 226 23 230 11663 10028 8 228 18 210 22 234 10028 8580 8 199 17 217 21 234 8580 7296 7 182 12 211 20 242 7296 6156 10 152 11 194 16 244 6156 5151 13 145 12 199 11 222 5151 4275 14 143 10 202 7 193 4275 3508 14 155 9 179 7 149 3508 2828 13 154 5*132 11 107 2828 2232 10*145 5*076 12 107 2232 1737 6*141 5 069 13 113 1737 1356 5 142 5 067 13 114 1356 1095 5 143 4 066 11 116 1095 936 4 142 4 065 9 115 936 845 4 144 3 063 5*113 845 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