DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/05 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 16.7 - - 24.2 - - 26.9 - - 27.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -1 - - 26 - - -8 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 26 - - 793 - - 27 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 826 - - 827 - - 827 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - 843 - - 1610 - - 844 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 921 - - 451 - - 1429 - - 1942 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 13 - - 115 - - 16 - - 10 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 18 - - 10 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 210 - - 215 - - 203 - - 213 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 8 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1812 - - -1105 - - -1498 - - -410 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2655 - - 2715 - - 2342 - - 1254 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13370 - - -9929 - - -8027 - - -1229 ODpotential blCL - - - 14213 - - 11539 - - 8871 - - 2073 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 96 - - 97 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 16.7 - - 24.2 - - 26.9 - - 27.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 8.3 - - 15.4 - - 19.7 - - 25.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 16.8 - - 24.1 - - 27.3 - - 28.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 7.5 - - 14.4 - - 19.1 - - 25.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -1 - - 26 - - -8 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 26 - - 793 - - 27 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 99 - - 82 - - 89 - - 90 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 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] 96263 18 049 15 056 21 057 11 062 96263 89084 11 033 13 042 9 040 10 017 89084 83536 8 042 8 334 5 343 10 342 83536 78891 12 008 10 280 11 310 14 314 78891 74875 15 320 11 267 17 295 23 297 74875 71333 19 315 13 278 22 284 30 290 71333 68135 26 298 19 290 26 281 34 282 68135 65177 31 304 30 299 36 283 35 276 65177 62399 41 297 39 288 41 275 42 277 62399 59674 44 288 43 275 44 276 46 279 59674 56812 49 277 51 275 60 279 62 277 56812 53842 58 271 64 271 71 275 72 272 53842 51007 59 268 69 266 75 270 74 271 51007 48450 61 268 70 265 77 269 78 271 48450 46156 65 268 74 266 81 267 83 269 46156 44072 70 269 77 265 83 264 87 266 44072 42160 74 269 78 264 81 263 84 263 42160 40395 76 267 79 264 81 261 83 261 40395 38756 77 264 82 264 81 260 86 261 38756 37228 76 262 83 266 81 259 87 261 37228 35803 74 260 82 267 80 258 85 259 35803 34442 71 259 82 267 80 257 83 257 34442 33076 67 259 83 266 80 259 82 256 33076 31672 63 260 80 264 82 262 82 256 31672 30233 55 258 77 262 87 263 82 258 30233 28750 47 260 73 260 92 263 86 260 28750 27215 44 263 65 256 96 264 90 261 27215 25625 38 261 55 247 90 264 88 262 25625 23971 34 260 50 242 73 263 80 262 23971 22255 36 250 47 249 56 261 70 264 22255 20477 34 249 41 253 51 261 63 265 20477 18629 32 255 38 251 46 258 56 265 18629 16705 30 257 36 250 42 255 49 264 16705 14743 28 253 35 250 38 254 41 264 14743 12850 26 250 35 254 37 256 38 262 12850 11125 25 251 33 254 39 255 39 260 11125 9592 24 254 29 255 38 254 38 258 9592 8230 28 254 28 257 36 251 34 260 8230 7016 35 251 33 247 39 249 32 264 7016 5937 33 246 33 236 42 243 30 267 5937 4981 32 248 32 233 42 237 28 271 4981 4141 36 253 32 238 40 233 28 268 4141 3404 41 255 34 240 38 230 33 249 3404 2753 40 247 35 233 35 225 34 236 2753 2180 36 235 31 226 30 219 30 228 2180 1703 28 226 25*219 23 208 27 223 1703 1336 19 216 21*216 20 205 23 219 1336 1084 16 213 19 215 17 204 18 215 1084 931 14*211 16 214 15*204 16*214 931 844 9*210 13 214 10*203 11*213 844 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