DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/19 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 - - - - - - -2.1 - - -0.1 - - -5.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 46 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1895 - - 1889 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1403 - - 825 - - 825 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2712 - - 2706 - - 842 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 568 - - 686 - - 1817 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 239 - - 180 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 22 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 292 - - 282 - - 258 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 884 - - 788 - - -964 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1828 - - 1918 - - 1806 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 739 - - 503 - - -9018 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1973 - - 2203 - - 9860 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - -2.1 - - -0.1 - - -5.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -6.7 - - -5.1 - - -9.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - -2.6 - - -0.5 - - -3.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -7.5 - - -5.9 - - -8.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 46 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1895 - - 1889 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 103 - - 106 - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95920 17 323 7 325 11 263 95920 88837 20 268 20 273 23 292 88837 83324 22 260 24 270 26 281 83324 78687 22 268 22 282 25 280 78687 74635 27 269 36 273 31 277 74635 71017 37 265 37 262 34 278 71017 67717 37 264 40 275 32 263 67717 64647 39 265 43 276 33 277 64647 61767 43 263 49 277 45 277 61767 58964 50 262 56 271 53 273 58964 56035 56 258 64 267 65 271 56035 53002 60 259 72 263 68 263 53002 50103 65 262 73 259 62 264 50103 47490 66 263 68 262 68 274 47490 45159 67 267 69 268 77 276 45159 43061 70 271 72 272 80 275 43061 41150 73 273 75 272 79 274 41150 39393 76 272 77 271 79 274 39393 37766 76 270 77 269 79 274 37766 36251 75 269 76 269 79 275 36251 34834 75 269 74 268 78 276 34834 33474 74 270 73 270 78 277 33474 32103 75 273 75 274 79 279 32103 30698 79 276 78 276 81 280 30698 29261 86 276 82 277 80 280 29261 27782 91 275 84 276 79 281 27782 26252 93 274 85 276 78 281 26252 24678 91 275 86 276 78 282 24678 23057 86 278 85 277 79 283 23057 21385 81 282 82 280 81 284 21385 19658 78 286 79 283 80 285 19658 17861 73 289 74 286 75 287 17861 15990 68 293 68 288 66 289 15990 14086 62 297 61 290 59 289 14086 12254 56 300 53 294 53 289 12254 10588 49 303 47 295 48 290 10588 9108 43 306 43 295 43 291 9108 7798 38 306 39 295 40 292 7798 6640 34 309 36 297 38 294 6640 5618 32 312 34 298 35 295 5618 4718 33 313 31 300 33 296 4718 3930 32 313 29 298 31 295 3930 3241 29*305 27*288 29 289 3241 2630 24*293 25*284 27 284 2630 2094 24 292 24 283 26 282 2094 1646 23 291 23 282 24 279 1646 1302 22 291 22 281 21 274 1302 1066 21 290 20 280 16 267 1066 923 18 290 17 280 13*264 923 842 14 289 13 279 6*258 842 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