DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/13 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.5 - - 71.6 - - 66.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 163 - - 66 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2114 - - 2636 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1860 - - 1538 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2931 - - 3453 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 286 - - 470 - - 3040 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 291 - - 234 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 292 - - 286 - - 324 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -912 - - -616 - - -1617 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3843 - - 4069 - - 2464 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7634 - - -7106 - - -2725 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10565 - - 10559 - - 3572 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 81 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 240 - - 670 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.5 - - 71.6 - - 66.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.5 - - 56.6 - - 58.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.3 - - 70.9 - - 67.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.6 - - 55.9 - - 57.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 163 - - 66 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2114 - - 2636 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 8 - - 22 - - 84 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 10 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] 96946 27 264 30 272 24 277 96946 89931 11 293 20 278 14 302 89931 84489 10 338 12 279 11 323 84489 79949 8 034 6 233 10 303 79949 76029 10 092 4 207 7 249 76029 72571 3 070 3 244 6 228 72571 69446 4 234 7 217 7 207 69446 66558 4 008 4 221 8 179 66558 63864 16 263 14 269 12 275 63864 61255 25 228 21 243 18 243 61255 58535 24 234 22 246 23 255 58535 55735 34 250 43 250 41 251 55735 53098 38 252 51 251 54 251 53098 50728 49 266 58 249 59 251 50728 48585 57 271 64 253 63 259 48585 46618 67 265 72 258 70 261 46618 44793 70 267 79 258 75 258 44793 43086 76 271 81 258 78 258 43086 41477 84 271 84 262 82 260 41477 39958 87 272 87 265 88 262 39958 38519 86 273 90 268 92 262 38519 37125 86 272 93 268 93 262 37125 35704 88 272 95 267 95 261 35704 34227 92 273 97 268 98 261 34227 32699 94 276 98 271 100 263 32699 31109 92 279 97 276 98 268 31109 29454 84 282 89 280 90 274 29454 27741 74 285 77 280 79 278 27741 25964 69 284 72 277 73 276 25964 24115 64 281 65 274 71 273 24115 22190 63 278 61 269 68 270 22190 20180 64 272 58 263 64 266 20180 18083 62 270 54 259 58 267 18083 15951 50 271 45 260 51 266 15951 13903 41 266 35 267 39 264 13903 12038 38 272 38 261 31 260 12038 10371 36 273 41 266 36 261 10371 8882 33 273 34 269 37 261 8882 7553 31 276 21 267 31 261 7553 6371 30 274 19 260 26 250 6371 5330 30 267 22 255 25 245 5330 4422 31 271 18 265 16 243 4422 3631 22*282 9*279 8 242 3631 2927 12*291 9*283 7 250 2927 2304 12 291 9 285 6 260 2304 1784 11 292 8 287 4 276 1784 1384 11 292 8 288 3 294 1384 1109 10 293 8 288 3 311 1109 942 9 293 7 289 3*319 942 847 8 293 6 289 2*324 847 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