DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/01 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 - - - - - - 67.7 - - 65.8 - - 61.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 2 - - 7 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 30 - - 30 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 831 - - 830 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 847 - - 847 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1707 - - 2348 - - 1462 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 18 - - 27 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 281 - - 008 - - 010 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - -79 - - -244 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 847 - - 926 - - 1090 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -349 - - -543 - - -2191 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1196 - - 1390 - - 3037 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 240 - - 30 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.7 - - 65.8 - - 61.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.7 - - 64.2 - - 59.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.6 - - 65.8 - - 61.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.6 - - 63.9 - - 58.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 2 - - 7 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 30 - - 30 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 98 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 11 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] 97832 14 244 17 271 16 268 97832 90583 12 241 13 267 13 254 90583 84997 10 253 13 249 10 265 84997 80345 8 274 12 266 9 273 80345 76329 5 232 11 262 9 291 76329 72780 5 253 11 234 11 271 72780 69564 9 240 11 232 14 242 69564 66607 12 230 15 240 15 240 66607 63875 14 221 21 236 23 246 63875 61237 20 248 25 234 25 243 61237 58486 26 249 32 232 33 243 58486 55632 36 247 42 245 41 239 55632 52922 40 237 55 240 56 251 52922 50494 62 245 61 234 70 245 50494 48311 69 241 64 240 75 242 48311 46320 69 241 79 244 85 239 46320 44495 74 243 90 244 96 239 44495 42815 84 244 97 245 103 241 42815 41250 91 244 98 246 103 240 41250 39776 93 244 95 244 96 239 39776 38375 87 245 91 238 89 235 38375 37012 70 242 88 233 82 233 37012 35622 61 238 86 233 79 233 35622 34176 59 234 79 233 75 234 34176 32675 57 233 72 230 71 235 32675 31104 55 233 65 225 66 230 31104 29452 54 233 58 221 63 225 29452 27720 50 234 52 221 59 224 27720 25911 43 237 46 221 53 223 25911 24027 40 242 39 222 47 223 24027 22073 41 246 32 231 37 228 22073 20047 42 242 26 254 24 242 20047 17944 44 238 27 264 22 260 17944 15803 46 238 31 261 25 263 15803 13743 44 241 29 259 22 252 13743 11872 38 242 28 251 17 247 11872 10212 38 232 31 240 12 264 10212 8743 38 227 29 235 9 309 8743 7444 34 230 21 239 14 358 7444 6295 30 234 11 269 18 010 6295 5282 26 239 11 336 20 016 5282 4392 22 241 13 353 21 021 4392 3606 18 244 14 011 22 021 3606 2905 15 246 16 016 22 019 2905 2286 11 249 17 013 21 021 2286 1771 8 254 16 012 19 022 1771 1376 6 260 13 011 15 018 1376 1105 4 272 10 009 12 014 1105 941 3*277 9*009 10*012 941 846 3*281 6*008 7*010 846 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