DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/28 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.9 - - 47.8 - - 38.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 28 - - 28 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 828 - - 829 - - 828 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 845 - - 845 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 434 - - 728 - - 2129 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 19 - - 16 - - 25 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 056 - - 021 - - 286 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - -143 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 845 - - 845 - - 987 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8231 - - -127 - - -415 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9076 - - 972 - - 1259 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 180 - - 160 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.9 - - 47.8 - - 38.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.5 - - 47.5 - - 37.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 45.8 - - 47.7 - - 38.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.4 - - 47.4 - - 36.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 28 - - 28 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 5 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] 95507 28 310 37 301 41 321 95507 88636 26 294 25 292 38 298 88636 83254 30 307 28 308 28 289 83254 78743 29 295 29 296 21 304 78743 74833 26 284 24 285 28 297 74833 71372 23 284 29 276 26 285 71372 68220 20 282 33 255 21 275 68220 65277 29 294 33 257 20 276 65277 62510 46 267 42 265 48 288 62510 59839 52 243 57 257 53 259 59839 57069 50 257 62 251 44 250 57069 54160 52 255 60 255 36 261 54160 51334 61 258 63 251 57 258 51334 48777 77 256 76 249 72 256 48777 46498 84 252 76 243 87 249 46498 44447 85 250 80 248 89 240 44447 42583 96 250 101 249 88 238 42583 40874 111 248 124 244 94 239 40874 39285 111 244 128 236 104 237 39285 37800 108 245 118 233 108 233 37800 36407 114 247 121 235 106 230 36407 35071 115 245 127 235 103 228 35071 33726 106 242 130 235 102 228 33726 32341 95 238 128 235 100 230 32341 30916 89 234 124 237 98 232 30916 29431 87 231 118 239 91 233 29431 27875 86 230 110 240 86 234 27875 26248 84 230 104 238 86 235 26248 24548 81 231 97 236 86 234 24548 22779 77 232 88 233 87 231 22779 20942 73 234 77 229 95 233 20942 19034 69 235 69 223 80 235 19034 17053 67 232 67 222 68 234 17053 15037 64 231 63 225 57 235 15037 13094 56 228 60 228 46 235 13094 11324 49 223 52 226 39 233 11324 9748 44 215 44 225 40 234 9748 8348 38 204 38 219 36 240 8348 7106 31 194 27 208 29 252 7106 6008 24 188 20 211 28 269 6008 5041 19 182 16 214 26 290 5041 4194 15 168 11 204 30 299 4194 3451 10 144 7 166 33 301 3451 2789 8 106 6 124 34 297 2789 2207 11 073 5 070 33 293 2207 1721 15 066 8 034 31 291 1721 1347 16 059 11 023 29 289 1347 1090 14 056 10 022 26 287 1090 934 11*055 8 021 22 286 934 844 8*056 5*021 16*286 844 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