DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/27 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 - - - - - - 30.1 - - 30.5 - - 29.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 9 - - 9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2966 - - 27 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1920 - - 827 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3783 - - 844 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1975 - - 6399 - - 6515 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 251 - - 29 - - 28 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 25 - - 13 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 309 - - 301 - - 298 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 984 - - -2163 - - -2363 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2800 - - 3007 - - 3207 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 464 - - -2325 - - -2637 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3319 - - 3169 - - 3481 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 30.1 - - 30.5 - - 29.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 21.2 - - 20.6 - - 18.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 29.7 - - 30.4 - - 29.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 20.1 - - 19.5 - - 17.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 9 - - 9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2966 - - 27 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 103 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95913 24 044 28 036 31 033 95913 88907 17 064 21 021 21 035 88907 83430 14 049 15 028 8 018 83430 78841 12 014 10 011 6 358 78841 74858 11 347 7 343 6 314 74858 71305 9 315 9 304 10 301 71305 68058 7 279 9 286 13 278 68058 65059 11 277 12 303 14 303 65059 62252 19 279 20 282 21 303 62252 59503 20 281 23 275 27 280 59503 56622 21 286 24 286 30 283 56622 53628 32 278 33 285 34 293 53628 50769 37 272 39 284 37 297 50769 48197 38 279 42 286 41 301 48197 45896 42 288 45 291 48 301 45896 43822 48 290 49 296 54 301 43822 41933 49 288 53 299 59 302 41933 40199 48 287 56 300 63 306 40199 38593 48 289 59 301 68 309 38593 37096 50 292 62 302 73 310 37096 35693 55 294 66 301 77 311 35693 34345 59 292 67 300 81 311 34345 32985 61 292 69 302 86 312 32985 31584 64 293 74 304 89 312 31584 30145 68 295 80 304 91 313 30145 28655 71 295 85 304 94 314 28655 27101 74 295 87 305 95 312 27101 25482 75 296 88 305 93 312 25482 23799 75 297 86 304 86 312 23799 22059 72 297 78 304 73 313 22059 20271 69 297 66 304 60 312 20271 18423 66 298 55 306 51 312 18423 16505 59 300 49 308 48 313 16505 14553 48 302 44 309 47 313 14553 12671 43 303 42 310 45 314 12671 10961 43 303 40 312 41 315 10961 9444 43 304 39 313 35 317 9444 8102 42 305 34 312 30 324 8102 6919 38 310 29 308 30 327 6919 5873 32 313 29 308 30 324 5873 4945 28 311 28 307 30 322 4945 4126 28*310 28 307 29 317 4126 3402 28*310 27 305 28 312 3402 2754 27 310 25 305 26 308 2754 2182 26 310 24 304 24 305 2182 1704 26 309 23 304 22 303 1704 1337 24 309 22 303 20 301 1337 1085 23 309 19 302 18 300 1085 931 20 308 17*302 16*299 931 844 15 308 13*301 12*298 844 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