DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/23 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 - - - - - - 24.8 - - 27.7 - - 25.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 371 - - 227 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3232 - - 3118 - - 26 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2957 - - 2689 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4049 - - 3935 - - 843 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 512 - - 600 - - 3532 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 428 - - 359 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 348 - - 346 - - 013 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1371 - - -1947 - - -3722 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5421 - - 5882 - - 4565 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12182 - - -11458 - - -13395 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16231 - - 15393 - - 14238 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 66 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.8 - - 27.7 - - 25.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 4.2 - - 5.1 - - 8.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 22.9 - - 26.2 - - 25.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 3.8 - - 4.7 - - 8.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 371 - - 227 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3232 - - 3118 - - 26 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 8 - - 0 - - 12 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] 96611 20 082 16 092 11 085 96611 89433 17 110 10 086 13 072 89433 83826 14 123 4 075 11 033 83826 79146 11 119 3 232 12 336 79146 75112 6 038 5 154 8 267 75112 71528 9 322 6 319 5 293 71528 68257 9 286 11 296 11 293 68257 65238 10 310 10 287 16 285 65238 62422 17 311 13 291 18 296 62422 59676 22 296 22 304 24 310 59676 56802 27 305 30 301 32 307 56802 53813 33 302 31 299 29 301 53813 50948 32 302 31 306 32 306 50948 48367 36 308 40 307 40 305 48367 46067 42 309 45 303 47 308 46067 44002 44 309 46 309 47 315 44002 42127 46 316 52 316 53 324 42127 40416 52 323 55 322 68 318 40416 38838 59 324 69 321 70 314 38838 37369 65 324 75 321 83 318 37369 36004 69 327 78 325 102 324 36004 34705 72 329 93 331 113 325 34705 33397 72 329 101 332 117 325 33397 32046 69 329 100 331 115 324 32046 30655 65 327 93 328 101 322 30655 29209 64 322 82 327 88 319 29209 27688 61 321 77 325 91 321 27688 26087 62 322 75 324 89 324 26087 24405 64 324 72 326 80 331 24405 22646 64 327 69 327 70 333 22646 20813 61 332 66 328 63 330 20813 18905 59 335 58 328 52 328 18905 16919 55 339 53 330 45 327 16919 14896 50 340 50 332 40 326 14896 12942 45 340 46 333 40 320 12942 11161 40 341 40 337 38 320 11161 9582 36 342 35 336 31 323 9582 8187 33 345 31 337 27 323 8187 6955 31 348 27 342 23 327 6955 5870 28 356 23 348 19 336 5870 4921 20 351 13 339 11 306 4921 4100 16*348 11*341 9 306 4100 3381 16*347 11*343 8 313 3381 2738 16 348 11 344 7 328 2738 2170 15 348 11 345 7 344 2170 1696 15 348 10 346 7 356 1696 1332 15 348 10 348 7 003 1332 1082 14 348 10 348 6 008 1082 930 13 348 9 348 5 010 930 843 11 348 8 349 4*013 843 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