DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/17 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 33.4 - - 32.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 7 - - -5 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 27 - - 27 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 828 - - 828 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 844 - - 844 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1111 - - 1002 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 24 - - 5 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 341 - - 138 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -866 - - -175 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1710 - - 1019 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9775 - - -9159 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10619 - - 10003 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 91 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 33.4 - - 32.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.1 - - 31.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 33.2 - - 33.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.6 - - 31.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 7 - - -5 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 27 - - 27 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 51 - - 63 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - - 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] 95828 32 335 25 331 95828 88992 25 327 14 314 88992 83591 20 308 16 290 83591 79020 17 269 24 266 79020 75041 13 241 27 263 75041 71510 17 282 23 257 71510 68291 26 281 20 262 68291 65300 32 277 27 286 65300 62524 37 271 33 273 62524 59845 32 264 32 276 59845 57050 30 280 45 279 57050 54132 48 285 56 274 54132 51320 51 279 66 276 51320 48782 48 281 67 278 48782 46509 55 278 69 282 46509 44454 69 282 71 282 44454 42583 71 279 69 279 42583 40864 69 281 65 280 40864 39274 67 284 62 286 39274 37807 63 289 65 289 37807 36456 60 288 64 287 36456 35171 56 282 53 282 35171 33875 55 278 46 287 33875 32531 56 276 40 306 32531 31138 61 271 46 321 31138 29679 62 269 46 321 29679 28142 59 275 43 310 28142 26525 54 279 46 293 26525 24828 52 281 48 284 24828 23053 47 277 43 280 23053 21206 38 280 35 273 21206 19283 36 289 32 259 19283 17275 45 288 36 255 17275 15226 47 284 40 256 15226 13258 50 284 39 257 13258 11473 46 280 37 257 11473 9884 38 278 31 260 9884 8471 28 282 23 261 8471 7213 22 286 18 263 7213 6096 17 284 17 257 6096 5109 14 277 15 255 5109 4242 12 277 13 247 4242 3478 9 282 14 242 3478 2797 5 292 13 220 2797 2202 5 333 11 178 2202 1714 5 341 9 151 1714 1343 4 342 8 146 1343 1088 4 342 7 144 1088 933 3*341 6 141 933 844 3*341 3*138 844 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