DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/07 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.7 - - 41.4 - - 38.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - 49 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1374 - - 1505 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 828 - - 828 - - 828 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2191 - - 2322 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1300 - - 1240 - - 2785 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 189 - - 177 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 20 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 282 - - 287 - - 284 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 828 - - 830 - - -525 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1363 - - 1492 - - 1369 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 515 - - 342 - - -744 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1676 - - 1980 - - 1588 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.7 - - 41.4 - - 38.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.7 - - 37.9 - - 36.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.2 - - 41.1 - - 38.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.9 - - 37.1 - - 35.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - 49 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1374 - - 1505 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 95431 43 261 42 271 39 282 95431 88385 36 255 39 261 46 269 88385 83000 40 259 42 257 48 261 83000 78549 46 262 49 265 49 266 78549 74713 45 263 51 268 52 271 74713 71313 43 258 52 268 48 264 71313 68204 50 259 51 254 43 257 68204 65312 58 255 45 253 45 264 65312 62618 59 248 57 262 58 270 62618 60014 67 240 73 255 73 261 60014 57291 66 229 65 234 72 245 57291 54418 54 228 63 238 67 246 54418 51635 57 241 71 242 75 248 51635 49118 77 248 77 243 83 247 49118 46851 86 245 84 245 87 244 46851 44790 87 239 88 245 88 241 44790 42905 88 241 93 244 87 241 42905 41169 94 245 99 241 86 242 41169 39559 104 244 101 238 87 241 39559 38057 115 236 105 240 89 243 38057 36651 123 222 116 237 95 245 36651 35300 134 212 125 226 107 243 35300 33940 134 210 132 217 122 237 33940 32548 130 211 134 216 140 231 32548 31118 124 215 135 219 143 226 31118 29622 125 219 134 221 146 227 29622 28047 121 220 132 223 145 232 28047 26398 116 225 130 229 131 235 26398 24676 107 228 120 235 122 239 24676 22884 98 230 117 239 120 245 22884 21029 96 239 115 245 117 249 21029 19110 96 246 109 252 89 252 19110 17122 96 250 92 258 59 252 17122 15100 89 255 61 261 47 251 15100 13146 70 254 43 257 43 255 13146 11365 59 248 43 245 40 254 11365 9781 51 242 48 252 38 255 9781 8376 52 230 40 266 31 269 8376 7130 57 236 33 279 30 281 7130 6025 47 252 31 289 30 288 6025 5051 32 274 28 293 27 296 5051 4199 29 276 26 299 25 299 4199 3455 26 282 25 294 24 294 3455 2794 25 282 23*289 23 292 2794 2210 24*282 23*288 22 290 2210 1722 24*282 22 288 20 288 1722 1348 23 282 21 287 18 287 1348 1090 21 282 19 287 17 286 1090 934 19 281 17 286 14 285 934 844 14 281 13 286 10*284 844 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