DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/29 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 - - - - - - 59.6 - - 63.4 - - 58.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 147 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2734 - - 3147 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2288 - - 2526 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3551 - - 3964 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1997 - - 1149 - - 3618 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 314 - - 317 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 20 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 212 - - 203 - - 193 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3784 - - -4589 - - -6176 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7335 - - 8553 - - 7023 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11814 - - -11115 - - -13646 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15365 - - 15079 - - 14492 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 87 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.6 - - 63.4 - - 58.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 30.5 - - 29.0 - - 30.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.6 - - 62.4 - - 59.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 29.2 - - 28.0 - - 30.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 147 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2734 - - 3147 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 49 - - 49 - - 37 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 96416 19 240 24 253 25 270 96416 89135 15 259 12 271 14 264 89135 83524 18 268 18 295 16 277 83524 78894 16 285 17 266 20 276 78894 74930 18 314 13 282 17 282 74930 71435 16 301 18 294 23 273 71435 68261 25 300 25 288 22 293 68261 65343 35 298 35 291 35 293 65343 62644 43 287 43 287 41 290 62644 60015 46 285 48 284 46 287 60015 57252 50 286 55 280 51 287 57252 54368 61 284 61 280 59 284 54368 51609 70 281 69 283 69 286 51609 49124 77 279 77 283 78 286 49124 46899 78 279 82 278 83 282 46899 44884 77 281 80 275 82 279 44884 43050 78 282 78 277 77 278 43050 41375 79 283 79 279 76 281 41375 39836 76 280 77 277 74 284 39836 38409 72 281 75 276 71 285 38409 37072 69 284 74 275 71 284 37072 35783 68 281 72 276 72 282 35783 34471 70 277 72 279 72 279 34471 33106 73 277 72 279 67 276 33106 31691 69 277 73 277 61 275 31691 30210 62 279 72 275 59 279 30210 28651 58 280 65 276 56 283 28651 27013 58 281 59 279 55 287 27013 25296 56 283 56 280 52 287 25296 23499 56 283 56 281 49 287 23499 21629 59 282 55 283 44 288 21629 19680 59 282 54 283 41 287 19680 17647 52 278 55 277 43 280 17647 15568 44 271 56 269 45 268 15568 13557 36 269 49 274 40 279 13557 11722 30 269 39 280 37 291 11722 10088 30 263 31 278 28 284 10088 8638 36 252 30 277 23 287 8638 7353 32 237 34 263 24 285 7353 6217 25 230 32 250 24 260 6217 5218 24 233 26 239 25 235 5218 4343 24*229 20*214 25 219 4343 3572 20*219 20*206 24 214 3572 2882 19 214 21 204 24 211 2882 2272 19 212 20 202 23 209 2272 1763 18 211 20 202 21 205 1763 1371 17 210 20 201 19 202 1371 1102 16 210 19 201 15 199 1102 939 15 209 17 200 12*197 939 846 12 209 14 200 7*193 846 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