DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.7 - - 76.4 - - 71.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 210 - - 147 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2323 - - 3796 - - 30 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2108 - - 3002 - - 830 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3140 - - 4613 - - 847 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1295 - - 1322 - - 407 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 325 - - 339 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 18 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 231 - - 203 - - 198 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -936 - - -958 - - -4466 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4077 - - 5572 - - 5313 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3512 - - -4352 - - -9411 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6652 - - 8965 - - 10258 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 74 - - 49 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 440 - - 1020 - - 450 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.7 - - 76.4 - - 71.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.6 - - 54.7 - - 51.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.2 - - 75.5 - - 74.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.8 - - 54.3 - - 51.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 210 - - 147 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2323 - - 3796 - - 30 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 38 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 8 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] 96438 28 244 29 253 42 259 96438 89131 20 250 18 250 15 271 89131 83526 13 220 19 239 20 274 83526 78909 11 251 15 254 19 267 78909 74951 13 261 16 260 18 263 74951 71450 19 274 19 273 20 265 71450 68280 25 274 27 275 24 273 68280 65363 31 275 32 275 29 279 65363 62641 35 274 36 273 32 277 62641 59972 34 267 40 269 41 277 59972 57180 41 275 42 267 48 275 57180 54291 55 273 53 272 51 269 54291 51527 62 268 62 271 49 266 51527 49027 63 267 65 271 51 272 49027 46794 63 268 68 270 63 275 46794 44803 63 270 68 267 73 272 44803 43023 63 273 64 264 74 267 43023 41407 59 271 61 262 67 270 41407 39916 55 268 60 263 66 269 39916 38519 52 267 62 267 66 267 38519 37196 51 269 64 267 64 269 37196 35913 52 269 64 265 63 269 35913 34601 52 267 61 264 62 268 34601 33235 50 266 58 265 61 268 33235 31816 48 268 57 268 60 271 31816 30330 48 270 57 269 58 272 30330 28768 48 273 56 271 54 272 28768 27131 50 278 55 271 51 275 27131 25421 50 280 53 267 55 278 25421 23640 48 278 46 265 54 278 23640 21787 46 272 40 275 47 278 21787 19853 41 274 44 286 44 276 19853 17833 39 278 47 285 47 271 17833 15767 39 269 45 285 49 266 15767 13768 34 260 46 280 47 265 13768 11939 28 265 38 285 42 266 11939 10304 28 267 27 285 40 262 10304 8846 25 260 26 272 39 250 8846 7546 30 248 23 258 34 241 7546 6391 35 236 22 241 32 229 6391 5369 28 227 21*221 37 217 5369 4469 20 231 19*206 38 212 4469 3673 15*236 19 205 35 210 3673 2959 13*232 19 203 33 209 2959 2326 12 231 18 202 31 207 2326 1797 11 230 18 202 27 205 1797 1392 11 231 17 201 23 202 1392 1113 10 231 16 201 18 200 1113 944 9 232 15 200 13*199 944 847 8 231 12 200 6*198 847 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