DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/06 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 - - - - - - 58.1 - - 59.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 29 - - -12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 29 - - 29 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 829 - - 830 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 846 - - 846 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1224 - - 1432 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 41 - - 6 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 168 - - 198 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -182 - - 0 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1028 - - 846 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -500 - - -632 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1346 - - 1478 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 80 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 58.1 - - 59.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.3 - - 58.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.0 - - 60.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.8 - - 59.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 29 - - -12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 29 - - 29 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 95 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - - 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] 95734 39 249 42 261 95734 88652 33 267 37 263 88652 83261 35 266 34 257 83261 78809 27 254 28 251 78809 74956 29 282 29 261 74956 71556 34 283 35 255 71556 68479 34 265 40 257 68479 65615 41 253 47 256 65615 62941 46 250 68 250 62941 60362 55 254 63 247 60362 57654 60 256 56 252 57654 54793 63 257 67 255 54793 52035 70 256 69 250 52035 49547 69 253 68 247 49547 47307 65 249 64 250 47307 45259 65 250 68 254 45259 43375 70 253 77 251 43375 41645 74 252 79 248 41645 40072 76 247 78 248 40072 38636 76 248 75 243 38636 37296 75 247 71 236 37296 35997 70 246 69 236 35997 34672 65 243 67 236 34672 33292 57 243 66 234 33292 31859 58 242 66 228 31859 30361 59 237 60 223 30361 28787 57 234 57 228 28787 27133 54 234 58 235 27133 25398 54 229 57 234 25398 23586 53 221 53 232 23586 21702 53 220 50 236 21702 19743 55 224 48 248 19743 17701 60 228 51 251 17701 15613 61 232 50 251 15613 13599 59 235 50 250 13599 11768 55 233 49 250 11768 10142 56 230 43 252 10142 8700 52 230 38 255 8700 7420 49 226 39 249 7420 6284 49 221 40 241 6284 5276 46 216 40 232 5276 4388 42 208 40 227 4388 3604 38 199 36 219 3604 2904 35 189 33 214 2904 2286 32 180 30 209 2286 1771 27 171 26 206 1771 1376 21 166 21 203 1376 1105 19 166 16 200 1105 940 16*166 14 199 940 846 11*168 9*198 846 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