DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/17 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 43.5 - - 52.1 - - 55.9 - - 51.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 16 - - 39 - - -20 - - -67 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 122 - - 754 - - 29 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 828 - - 829 - - 829 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - 939 - - 1571 - - 846 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 282 - - 574 - - 2343 - - 585 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 53 - - 133 - - 22 - - 14 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 9 - - 10 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 153 - - 134 - - 128 - - 119 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -687 - - -1055 - - -2781 - - -2287 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1626 - - 2626 - - 3627 - - 3134 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10308 - - -8354 - - -8442 - - -10158 ODpotential blCL - - - 11247 - - 9925 - - 9288 - - 11004 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 100 - - 71 - - 63 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 43.5 - - 52.1 - - 55.9 - - 51.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 39.5 - - 43.5 - - 42.9 - - 40.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 43.3 - - 51.7 - - 56.5 - - 53.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 38.9 - - 42.4 - - 42.1 - - 39.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 16 - - 39 - - -20 - - -67 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 122 - - 754 - - 29 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 31 - - 99 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 - - 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] 97080 27 088 28 074 26 100 17 091 97080 89911 24 090 16 082 16 086 10 073 89911 84284 15 091 16 096 7 108 7 041 84284 79572 11 070 16 102 8 078 5 057 79572 75503 8 044 14 078 6 084 3 072 75503 71908 4 317 8 360 2 065 4 347 71908 68657 6 280 8 285 9 288 8 291 68657 65666 15 298 13 296 10 294 7 275 65666 62877 23 277 23 283 18 297 11 312 62877 60160 25 262 31 279 33 285 27 302 60160 57320 31 267 38 269 35 274 31 282 57320 54377 50 273 43 272 44 283 38 290 54377 51582 58 262 59 271 57 277 58 276 51582 49099 61 272 65 271 61 274 64 267 49099 46901 76 281 67 275 67 275 60 278 46901 44896 88 280 74 275 72 279 75 284 44896 43043 93 278 83 275 89 278 93 275 43043 41337 97 275 94 275 97 274 103 266 41337 39772 100 271 99 272 107 269 109 258 39772 38332 92 271 99 271 110 268 122 256 38332 36985 82 270 86 270 111 266 124 255 36985 35681 84 269 74 267 108 265 120 255 35681 34354 87 271 76 263 99 264 116 255 34354 32974 88 271 84 265 85 262 110 254 32974 31546 86 273 85 268 82 265 100 255 31546 30054 81 276 80 269 83 266 87 257 30054 28487 73 276 75 268 85 265 76 256 28487 26845 63 273 70 268 82 265 68 253 26845 25128 56 274 64 268 66 267 60 252 25128 23338 48 273 62 267 52 263 53 253 23338 21473 47 264 58 269 48 257 53 258 21473 19530 51 267 47 267 49 256 53 259 19530 17506 47 274 39 255 53 252 45 252 17506 15448 40 279 35 255 47 251 33 240 15448 13467 33 276 23 257 36 227 33 242 13467 11660 27 266 18 255 28 208 38 245 11660 10047 26 259 21 247 12 212 37 231 10047 8610 23 255 26 243 9 220 29 212 8610 7331 17 247 25 231 18 202 25 201 7331 6197 13 232 24 218 22 207 26 189 6197 5198 15 192 18 192 28 195 31 180 5198 4321 16 176 18 171 27 177 37 172 4321 3552 15 161 19 168 26 162 38 160 3552 2866 13 144 17 158 25 150 38 150 2866 2259 10 121 16 145 22 137 36 141 2259 1754 8 123 12*138 20 134 34 133 1754 1366 11 159 10*135 19 132 30 129 1366 1099 10*155 10 135 16 131 22 123 1099 938 9*154 9 134 14*130 19*122 938 846 5 151 7 134 10*128 11*119 846 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