DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/06 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 = 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 - - - - - - 52.7 - - 55.6 - - 46.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - -13 - - -49 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1454 - - 29 - - 28 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 829 - - 829 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2271 - - 846 - - 845 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 867 - - 3051 - - 236 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 194 - - 21 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 10 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 176 - - 167 - - 154 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2524 - - -6581 - - -3734 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4795 - - 7427 - - 4579 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12049 - - -15301 - - -13213 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14320 - - 16147 - - 14058 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 47 - - 38 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.7 - - 55.6 - - 46.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.9 - - 26.2 - - 30.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.1 - - 55.9 - - 48.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.6 - - 25.0 - - 29.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - -13 - - -49 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1454 - - 29 - - 28 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 23 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 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] 96639 13 056 8 065 7 070 96639 89386 9 055 7 047 9 018 89386 83789 3 096 11 279 15 326 83789 79134 9 317 13 288 14 295 79134 75120 18 289 18 287 20 299 75120 71597 23 283 23 279 24 281 71597 68395 28 299 27 283 21 288 68395 65425 34 291 31 287 35 287 65425 62668 37 285 40 286 39 287 62668 59993 40 290 43 285 49 282 59993 57191 54 281 47 278 46 274 57191 54275 54 276 51 270 43 283 54275 51494 58 278 56 277 57 281 51494 49015 63 275 61 274 60 270 49015 46817 66 274 63 273 51 269 46817 44825 74 270 68 268 62 275 44825 43000 74 261 66 259 79 268 43000 41324 68 261 66 262 79 262 41324 39787 69 266 77 262 78 258 39787 38367 72 267 81 258 75 256 38367 37034 71 266 77 261 74 252 37034 35742 68 269 76 261 74 249 35742 34422 66 270 72 260 70 249 34422 33048 65 268 67 260 64 251 33048 31622 61 268 61 260 58 254 31622 30128 59 272 56 263 52 253 30128 28554 55 277 48 268 50 250 28554 26903 51 281 42 268 45 255 26903 25176 47 282 38 263 44 266 25176 23377 44 283 41 264 48 268 23377 21506 45 283 45 264 54 258 21506 19559 45 280 47 264 50 251 19559 17529 42 281 47 265 47 250 17529 15461 39 290 41 267 41 253 15461 13466 34 296 33 267 35 251 13466 11644 27 288 27 265 34 243 11644 10022 21 266 25 248 33 238 10022 8579 21 254 27 237 35 229 8579 7300 21 238 26 228 34 219 7300 6170 20 228 28 216 34 207 6170 5176 16 216 28 205 38 203 5176 4304 13 194 28 190 41 198 4304 3538 14 186 26 181 37 187 3538 2856 16*184 24 178 34 181 2856 2252 15*180 22 175 33 178 2252 1748 13 176 21 173 31 173 1748 1362 13 175 19 171 27 168 1362 1097 12 174 17 169 20 161 1097 937 11 173 14*168 17*159 937 845 9 173 10*167 8*154 845 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