DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/21 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 - - - - - - 62.3 - - 71.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - -9 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1513 - - 30 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 830 - - 831 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2330 - - 847 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 557 - - 2869 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 198 - - 33 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 210 - - 234 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1733 - - -4004 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4063 - - 4852 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7825 - - -7484 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10155 - - 8331 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 59 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 210 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.3 - - 71.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.4 - - 53.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.0 - - 72.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.2 - - 52.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - -9 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1513 - - 30 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 78 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - - 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] 96426 12 239 20 228 96426 89357 10 218 15 236 89357 83906 10 229 13 225 83906 79337 4 257 14 215 79337 75367 6 285 11 216 75367 71839 11 289 8 283 71839 68651 13 274 17 290 68651 65735 9 291 17 274 65735 63030 15 329 23 294 63030 60411 21 320 29 287 60411 57659 33 317 28 286 57659 54766 49 317 35 305 54766 51991 59 315 44 302 51991 49497 61 311 55 295 49497 47252 62 310 58 301 47252 45200 68 311 67 306 45200 43319 78 309 78 306 43319 41601 85 306 85 304 41601 40036 86 306 84 306 40036 38594 83 309 83 313 38594 37247 87 317 88 314 37247 35943 87 318 90 313 35943 34613 83 317 89 314 34613 33228 77 316 85 316 33228 31793 72 314 81 315 31793 30296 67 309 80 314 30296 28723 62 307 78 314 28723 27076 58 306 72 313 27076 25352 56 306 64 307 25352 23555 51 305 59 303 23555 21685 45 307 53 300 21685 19739 42 305 47 294 19739 17712 42 304 44 294 17712 15649 41 307 43 312 15649 13661 42 311 50 316 13661 11847 43 306 43 311 11847 10229 35 302 34 300 10229 8787 31 290 34 288 8787 7499 35 279 37 283 7499 6351 34 282 42 279 6351 5332 36 273 43 274 5332 4435 38 252 39 268 4435 3643 35 233 33 255 3643 2936 29*224 29 242 2936 2311 20*211 27 239 2311 1789 19 210 25 237 1789 1387 17 209 22 236 1387 1111 16 209 19 235 1111 943 14 208 16 235 943 847 11 209 11*234 847 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