DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/11 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 - - - - - - 29.6 - - 28.5 - - 28.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 82 - - 56 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2365 - - 1692 - - 1568 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1444 - - 827 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3182 - - 2509 - - 2385 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 576 - - 600 - - 580 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 233 - - 213 - - 183 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 321 - - 262 - - 242 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1019 - - 867 - - 820 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2163 - - 1642 - - 1565 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 681 - - 569 - - 484 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2501 - - 1940 - - 1901 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 29.6 - - 28.5 - - 28.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.5 - - 24.9 - - 24.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 28.8 - - 27.9 - - 27.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.4 - - 23.9 - - 24.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 82 - - 56 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2365 - - 1692 - - 1568 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 94800 78 273 73 270 80 281 94800 88091 54 277 52 273 59 280 88091 82833 44 270 44 273 48 281 82833 78416 40 270 42 284 44 283 78416 74566 38 269 45 286 40 282 74566 71122 35 268 40 278 37 281 71122 67966 37 280 40 278 35 289 67966 65032 40 276 40 284 39 296 65032 62286 37 274 41 286 41 296 62286 59613 34 283 41 288 41 293 59613 56818 40 293 43 291 43 292 56818 53903 48 298 47 295 49 291 53903 51103 52 299 53 290 57 281 51103 48575 53 299 52 286 58 277 48575 46312 50 301 47 290 53 276 46312 44264 50 306 45 297 47 290 44264 42393 58 309 60 305 64 302 42393 40686 70 306 74 297 79 294 40686 39131 78 301 79 290 82 289 39131 37699 78 296 78 290 78 287 37699 36363 73 298 72 297 80 288 36363 35080 69 307 68 305 77 293 35080 33784 75 318 71 308 77 291 33784 32442 81 320 77 308 65 294 32442 31051 83 320 79 306 80 314 31051 29596 81 320 74 306 77 311 29596 28063 79 324 70 312 70 300 28063 26448 79 327 70 313 63 297 26448 24751 76 330 69 313 63 299 24751 22973 68 336 70 316 62 299 22973 21117 64 338 70 319 63 300 21117 19184 70 337 64 323 61 300 19184 17166 68 341 57 324 57 297 17166 15105 60 345 54 331 49 295 15105 13115 52 347 43 337 43 302 13115 11305 42 345 33 335 38 302 11305 9700 35 341 31 322 33 299 9700 8285 33 339 31 313 27 294 8285 7042 31 336 30 307 25 283 7042 5950 28 333 27 303 27 276 5950 4988 23 330 23 299 28 270 4988 4144 18 331 22 292 29 263 4144 3402 16*324 17 275 26 254 3402 2748 16*323 16*265 20*242 2748 2177 15 322 16*264 20*242 2177 1701 15 321 15 263 18 241 1701 1335 14 320 15 262 18 241 1335 1084 14 320 14 262 16 241 1084 931 12 320 13 262 15 241 931 844 10 319 10 261 11 241 844 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