DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/26 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.0 - - 57.4 - - 49.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 28 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1714 - - 29 - - 28 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 830 - - 829 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2531 - - 846 - - 845 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1015 - - 3729 - - 3343 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 210 - - 43 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 007 - - 037 - - 359 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 17 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -657 - - -1701 - - -1044 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3189 - - 2547 - - 1889 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5513 - - -2111 - - -1365 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8044 - - 2957 - - 2210 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 93 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.0 - - 57.4 - - 49.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.6 - - 49.0 - - 44.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.4 - - 57.1 - - 49.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.4 - - 47.7 - - 43.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 28 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1714 - - 29 - - 28 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 74 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 6 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] 96233 22 253 32 246 34 258 96233 88975 20 223 20 258 24 251 88975 83439 23 246 31 258 31 268 83439 78870 31 237 35 244 33 258 78870 74932 31 248 31 255 33 260 74932 71449 31 270 33 260 31 267 71449 68316 38 266 38 269 33 285 68316 65464 44 261 32 253 34 276 65464 62818 38 254 23 283 43 294 62818 60246 47 277 45 291 56 284 60246 57550 53 266 61 283 59 277 57550 54733 64 280 68 282 67 282 54733 52028 76 287 69 280 75 283 52028 49576 84 284 78 282 80 281 49576 47359 85 283 83 281 85 281 47359 45330 84 284 86 283 88 282 45330 43470 83 287 89 284 90 282 43470 41770 84 289 90 285 91 282 41770 40217 85 289 90 283 90 281 40217 38778 86 288 88 282 90 279 38778 37423 89 289 91 283 88 275 37423 36108 94 288 94 284 84 271 36108 34768 96 287 93 282 81 267 34768 33375 95 287 87 282 82 267 33375 31931 92 287 80 281 83 269 31931 30418 88 285 77 279 82 271 30418 28827 86 283 76 275 79 269 28827 27158 85 280 76 272 80 266 27158 25408 85 276 77 267 82 264 25408 23576 83 272 78 263 83 264 23576 21664 79 268 81 264 84 263 21664 19668 76 261 83 264 86 264 19668 17589 73 252 83 262 74 264 17589 15474 70 245 74 256 67 261 15474 13440 60 245 61 251 54 261 13440 11598 49 253 47 261 36 268 11598 9967 45 263 40 279 38 278 9967 8516 42 265 43 282 32 264 8516 7230 33 261 36 274 21 267 7230 6106 22 253 14 265 15 352 6106 5128 15 239 13 030 29 005 5128 4270 11 230 22 032 34 004 4270 3514 4 234 23 030 35 003 3514 2838 6*016 22 031 35 002 2838 2241 11*012 22 031 34 001 2241 1743 12 008 20 032 33 000 1743 1360 12 007 19 033 31 000 1360 1097 11 005 17 034 27 360 1097 937 11 003 15*036 24 360 937 845 8 000 11*037 17*359 845 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