DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/28 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 - - - 24.1 - - 29.6 - - 30.9 - - 27.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 45 - - 153 - - 30 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 559 - - 2868 - - 3371 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 827 - - 2335 - - 827 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1376 - - 3685 - - 4188 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1721 - - 1109 - - 940 - - 4194 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 119 - - 309 - - 193 - - 4 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 12 - - 8 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - 315 - - 308 - - 301 - - 183 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1203 - - -27 - - 1 - - -2224 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2579 - - 3712 - - 4187 - - 3069 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2661 - - -4779 - - -7547 - - -2990 ODpotential blCL - - - 4037 - - 8464 - - 11735 - - 3834 blCL maxRH - - - 78 - - 82 - - 87 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 24.1 - - 29.6 - - 30.9 - - 27.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 16.3 - - 16.6 - - 15.9 - - 17.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 23.6 - - 28.5 - - 30.4 - - 29.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 15.9 - - 15.7 - - 14.8 - - 16.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 45 - - 153 - - 30 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 559 - - 2868 - - 3371 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 10 - - 26 - - 48 - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96084 34 042 22 039 18 021 18 007 96084 89034 25 042 21 036 14 040 17 010 89034 83512 18 044 10 040 9 031 14 002 83512 78890 6 016 6 020 6 351 12 009 78890 74875 6 300 7 294 12 322 11 359 74875 71299 7 291 6 269 13 289 10 327 71299 68039 11 315 8 268 11 288 9 308 68039 65018 18 296 17 282 18 295 17 297 65018 62201 22 272 24 275 26 281 26 279 62201 59471 15 264 21 287 24 284 27 279 59471 56615 24 299 30 291 31 286 32 283 56615 53645 37 295 39 282 44 282 45 284 53645 50820 43 291 43 278 49 280 52 279 50820 48298 44 292 45 284 50 280 55 272 48298 46058 48 299 51 286 55 281 53 276 46058 44031 58 299 55 285 59 284 56 285 44031 42179 65 296 59 287 62 285 70 280 42179 40477 65 298 65 291 67 284 72 273 40477 38903 71 304 71 290 68 284 68 281 38903 37444 86 298 75 288 77 288 87 288 37444 36096 89 296 81 286 97 286 102 281 36096 34811 90 298 83 285 104 281 92 281 34811 33512 95 298 81 285 100 284 99 292 33512 32168 93 296 77 286 101 288 105 291 32168 30775 88 301 73 289 101 291 100 287 30775 29315 88 307 72 291 99 293 97 287 29315 27774 89 309 74 292 93 294 93 293 27774 26153 89 310 76 293 87 294 89 294 26153 24457 87 313 71 294 80 292 84 293 24457 22692 86 315 69 298 67 296 73 293 22692 20856 80 317 67 301 60 302 55 291 20856 18945 74 315 64 303 58 303 47 298 18945 16951 69 313 60 306 58 305 52 302 16951 14915 55 315 54 310 52 305 54 302 14915 12947 43 316 45 312 44 308 48 303 12947 11162 36 318 34 311 38 309 36 304 11162 9586 31 321 28 312 29 306 29 313 9586 8195 28 324 25 315 22 305 20 312 8195 6969 25 326 22 317 19 306 14 309 6969 5892 22 329 20 319 16 304 11 293 5892 4952 19 328 18 315 11*294 7 257 4952 4130 18 329 14*310 9*297 5 260 4130 3406 18 333 13*309 9 299 5 263 3406 2757 21 333 13 309 9 300 4 269 2757 2183 21 330 13 308 8 302 3 279 2183 1704 19*324 12 308 8 303 3 286 1704 1337 14*317 11 307 7 303 2 289 1337 1085 12 315 11 307 7 304 1 272 1085 931 11 314 10 307 6 305 1*220 931 844 8 313 8 307 5 304 1*183 844 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