DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/16 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 - - - - - - 22.4 - - 22.8 - - 18.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 123 - - 46 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2149 - - 2551 - - 26 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1722 - - 827 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2966 - - 3368 - - 843 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2097 - - 1818 - - 4647 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 264 - - 203 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 33 - - 31 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 322 - - 318 - - 313 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 18 - - 17 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1220 - - 1206 - - -1434 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1746 - - 2162 - - 2277 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 601 - - 458 - - -1850 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2365 - - 2910 - - 2693 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 22.4 - - 22.8 - - 18.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 17.8 - - 16.4 - - 12.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 21.9 - - 22.4 - - 19.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 16.8 - - 15.5 - - 11.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 123 - - 46 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2149 - - 2551 - - 26 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 95 - - 102 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 96592 9 255 9 278 26 265 96592 89416 9 264 8 259 17 275 89416 83865 5 299 6 260 5 319 83865 79207 4 211 10 247 10 288 79207 75174 2 011 3 090 7 281 75174 71604 8 316 6 001 5 331 71604 68343 3 349 6 301 2 022 68343 65311 6 312 17 270 15 285 65311 62482 12 280 17 249 20 259 62482 59726 19 272 15 258 19 249 59726 56821 26 261 18 257 18 250 56821 53778 32 254 25 262 20 260 53778 50861 35 247 33 259 23 266 50861 48236 32 241 35 255 25 274 48236 45886 27 234 33 252 25 278 45886 43759 24 231 29 251 25 277 43759 41810 23 237 25 250 25 275 41810 40013 23 244 19 252 24 275 40013 38346 26 245 16 258 23 277 38346 36793 28 244 15 262 23 279 36793 35339 28 243 16 263 22 281 35339 33944 27 242 18 263 22 283 33944 32540 30 233 21 260 22 287 32540 31098 32 222 21 257 23 293 31098 29624 30 218 21 255 23 295 29624 28111 24 223 23 260 22 295 28111 26559 12 242 21 250 22 274 26559 24970 10 274 19 253 25 244 24970 23327 15 304 16 269 27 224 23327 21618 23 315 18 302 20 251 21618 19851 26 312 27 309 21 291 19851 18029 24 325 33 317 33 310 18029 16146 37 329 36 312 39 318 16146 14233 44 327 36 311 39 317 14233 12397 46 346 33 319 33 299 12397 10734 51 342 35 322 28 294 10734 9259 49 341 35 326 26 301 9259 7947 50 351 34 329 24 312 7947 6780 49 351 33 336 25 317 6780 5749 48 347 33 339 31 325 5749 4843 40 337 33 324 33 324 4843 4046 38 327 34*320 32 323 4046 3341 38*325 34*320 32 322 3341 2710 37*324 34 319 31 321 2710 2151 36 323 33 319 29 319 2151 1684 34 322 31 318 27 317 1684 1325 32 321 29 318 24 315 1325 1079 30 321 26 317 21 315 1079 929 26 320 23 317 18 314 929 843 19 320 17 316 13*313 843 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