DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/08 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.2 - - 50.6 - - 52.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 15 - - -18 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 28 - - 28 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 829 - - 829 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 845 - - 845 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1119 - - 1181 - - 1147 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 34 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 175 - - 153 - - 138 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -384 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1230 - - 845 - - 846 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -893 - - -1342 - - -3146 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1738 - - 2187 - - 3992 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 20 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.2 - - 50.6 - - 52.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.5 - - 49.9 - - 51.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.0 - - 51.3 - - 53.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.0 - - 50.2 - - 52.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 15 - - -18 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 28 - - 28 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 84 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 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] 96235 53 251 55 265 49 267 96235 89094 34 250 34 252 29 253 89094 83612 27 244 23 244 19 250 83612 79045 23 228 19 254 16 251 79045 75114 13 225 19 248 18 237 75114 71636 12 249 20 239 15 227 71636 68469 18 247 22 261 19 260 68469 65549 22 260 27 259 24 256 65549 62818 28 263 24 248 31 262 62818 60142 45 259 49 258 51 248 60142 57331 52 253 53 248 53 242 57331 54390 51 253 56 249 56 248 54390 51578 51 254 60 249 59 250 51578 49065 52 256 61 247 58 242 49065 46825 59 254 62 244 53 236 46825 44789 62 245 58 246 57 242 44789 42929 63 250 60 257 69 247 42929 41224 91 251 83 258 92 245 41224 39647 93 245 112 250 101 232 39647 38184 90 246 112 238 91 226 38184 36816 91 247 107 227 91 224 36816 35502 98 246 104 225 91 222 35502 34170 100 242 98 227 91 221 34170 32792 93 242 91 226 92 221 32792 31366 86 243 84 223 91 222 31366 29880 79 242 75 220 88 222 29880 28322 70 248 68 219 83 221 28322 26692 64 248 64 219 76 217 26692 24989 55 248 58 219 68 212 24989 23213 50 247 50 217 62 210 23213 21362 45 245 46 218 63 213 21362 19435 48 238 48 222 67 217 19435 17427 48 225 50 218 71 219 17427 15379 31 208 49 205 70 220 15379 13403 21 199 47 196 70 215 13403 11602 22 210 47 186 67 209 11602 10001 30 222 43 182 60 205 10001 8580 39 226 34 179 55 200 8580 7318 45 218 29 174 53 194 7318 6198 43 210 27 173 54 186 6198 5206 32 199 30 173 54 181 5206 4333 25 188 29 188 51 177 4333 3560 23 191 27 202 48 172 3560 2869 27 195 28 198 45 166 2869 2261 30 189 26 184 41 155 2261 1755 27 184 22 173 37 148 1755 1367 20 177 19 168 31 143 1367 1100 18 176 15 160 25 140 1100 938 15 175 12 158 21*139 938 846 11*175 7*153 14*138 846 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