DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/29 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 - - - - - - 18.9 - - 17.2 - - 14.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 3 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1908 - - 26 - - 26 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 826 - - 826 - - 826 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2725 - - 843 - - 843 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1401 - - 3324 - - 2723 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 170 - - 21 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 29 - - 13 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 319 - - 312 - - 313 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 18 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 861 - - -1024 - - -935 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1864 - - 1867 - - 1778 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 326 - - -1182 - - -1215 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2399 - - 2025 - - 2058 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 18.9 - - 17.2 - - 14.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 14.1 - - 12.4 - - 10.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 18.6 - - 17.2 - - 15.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 13.2 - - 11.7 - - 10.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 3 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1908 - - 26 - - 26 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 101 - - 102 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] 95324 42 277 46 282 53 269 95324 88273 43 285 57 276 59 266 88273 82866 36 283 48 268 54 266 82866 78352 24 272 37 246 48 260 78352 74417 23 290 33 251 48 258 74417 70906 38 286 38 265 47 258 70906 67698 43 271 47 267 44 262 67698 64724 44 263 55 260 47 266 64724 61943 47 259 52 258 46 263 61943 59231 45 255 47 260 46 266 59231 56392 43 264 40 261 47 271 56392 53441 47 267 46 264 54 276 53441 50625 48 276 47 264 56 273 50625 48086 53 277 54 272 62 279 48086 45812 57 273 60 272 69 277 45812 43757 59 270 59 272 63 276 43757 41881 55 268 55 275 59 285 41881 40156 53 277 56 279 60 288 40156 38563 53 286 55 282 59 289 38563 37085 52 291 53 284 55 291 37085 35706 55 292 49 287 47 295 35706 34390 57 290 46 295 44 309 34390 33075 50 297 49 306 50 318 33075 31731 46 316 54 311 56 317 31731 30353 54 329 57 312 57 313 30353 28917 59 332 57 315 57 310 28917 27406 62 335 57 317 58 309 27406 25819 64 335 57 319 58 310 25819 24154 61 329 57 319 56 313 24154 22412 58 324 57 317 54 317 22412 20595 59 322 58 314 53 319 20595 18696 57 321 59 313 55 320 18696 16712 51 319 57 314 58 323 16712 14689 47 312 50 316 55 326 14689 12747 49 309 45 317 49 327 12747 10990 50 312 45 321 45 327 10990 9437 48 317 47 327 44 331 9437 8066 43 322 46 333 43 335 8066 6857 41 334 42 339 41 337 6857 5790 40 339 39 342 38 339 5790 4852 38 340 36 338 38 339 4852 4034 38 337 33 331 38 335 4034 3325 35*327 29 321 34 326 3325 2696 33*323 29 320 33 324 2696 2140 32 321 27 318 30 321 2140 1677 30 319 26 316 27 319 1677 1321 28 317 24 315 24 316 1321 1076 25 316 21 313 20 315 1076 928 21 315 18*313 17*314 928 843 16 315 13*312 12*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