DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/29 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 10.5 - - 13.8 - - 8.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 154 - - 98 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1362 - - 2063 - - 25 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1247 - - 1428 - - 826 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2179 - - 2880 - - 842 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 870 - - 737 - - 2522 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 240 - - 237 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 333 - - 325 - - 003 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1750 - - -1578 - - -2228 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3929 - - 4458 - - 3070 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -16969 - - -10148 - - -10624 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 19148 - - 13028 - - 11466 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 63 - - 66 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 10.5 - - 13.8 - - 8.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -3.4 - - -2.5 - - -1.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 9.5 - - 13.1 - - 10.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -4.0 - - -3.3 - - -1.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 154 - - 98 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1362 - - 2063 - - 25 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 94906 99 240 109 236 116 241 94906 87684 88 250 89 247 92 257 87684 82159 88 257 87 266 92 265 82159 77564 82 271 86 275 91 274 77564 73591 79 280 81 283 84 280 73591 70090 77 279 79 285 80 286 70090 66939 73 278 80 284 81 288 66939 64050 72 281 83 283 82 286 64050 61360 75 283 83 284 83 284 61360 58737 76 283 83 285 84 283 58737 55985 77 284 84 285 85 283 55985 53114 77 283 84 286 86 284 53114 50355 76 282 83 288 87 287 50355 47851 74 284 81 289 88 286 47851 45585 72 288 79 288 86 284 45585 43509 70 289 77 286 85 284 43509 41599 68 290 73 286 83 283 41599 39841 69 293 66 284 76 283 39841 38232 73 294 62 286 68 289 38232 36768 75 287 66 293 68 298 36768 35426 69 280 71 290 75 303 35426 34150 64 285 70 285 81 301 34150 32862 67 293 70 289 81 299 32862 31526 70 295 72 291 79 297 31526 30138 72 295 73 292 78 295 30138 28685 73 294 74 296 78 296 28685 27156 74 294 74 299 77 297 27156 25554 73 295 73 298 75 295 25554 23876 72 294 73 296 74 293 23876 22121 71 295 73 296 74 297 22121 20292 70 295 73 297 73 297 20292 18389 69 293 67 298 69 299 18389 16423 60 294 54 295 55 300 16423 14440 42 296 44 295 45 296 14440 12547 32 301 36 298 38 298 12547 10837 31 299 33 298 34 299 10837 9321 31 297 33 298 32 305 9321 7980 30 300 31 301 31 314 7980 6792 26 305 28 307 29 320 6792 5743 21 311 24 309 24 323 5743 4820 14 321 19 309 21 331 4820 4013 10 329 14 312 18 338 4013 3309 10 333 10*317 12 336 3309 2683 8*335 9*321 11 338 2683 2131 6*331 9 324 10 343 2131 1670 6 332 9 326 9 346 1670 1317 6 333 9 327 8 351 1317 1074 5 334 8 328 7 355 1074 927 5 334 8 329 6 359 927 842 5 336 7 328 4*003 842 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