DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/21 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 21.5 - - 26.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 939 - - 26 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 827 - - 827 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1756 - - 843 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 463 - - 1159 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 176 - - 15 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 210 - - 195 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -473 - - -911 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2229 - - 1754 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7861 - - -6827 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9617 - - 7670 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 82 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 21.5 - - 26.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 15.3 - - 22.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 20.8 - - 26.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 14.2 - - 21.7 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 939 - - 26 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 35 - - 30 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - 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] 95641 48 255 49 256 95641 88687 31 260 37 265 88687 83279 26 270 28 261 83279 78770 22 271 23 256 78770 74851 18 256 25 268 74851 71354 17 273 36 272 71354 68169 27 265 38 273 68169 65224 32 267 39 277 65224 62478 34 252 46 274 62478 59789 33 268 45 274 59789 56972 40 277 42 271 56972 54033 40 278 49 278 54033 51211 50 285 65 287 51211 48675 68 286 76 284 48675 46407 73 283 82 282 46407 44357 74 281 78 286 44357 42490 72 280 76 291 42490 40773 73 281 82 294 40773 39179 74 281 91 294 39179 37689 72 284 98 293 37689 36290 72 291 101 293 36290 34945 77 296 102 296 34945 33589 82 299 111 304 33589 32194 87 300 125 310 32194 30756 90 299 130 313 30756 29261 91 297 117 311 29261 27703 95 294 102 306 27703 26084 99 292 99 302 26084 24403 100 290 100 300 24403 22654 97 290 96 298 22654 20835 91 292 90 296 20835 18942 85 293 86 294 18942 16967 73 291 80 294 16967 14951 53 289 68 293 14951 13013 41 290 53 291 13013 11259 41 292 41 287 11259 9705 37 293 37 285 9705 8322 30 293 32 282 8322 7091 27 293 32 281 7091 5999 23 290 31 275 5999 5031 23 288 28 266 5031 4179 23 283 26 264 4179 3428 23 273 23 261 3428 2761 17 254 20 250 2761 2178 12*215 16 216 2178 1699 10*211 13 202 1699 1334 9 210 12 199 1334 1083 9 210 11 197 1083 931 8 211 9 196 931 843 7 211 7*195 843 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