DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/19 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.0 - - 65.6 - - 53.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - 33 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1280 - - 3530 - - 29 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 829 - - 830 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2097 - - 4347 - - 846 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1777 - - 1000 - - 97 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 219 - - 207 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 212 - - 216 - - 139 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2674 - - -2083 - - -1510 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4771 - - 6430 - - 2356 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8886 - - -8274 - - -8381 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10983 - - 12621 - - 9227 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 58 - - 87 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.0 - - 65.6 - - 53.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.5 - - 40.8 - - 46.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.8 - - 65.2 - - 56.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.2 - - 39.7 - - 46.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - 33 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1280 - - 3530 - - 29 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 47 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 7 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] 97530 12 252 6 280 2 320 97530 90249 8 218 6 280 10 318 90249 84648 8 177 10 258 14 307 84648 80019 6 147 9 222 10 276 80019 76037 4 250 5 243 3 255 76037 72508 8 236 15 257 11 290 72508 69309 9 291 11 258 12 276 69309 66370 16 298 13 286 14 286 66370 63648 21 285 21 282 19 279 63648 61010 22 279 22 277 20 280 61010 58259 25 282 24 282 25 288 58259 55408 29 284 29 281 32 289 55408 52684 33 282 34 281 39 286 52684 50227 39 279 38 286 44 284 50227 48014 43 277 41 290 42 287 48014 45992 46 275 42 289 42 295 45992 44127 46 273 42 286 43 296 44127 42393 46 272 41 285 42 292 42393 40780 43 272 40 281 38 290 40780 39279 36 270 37 275 34 286 39279 37879 30 270 35 266 32 281 37879 36542 32 265 35 244 29 265 36542 35197 30 264 35 238 27 258 35197 33800 27 262 31 242 26 258 33800 32347 26 265 29 249 26 255 32347 30823 25 265 26 256 25 259 30823 29216 25 266 25 258 22 261 29216 27529 25 268 24 264 19 265 27529 25762 22 263 22 272 14 269 25762 23918 19 254 19 274 13 267 23918 21997 20 250 17 268 14 271 21997 19990 17 246 18 267 16 285 19990 17893 15 242 16 266 16 300 17893 15752 14 241 13 258 15 289 15752 13695 14 246 11 256 10 264 13695 11834 14 249 9 258 8 246 11834 10185 15 247 9 268 6 244 10185 8723 16 243 11 269 5 263 8723 7426 15 236 13 260 7 268 7426 6276 14 228 14 248 9 260 6276 5263 13 219 11 241 8 250 5263 4374 11 209 8*232 6 247 4374 3593 9 208 7*226 5 245 3593 2897 8 216 6 220 5 220 2897 2281 7*215 6 216 6 190 2281 1768 6*214 5 211 7 172 1768 1374 6 213 5 208 8 159 1374 1103 6 210 5 207 9 152 1103 939 5 210 5 206 8*147 939 846 4 210 4 205 5*139 846 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