DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/22 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 - - - - - - 34.2 - - 34.8 - - 34.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -15 - - -22 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 27 - - 27 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 828 - - 828 - - 828 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 844 - - 844 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1007 - - 700 - - 460 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 16 - - 17 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 170 - - 159 - - 168 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -910 - - -816 - - -345 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1754 - - 1660 - - 1189 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -13553 - - -13714 - - -13569 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14397 - - 14558 - - 14413 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.2 - - 34.8 - - 34.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.8 - - 30.8 - - 32.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 34.9 - - 35.5 - - 35.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.7 - - 29.9 - - 31.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -15 - - -22 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 27 - - 27 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 95368 74 274 72 277 69 283 95368 88479 45 277 56 267 61 264 88479 83100 39 262 45 267 56 265 83100 78621 41 275 36 270 45 276 78621 74762 47 275 34 285 43 269 74762 71338 50 269 51 285 43 293 71338 68259 44 272 56 276 42 305 68259 65421 51 300 53 288 42 296 65421 62741 66 301 64 292 52 279 62741 60100 76 290 75 288 62 281 60100 57341 75 284 98 274 77 276 57341 54474 73 285 84 275 76 271 54474 51718 83 292 85 290 78 286 51718 49229 91 292 94 289 89 289 49229 47001 90 291 96 285 97 288 47001 44981 89 289 96 284 103 287 44981 43138 93 289 97 286 109 287 43138 41450 101 286 99 286 111 285 41450 39901 106 285 99 286 106 286 39901 38475 100 288 99 287 102 288 38475 37143 97 292 102 289 100 289 37143 35853 92 291 101 288 99 290 35853 34538 83 288 98 287 97 290 34538 33164 75 288 97 289 94 290 33164 31736 72 292 94 289 91 288 31736 30239 71 292 90 287 87 287 30239 28661 73 291 86 288 80 283 28661 27004 74 289 80 290 74 280 27004 25267 69 288 74 287 72 282 25267 23455 63 288 65 283 68 281 23455 21575 60 286 56 278 62 280 21575 19618 57 282 52 278 56 277 19618 17574 55 277 50 277 52 274 17574 15482 54 278 49 277 50 275 15482 13460 52 272 48 278 46 278 13460 11616 49 260 49 273 43 277 11616 9976 42 255 45 258 43 276 9976 8519 41 243 42 254 42 271 8519 7240 39 232 39 248 31 254 7240 6118 37 226 28 246 31 248 6118 5124 30 225 23 239 32 240 5124 4250 28 229 23 234 33 231 4250 3482 30 229 28 231 32 227 3482 2802 34 218 31 228 28 222 2802 2209 31 205 27 214 28 208 2209 1720 23 190 24 190 25 198 1720 1346 17 180 21 175 20 190 1346 1088 14 174 15 164 13 179 1088 933 11*172 13 161 11 175 933 844 7*170 8*159 5*168 844 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