DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/12 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 - - - - - - 37.7 - - 41.4 - - 34.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 62 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 983 - - 1498 - - 27 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 828 - - 828 - - 828 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1800 - - 2315 - - 844 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 583 - - 1547 - - 329 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 196 - - 189 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 141 - - 145 - - 092 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1918 - - -1108 - - -670 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3718 - - 3423 - - 1514 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5602 - - -3577 - - -4058 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7402 - - 5892 - - 4902 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 83 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.7 - - 41.4 - - 34.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 24.8 - - 29.7 - - 31.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 36.8 - - 40.7 - - 37.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 23.8 - - 28.5 - - 31.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 62 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 983 - - 1498 - - 27 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 45 - - 34 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96197 16 020 21 021 32 018 96197 89296 21 039 24 007 26 007 89296 83851 23 036 22 013 15 354 83851 79248 19 020 17 014 10 349 79248 75227 18 353 11 351 12 355 75227 71648 15 330 16 337 14 343 71648 68400 16 336 19 325 14 334 68400 65403 19 319 22 311 19 318 65403 62614 23 306 26 294 25 303 62614 59901 26 302 28 297 29 301 59901 57053 37 304 39 298 41 299 57053 54084 47 292 48 290 49 295 54084 51242 50 286 53 290 56 296 51242 48681 60 292 61 295 61 296 48681 46391 69 292 65 294 67 297 46391 44320 73 292 67 293 71 296 44320 42430 75 292 71 295 72 294 42430 40692 77 292 75 295 73 295 40692 39089 79 290 77 295 72 296 39089 37606 80 292 77 296 70 297 37606 36227 84 295 74 295 69 295 36227 34911 80 296 68 298 67 296 34911 33593 73 302 66 302 66 296 33593 32235 73 305 65 307 64 294 32235 30830 71 306 66 307 64 295 30830 29359 66 311 65 307 66 295 29359 27809 64 316 63 308 68 297 27809 26186 60 318 63 306 66 300 26186 24490 61 308 63 302 62 304 24490 22724 68 296 57 301 57 308 22724 20887 70 291 52 299 53 312 20887 18976 62 291 59 291 50 316 18976 16993 43 300 56 297 42 311 16993 14986 36 310 36 308 36 313 14986 13059 29 311 25 309 29 309 13059 11303 25 309 18 315 23 306 11303 9742 21 302 14 318 17 306 9742 8359 17 287 13 296 11 314 8359 7133 16 284 16 277 8 309 7133 6044 17 283 16 279 10 291 6044 5079 17 282 16 280 13 276 5079 4229 14 281 14 269 14 271 4229 3480 11 266 11 260 12 268 3480 2809 9 233 6*237 9 262 2809 2217 8*186 3*165 3 224 2217 1726 7*142 3 147 6 110 1726 1349 7 141 4 142 9 102 1349 1091 6 140 4 139 9 099 1091 934 6 139 3 137 8 096 934 844 5 138 3 136 5*092 844 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