DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/27 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 35.3 - - 50.8 - - 61.2 - - 51.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 4 - - 113 - - 58 - - -70 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 27 - - 981 - - 2460 - - 28 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 828 - - 829 - - 829 - - 829 Hcrit BL Top - - - 844 - - 1798 - - 3277 - - 845 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 318 - - 425 - - 5165 - - 1526 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 22 - - 202 - - 219 - - 13 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 11 - - 19 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 198 - - 220 - - 234 - - 283 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 4 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - -2 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1076 - - -2591 - - -5317 - - -3781 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1920 - - 4389 - - 8594 - - 4626 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6704 - - -5713 - - -7311 - - -6721 ODpotential blCL - - - 7548 - - 7511 - - 10588 - - 7566 blCL maxRH - - - 69 - - 80 - - 87 - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 35.3 - - 50.8 - - 61.2 - - 51.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.0 - - 34.6 - - 26.1 - - 34.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 35.5 - - 50.1 - - 60.7 - - 53.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.2 - - 33.4 - - 25.0 - - 33.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 4 - - 113 - - 58 - - -70 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 27 - - 981 - - 2460 - - 28 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 20 - - 49 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96675 27 099 12 123 13 095 10 092 96675 89467 24 089 17 114 7 114 11 085 89467 83866 16 102 10 128 7 119 6 088 83866 79177 11 082 7 156 5 256 5 305 79177 75110 4 043 3 169 12 226 11 264 75110 71499 11 340 5 241 17 217 19 255 71499 68210 24 279 16 273 15 255 19 277 68210 65174 22 264 32 279 28 273 27 271 65174 62342 20 253 31 270 30 258 27 278 62342 59608 23 299 29 269 34 273 34 283 59608 56772 28 289 29 265 39 277 37 272 56772 53816 39 295 32 269 39 281 38 284 53816 50983 44 294 44 283 43 276 52 294 50983 48444 45 286 52 284 56 290 66 286 48444 46194 52 292 59 278 67 284 64 279 46194 44169 60 287 67 276 67 274 60 282 44169 42321 62 281 60 278 60 274 63 286 42321 40624 60 285 55 283 61 284 69 281 40624 39064 64 292 61 292 69 287 71 278 39064 37624 64 301 72 295 73 285 74 278 37624 36289 85 308 78 296 76 283 78 279 36289 35009 96 304 83 297 80 283 81 279 35009 33712 94 299 86 296 82 283 81 280 33712 32362 92 297 85 293 82 284 78 281 32362 30963 89 299 82 291 79 284 75 282 30963 29500 85 299 80 290 77 285 74 281 29500 27961 84 298 76 290 72 286 74 281 27961 26347 83 297 71 293 64 286 73 280 26347 24657 84 296 68 294 60 287 71 281 24657 22894 83 297 66 293 61 287 67 281 22894 21061 77 298 67 291 57 282 63 283 21061 19154 70 299 68 285 55 282 55 283 19154 17170 65 301 65 284 54 284 48 283 17170 15150 52 296 52 292 51 282 45 280 15150 13208 45 286 44 283 44 276 41 276 13208 11445 34 291 49 280 49 261 43 273 11445 9882 28 279 52 283 43 259 42 267 9882 8491 26 264 44 287 43 256 35 266 8491 7253 31 253 34 289 39 254 31 276 7253 6151 32 254 26 273 34 252 28 281 6151 5173 32 249 23 262 30 250 28 287 5173 4310 29 242 25 256 27 246 29 292 4310 3546 26 237 25 255 23*239 31 294 3546 2863 25 232 24 253 22*237 32 293 2863 2259 29 226 20*248 20 235 30 289 2259 1754 32 218 13*222 20 234 29 286 1754 1367 27 212 12 219 19 233 27 285 1367 1099 18 206 11 219 18 233 22 285 1099 938 16 205 10 218 16 233 19 284 938 845 6*198 9 218 13 232 9*283 845 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