DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/01 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 - - - - - - 25.3 - - 26.1 - - 20.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - 11 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 568 - - 156 - - 26 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 827 - - 827 - - 827 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1385 - - 973 - - 843 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1685 - - 2844 - - 1497 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 120 - - 49 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 223 - - 192 - - 144 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -438 - - -477 - - -274 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1823 - - 1450 - - 1117 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1426 - - -628 - - -1382 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2811 - - 1601 - - 2225 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 95 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 25.3 - - 26.1 - - 20.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 20.8 - - 23.2 - - 18.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 24.8 - - 25.9 - - 22.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 19.9 - - 22.9 - - 21.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - 11 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 568 - - 156 - - 26 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 78 - - 84 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 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] 96308 36 029 34 028 24 040 96308 89156 27 045 25 030 19 041 89156 83620 21 046 17 025 16 028 83620 79012 16 022 14 005 13 017 79012 75005 17 012 13 355 15 345 75005 71421 16 020 10 356 14 323 71421 68135 14 008 12 348 12 315 68135 65078 17 328 17 335 17 315 65078 62228 22 294 24 305 24 303 62228 59464 27 279 29 286 28 291 59464 56576 29 281 31 279 33 284 56576 53581 38 282 37 279 43 276 53581 50733 48 276 48 276 48 272 50733 48187 58 268 55 270 54 270 48187 45919 61 263 58 263 59 268 45919 43868 61 261 61 258 63 262 43868 41995 63 259 63 256 64 257 41995 40270 67 259 65 256 64 254 40270 38672 70 260 69 256 63 253 38672 37183 76 262 75 256 64 252 37183 35792 91 261 82 253 67 251 35792 34462 107 257 89 250 73 248 34462 33124 122 254 101 247 79 245 33124 31751 128 252 112 244 84 242 31751 30344 119 251 115 243 89 240 30344 28885 102 250 104 242 95 237 28885 27360 92 247 92 239 95 235 27360 25767 88 245 86 235 92 234 25767 24102 82 249 79 237 88 232 24102 22361 67 251 72 246 83 237 22361 20544 56 249 58 242 72 244 20544 18647 49 252 52 235 53 243 18647 16670 42 251 45 238 46 242 16670 14661 37 241 44 242 37 249 14661 12740 33 244 36 244 33 253 12740 11004 24 224 27 243 28 256 11004 9469 23 230 25 225 22 254 9469 8110 23 221 22 212 20 243 8110 6912 22 212 25 210 16 212 6912 5854 24 206 27 210 15 220 5854 4921 26 203 22 212 17 223 4921 4102 23 208 16 213 14 220 4102 3380 16 209 12 210 11 201 3380 2736 13 221 10 207 10 187 2736 2168 13 225 7 203 10 176 2168 1694 12*226 6 195 11 165 1694 1331 8*224 5 193 11 159 1331 1081 7 223 5*192 10 154 1081 930 7 223 5*193 8 150 930 843 6 224 4 191 4*144 843 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