DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/01 Freeport_IL 856ft pt37813@42.185,-89.594,836ft 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.4 - - 91.0 - - 85.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 138 - - 47 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2507 - - 2794 - - 64 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2141 - - 1642 - - 903 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3363 - - 3650 - - 920 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1319 - - 1798 - - 2635 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 300 - - 235 - - 27 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 13 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 241 - - 230 - - 213 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -844 - - -1067 - - -2011 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4207 - - 4717 - - 2931 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3625 - - -3663 - - -5118 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6988 - - 7313 - - 6038 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 77 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3550 - - 3690 - - 3860 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.4 - - 91.0 - - 85.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.7 - - 73.1 - - 74.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 88.4 - - 90.6 - - 86.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.8 - - 72.1 - - 74.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 138 - - 47 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2507 - - 2794 - - 64 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 22 - - 9 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 19 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] 98923 3 262 6 093 9 063 98923 91561 7 133 2 006 12 060 91561 85840 9 093 4 212 8 056 85840 81073 11 120 5 168 4 020 81073 76981 5 088 2 086 4 017 76981 73374 5 072 3 290 6 351 73374 70106 7 006 3 283 8 318 70106 67100 4 309 5 266 10 289 67100 64325 9 296 5 303 9 284 64325 61644 14 285 10 299 13 286 61644 58856 18 288 15 269 18 271 58856 55981 22 289 18 259 22 279 55981 53257 28 263 26 257 35 266 53257 50825 34 274 33 283 33 264 50825 48652 53 280 49 283 42 269 48652 46684 54 270 54 272 53 273 46684 44883 52 264 49 266 52 268 44883 43214 51 260 48 262 45 265 43214 41653 48 259 44 260 41 261 41653 40180 41 257 37 260 40 253 40180 38783 35 259 36 256 42 243 38783 37429 34 259 37 254 41 242 37429 36047 35 254 39 253 41 244 36047 34607 35 258 40 251 38 250 34607 33114 37 260 39 252 37 256 33114 31553 38 262 39 257 36 259 31553 29915 40 263 41 261 36 263 29915 28200 41 261 42 260 35 269 28200 26406 41 261 41 260 34 269 26406 24535 40 261 40 263 34 264 24535 22588 40 261 39 265 38 264 22588 20560 35 266 37 266 36 269 20560 18451 31 271 28 265 29 269 18451 16303 32 262 26 265 26 258 16303 14231 34 248 26 258 22 263 14231 12340 31 251 24 260 15 274 12340 10656 25 266 22 256 11 247 10656 9159 24 272 21 255 14 220 9159 7825 23 271 23 258 20 219 7825 6639 19 267 25 257 23 234 6639 5587 14 263 24 251 22 237 5587 4659 12 259 22 246 22 232 4659 3838 10*253 16*235 22 227 3838 3101 8*242 15*231 22 223 3101 2448 7 241 14 230 21 220 2448 1903 7 241 14 229 20 219 1903 1483 7 239 13 229 17 217 1483 1195 6 240 13 229 14 216 1195 1020 6 239 12 228 11*215 1020 920 5 239 9 228 7*213 920 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