DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/11 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.2 - - 28.8 - - 27.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 89 - - 45 - - 57 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1983 - - 1972 - - 1305 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1302 - - 899 - - 899 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2839 - - 2828 - - 2161 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 411 - - 292 - - 795 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 229 - - 184 - - 172 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 321 - - 262 - - 241 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -2 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 870 - - 910 - - 719 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1969 - - 1918 - - 1442 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 711 - - 632 - - 585 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2128 - - 2196 - - 1576 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.2 - - 28.8 - - 27.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 22.3 - - 24.2 - - 25.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 26.7 - - 28.5 - - 27.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.4 - - 23.4 - - 24.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 89 - - 45 - - 57 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1983 - - 1972 - - 1305 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 94863 80 274 71 270 79 281 94863 88137 53 275 52 275 58 279 88137 82872 42 272 43 272 47 281 82872 78451 38 271 42 282 42 284 78451 74602 39 271 42 288 39 282 74602 71159 36 269 38 278 37 280 71159 67998 35 278 38 280 34 289 67998 65060 39 281 41 288 38 300 65060 62317 39 279 42 287 41 299 62317 59651 38 280 40 287 40 295 59651 56857 40 287 42 288 42 292 56857 53942 46 296 45 291 50 288 53942 51150 49 302 50 291 56 277 51150 48631 50 303 49 288 53 273 48631 46371 49 305 44 290 51 282 46371 44324 51 306 40 299 52 294 44324 42458 61 307 64 301 67 294 42458 40755 75 300 75 291 76 292 40755 39199 81 294 79 288 79 291 39199 37768 77 294 77 290 79 287 37768 36434 71 299 74 297 77 286 36434 35152 72 309 77 301 78 288 35152 33853 80 315 81 302 77 290 33853 32510 86 317 81 304 62 288 32510 31120 85 317 77 305 68 312 31120 29664 81 317 70 307 75 319 29664 28130 78 318 66 313 67 308 28130 26516 76 325 66 314 57 302 26516 24819 76 328 65 313 55 299 24819 23041 73 332 66 314 55 298 23041 21190 65 337 69 316 61 300 21190 19259 66 337 66 320 59 300 19259 17240 71 339 56 325 55 295 17240 15179 62 345 52 331 50 295 15179 13190 53 348 42 337 41 301 13190 11379 43 346 33 333 37 306 11379 9776 35 341 32 319 31 303 9776 8362 32 338 31 314 26 295 8362 7119 30 335 29 311 25 284 7119 6025 27 330 25 304 27 277 6025 5062 25 326 22 297 28 271 5062 4217 21 328 22 291 28 262 4217 3474 17*331 20*277 26 254 3474 2819 14*323 16*263 21 244 2819 2247 14 321 15 263 20*243 2247 1771 14 321 15 262 19*242 1771 1406 13 320 14 262 18 241 1406 1155 13 319 13 262 17 241 1155 1003 12 320 12 262 15 241 1003 915 10 319 10 262 12 241 915 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