DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/17 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.4 - - 66.3 - - 68.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 236 - - 226 - - 62 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 901 - - 902 - - 902 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1092 - - 1082 - - 918 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 838 - - 1018 - - 2526 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 48 - - 53 - - 27 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 137 - - 223 - - 264 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 175 - - 164 - - -119 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 918 - - 918 - - 1037 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4840 - - -125 - - -935 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5932 - - 1207 - - 1853 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1080 - - 1210 - - 910 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.4 - - 66.3 - - 68.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.3 - - 65.7 - - 66.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.5 - - 66.4 - - 69.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.1 - - 65.6 - - 66.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 236 - - 226 - - 62 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 85 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 14 - - 15 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] 99033 28 091 25 102 22 078 99033 91499 23 103 19 102 19 080 91499 85704 16 095 19 098 17 081 85704 80904 12 095 20 074 16 102 80904 76772 14 093 11 064 14 084 76772 73120 13 096 8 122 4 055 73120 69815 11 084 10 125 3 100 69815 66778 7 338 4 028 7 051 66778 63963 10 273 14 292 15 346 63963 61250 10 276 16 259 21 294 61250 58424 18 308 22 289 28 292 58424 55488 26 287 34 280 45 278 55488 52692 37 295 35 281 49 258 52692 50151 43 289 47 284 41 270 50151 47859 47 295 48 284 54 289 47859 45786 58 292 62 284 70 297 45786 43895 73 287 75 281 93 293 43895 42163 90 280 82 277 106 288 42163 40563 94 275 91 279 116 286 40563 39065 97 274 104 281 120 284 39065 37652 98 272 115 282 121 283 37652 36286 93 270 123 281 122 280 36286 34901 84 268 124 279 123 278 34901 33468 76 265 122 277 124 276 33468 31991 76 266 120 275 123 274 31991 30454 75 266 118 274 122 272 30454 28842 70 264 114 274 121 272 28842 27157 67 264 106 274 119 272 27157 25399 66 261 91 270 114 272 25399 23573 66 256 79 260 102 269 23573 21690 65 253 80 250 89 264 21690 19746 62 254 84 250 80 255 19746 17726 57 255 83 254 81 254 17726 15666 50 256 77 258 82 256 15666 13675 48 256 66 264 80 263 13675 11860 48 257 46 265 60 271 11860 10248 49 255 37 258 44 267 10248 8816 49 250 37 259 39 251 8816 7539 50 236 36 257 37 256 7539 6403 50 221 34 254 35 264 6403 5393 47 212 30 250 34 271 5393 4503 42 208 26 246 33 275 4503 3714 35 204 26 239 30 272 3714 3008 29 196 25 234 27 269 3008 2383 23 185 23 234 23 267 2383 1861 18 172 18 229 19 266 1861 1459 14 156 13 227 15 265 1459 1183 10*143 9*225 13 265 1183 1014 9*139 7*224 11 265 1014 918 7 137 6 223 8*264 918 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