DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/06 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 - - - - - - 55.5 - - 58.3 - - 51.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 186 - - 41 - - -47 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1809 - - 2254 - - 61 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1706 - - 900 - - 900 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2665 - - 3110 - - 917 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 745 - - 944 - - 690 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 281 - - 184 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 21 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 172 - - 172 - - 165 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4852 - - -6262 - - -6642 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7517 - - 9373 - - 7560 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14034 - - -14639 - - -15827 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16699 - - 17749 - - 16744 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 75 - - 37 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.5 - - 58.3 - - 51.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.0 - - 20.7 - - 21.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.4 - - 58.1 - - 53.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.9 - - 20.5 - - 21.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 186 - - 41 - - -47 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1809 - - 2254 - - 61 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 19 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 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] 96638 13 059 7 066 6 078 96638 89391 9 063 7 038 9 024 89391 83800 4 134 9 266 14 322 83800 79147 7 306 12 275 15 290 79147 75139 18 297 17 293 20 297 75139 71615 21 285 24 284 22 283 71615 68415 26 293 26 278 24 287 68415 65452 32 290 29 284 33 290 65452 62695 31 286 36 287 40 292 62695 60021 42 284 42 284 48 278 60021 57226 50 279 45 277 43 277 57226 54312 52 281 47 271 47 281 54312 51536 62 274 55 275 56 278 51536 49062 65 270 62 273 58 270 49062 46864 69 273 65 274 52 273 46864 44867 75 269 67 264 66 277 44867 43036 71 260 62 260 80 266 43036 41361 65 261 67 264 82 260 41361 39827 66 267 76 263 80 257 39827 38409 68 266 79 256 75 256 38409 37077 67 264 75 258 70 255 37077 35784 64 268 74 259 69 252 35784 34462 65 271 70 258 69 250 34462 33086 64 268 64 259 68 249 33086 31658 60 265 56 259 64 253 31658 30164 55 268 48 260 59 257 30164 28592 51 273 44 263 52 259 28592 26942 48 278 41 265 48 260 26942 25215 45 279 41 263 51 260 25215 23416 42 281 41 262 55 255 23416 21553 42 283 42 260 52 249 21553 19616 42 280 45 260 44 245 19616 17595 39 278 45 261 41 252 17595 15529 36 287 41 261 40 252 15529 13534 32 291 34 261 37 246 13534 11716 24 288 28 258 34 240 11716 10098 18 265 26 243 33 236 10098 8658 20 244 26 234 35 226 8658 7381 22 236 25 225 35 217 7381 6250 20 222 27 210 35 207 6250 5253 18 209 31 200 36 202 5253 4380 16 190 31 189 40 198 4380 3612 17 178 28*179 41 189 3612 2928 17*174 24*174 38 180 2928 2325 17*172 23 173 35 175 2325 1822 16 172 22 172 33 173 1822 1435 16 172 21 172 29 171 1435 1169 15 172 19 172 22 168 1169 1009 14 171 17 171 19*167 1009 917 12 171 14 171 11*165 917 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