DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/02 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 - - - - - - 19.6 - - 22.7 - - 22.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - 14 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1234 - - 1003 - - 59 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 898 - - 898 - - 898 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2090 - - 1859 - - 915 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 832 - - 1158 - - 1646 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 157 - - 100 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 239 - - 231 - - 191 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 712 - - 434 - - -356 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1378 - - 1426 - - 1271 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 565 - - 231 - - -774 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1525 - - 1628 - - 1689 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 19.6 - - 22.7 - - 22.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 17.1 - - 19.9 - - 20.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 19.3 - - 22.6 - - 23.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 16.6 - - 19.7 - - 20.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - 14 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1234 - - 1003 - - 59 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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 11 068 13 046 9 066 96308 89140 8 055 9 021 9 031 89140 83597 10 011 6 326 6 357 83597 78971 14 324 12 280 13 305 78971 74969 17 269 16 264 18 283 74969 71403 15 266 15 259 20 269 71403 68141 24 275 18 280 23 281 68141 65127 20 270 24 275 28 280 65127 62330 21 296 23 266 28 276 62330 59619 30 295 24 273 32 277 59619 56789 36 283 32 285 34 274 56789 53853 41 277 42 288 38 277 53853 51053 44 273 51 281 50 280 51053 48541 43 273 53 272 54 272 48541 46291 40 275 48 269 52 266 46291 44240 42 282 44 274 56 267 44240 42360 48 285 47 276 62 270 42360 40630 60 286 57 277 65 269 40630 39031 69 279 60 275 68 273 39031 37548 63 271 62 280 76 279 37548 36168 57 273 71 280 85 280 36168 34855 56 280 73 279 89 282 34855 33537 56 284 73 283 93 282 33537 32178 55 285 78 283 92 282 32178 30779 57 292 82 280 85 282 30779 29319 67 303 76 280 79 284 29319 27784 70 304 65 283 71 283 27784 26178 66 307 60 287 60 278 26178 24499 60 301 55 290 53 274 24499 22743 57 293 51 291 50 274 22743 20913 57 292 48 288 49 270 20913 19003 54 291 42 294 45 271 19003 17010 49 296 40 295 37 272 17010 14978 44 306 39 290 34 273 14978 13020 35 308 30 294 32 270 13020 11243 26 294 23 290 30 269 11243 9674 21 285 24 281 27 278 9674 8288 18 289 23 279 25 284 8288 7063 16 280 21 267 23 278 7063 5980 15 264 20 258 25 275 5980 5024 14 247 20 255 27 276 5024 4186 14 234 23 256 24 275 4186 3452 15 238 24 252 21 269 3452 2800 16 245 19 241 19 242 2800 2233 14*243 17*235 18 215 2233 1762 13*241 15*232 17 204 1762 1401 11 239 13 231 15 200 1401 1152 10 238 12 230 13 195 1152 1001 9 238 11 230 11*193 1001 915 8 238 9 229 8*191 915 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