DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/17 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 14.4 - - 15.7 - - 15.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 158 - - 87 - - 20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2698 - - 2365 - - 1102 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2264 - - 1587 - - 898 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3554 - - 3221 - - 1958 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 970 - - 1023 - - 1913 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 305 - - 239 - - 113 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 17 - - 18 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 258 - - 271 - - 279 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -3 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 826 - - 838 - - -89 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2728 - - 2384 - - 2047 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 562 - - 658 - - -332 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2992 - - 2563 - - 2290 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 92 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 14.4 - - 15.7 - - 15.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 5.8 - - 8.7 - - 10.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 13.5 - - 15.3 - - 15.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 5.4 - - 8.6 - - 10.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 158 - - 87 - - 20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2698 - - 2365 - - 1102 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 69 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 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] 96397 60 032 54 038 39 035 96397 89421 48 030 45 028 36 028 89421 83953 27 024 34 018 27 020 83953 79334 13 007 21 336 19 347 79334 75302 5 329 15 290 22 319 75302 71694 11 301 17 300 24 317 71694 68402 17 284 22 299 25 307 68402 65367 17 281 25 297 24 290 65367 62539 21 289 24 294 23 283 62539 59774 25 288 24 290 25 280 59774 56856 28 282 31 282 32 278 56856 53796 33 273 41 273 40 275 53796 50856 38 264 46 266 42 272 50856 48207 39 257 46 260 42 270 48207 45841 37 253 44 256 41 268 45841 43712 34 253 41 253 40 267 43712 41776 31 255 39 253 39 264 41776 39996 32 259 36 254 35 265 39996 38347 35 258 33 258 30 269 38347 36812 36 254 30 259 28 281 36812 35377 35 253 26 260 28 283 35377 34003 34 256 21 269 24 280 34003 32626 33 258 20 278 18 293 32626 31217 31 254 18 280 18 315 31217 29779 29 240 19 282 22 327 29779 28300 24 225 21 273 25 327 28300 26771 16 217 16 271 25 328 26771 25194 10 212 6 264 22 338 25194 23563 8 217 0 034 17 333 23563 21872 8 234 1 093 12 333 21872 20118 11 244 4 019 13 347 20118 18290 14 236 6 003 14 349 18290 16383 11 218 5 014 20 360 16383 14440 8 187 8 019 21 360 14440 12572 7 111 14 028 19 002 12572 10875 20 067 19 046 19 356 10875 9373 24 056 23 031 18 344 9373 8047 22 051 23 028 19 347 8047 6869 15 051 18 021 17 353 6869 5822 9 001 17 360 17 349 5822 4901 12 294 15 332 20 333 4901 4098 16*267 16 296 25 321 4098 3393 18*260 18*276 25 307 3393 2765 19 259 19*273 24 296 2765 2210 19 258 18 272 24*290 2210 1748 18 257 18 271 21*283 1748 1392 18 256 17 269 19 279 1392 1148 17 256 16 269 18 277 1148 999 16 256 15 268 16 276 999 914 13 256 12 268 12 275 914 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