DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/23 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.2 - - 74.6 - - 74.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 62 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5399 - - 5206 - - 2932 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4391 - - 3534 - - 902 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6255 - - 6062 - - 3788 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2248 - - 2959 - - 3851 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 418 - - 301 - - 113 W* B/S - - - - - - 32 - - 10 - - 4 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 165 - - 223 - - 184 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 942 - - 716 - - -661 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5313 - - 5347 - - 4449 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -194 - - -208 - - -2081 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6449 - - 6270 - - 5869 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 100 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 100 - - 140 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.2 - - 74.6 - - 74.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.2 - - 54.5 - - 58.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.0 - - 74.1 - - 75.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.9 - - 53.2 - - 57.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 62 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5399 - - 5206 - - 2932 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 100 - - 44 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 10 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] 99463 32 079 21 080 34 072 99463 91916 22 081 22 076 26 074 91916 86085 18 099 20 087 19 077 86085 81254 15 105 14 085 11 081 81254 77086 16 107 10 116 5 087 77086 73395 13 098 11 120 5 106 73395 70052 9 083 12 101 4 132 70052 66978 3 283 5 051 5 042 66978 64129 8 222 3 277 7 312 64129 61380 8 202 8 261 15 304 61380 58527 10 269 14 261 18 288 58527 55574 15 262 19 280 23 287 55574 52746 18 267 25 278 29 276 52746 50202 24 283 33 283 35 282 50202 47940 32 279 35 288 42 284 47940 45907 33 285 49 283 51 293 45907 44062 50 291 48 296 67 297 44062 42382 53 296 69 304 72 294 42382 40835 73 300 83 301 74 293 40835 39391 77 300 85 298 73 290 39391 38026 79 300 82 296 71 286 38026 36699 79 301 82 293 71 283 36699 35344 76 301 83 291 71 283 35344 33934 72 303 83 291 72 283 33934 32472 68 301 77 292 71 282 32472 30943 61 300 70 292 70 282 30943 29334 62 298 65 291 66 285 29334 27645 60 307 58 293 60 287 27645 25877 48 312 51 288 49 294 25877 24036 38 299 46 284 34 284 24036 22123 36 293 37 293 35 272 22123 20126 34 310 30 291 34 274 20126 18035 22 303 26 292 33 286 18035 15901 18 286 24 297 31 287 15901 13846 18 296 21 307 25 300 13846 11986 15 304 19 313 21 315 11986 10344 13 306 18 305 19 316 10344 8891 7 302 12 301 17 312 8891 7598 4 301 11 302 12 309 7598 6448 3*302 6*284 9 302 6448 5430 1*248 5*246 6 274 5430 4531 2 170 5 229 4*237 4531 3736 2 165 5 224 5*204 3736 3024 3 163 6 221 5 190 3024 2393 3 162 6 218 5 182 2393 1867 3 159 6 216 5 179 1867 1462 3 159 6 215 5 176 1462 1184 3 157 5 215 5 176 1184 1016 3 158 5 215 5 175 1016 919 3 158 5 214 4 173 919 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