DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/20 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 - - - - - - 83.1 - - 87.9 - - 86.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 228 - - 120 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2764 - - 3818 - - 64 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2512 - - 3006 - - 903 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3620 - - 4674 - - 920 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1054 - - 1278 - - 5007 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 358 - - 330 - - 34 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 18 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 209 - - 219 - - 225 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -455 - - 107 - - -2744 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4075 - - 4567 - - 3664 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4690 - - -3207 - - -4469 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8310 - - 7881 - - 5389 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 89 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 650 - - 2000 - - 3090 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.1 - - 87.9 - - 86.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.9 - - 70.5 - - 73.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.8 - - 87.1 - - 88.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.1 - - 69.7 - - 72.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 228 - - 120 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2764 - - 3818 - - 64 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 40 - - 58 - - 24 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 18 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] 99488 30 085 29 104 27 096 99488 91969 31 098 25 096 26 080 91969 86192 26 102 24 076 22 068 86192 81397 25 092 22 086 17 070 81397 77258 18 082 21 084 15 070 77258 73599 16 074 17 079 14 068 73599 70294 14 081 13 065 13 059 70294 67262 14 049 9 053 9 032 67262 64458 12 025 9 030 6 017 64458 61755 16 351 13 359 9 001 61755 58938 14 305 15 318 12 322 58938 56037 22 311 25 305 29 299 56037 53311 40 299 39 291 43 287 53311 50876 47 296 54 307 51 302 50876 48690 60 295 71 303 71 305 48690 46700 69 297 81 302 79 302 46700 44865 76 301 90 300 84 301 44865 43165 78 301 91 299 88 296 43165 41579 73 297 83 294 87 292 41579 40088 72 292 78 292 86 293 40088 38677 70 287 79 297 87 298 38677 37310 68 285 80 299 90 302 37310 35915 67 291 82 301 91 304 35915 34463 68 299 80 302 91 304 34463 32958 66 303 74 301 86 304 32958 31388 57 299 65 298 74 305 31388 29744 50 289 57 293 62 299 29744 28024 47 283 51 289 56 293 28024 26229 40 280 49 283 59 297 26229 24364 37 287 49 284 59 296 24364 22428 37 292 47 285 52 294 22428 20419 37 296 45 299 51 293 20419 18334 39 303 40 311 50 297 18334 16214 38 306 37 312 41 293 16214 14166 35 313 33 317 37 297 14166 12292 26 320 28 310 38 298 12292 10619 27 313 29 288 37 288 10619 9127 29 299 31 284 31 279 9127 7799 24 285 29 281 33 276 7799 6618 18 282 25 270 34 264 6618 5571 17 274 22*250 32 252 5571 4647 16 254 20*229 28 242 4647 3828 15*231 20 223 26 235 3828 3095 15*213 19 219 25 233 3095 2444 16 210 19 216 23 231 2444 1901 15 209 18 215 22 230 1901 1482 15 207 18 213 20 228 1482 1195 14 207 17 212 17 226 1195 1020 13 206 15 211 14*225 1020 920 11 206 12 210 10*225 920 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