DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/23 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 34.0 - - 40.2 - - 44.5 - - 40.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 224 - - 421 - - 287 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2513 - - 3696 - - 4282 - - 60 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2286 - - 3396 - - 3703 - - 900 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3369 - - 4552 - - 5138 - - 916 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 647 - - 799 - - 833 - - 4209 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 334 - - 468 - - 432 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 7 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 12 - - 8 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 015 - - 358 - - 012 - - 083 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - -2 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -664 - - -1568 - - -2593 - - -5316 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4033 - - 6120 - - 7732 - - 6233 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11466 - - -11612 - - -12688 - - -14270 ODpotential blCL - - - 14835 - - 16164 - - 17826 - - 15186 blCL maxRH - - - 77 - - 62 - - 55 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 34.0 - - 40.2 - - 44.5 - - 40.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 20.0 - - 16.7 - - 13.9 - - 17.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 32.9 - - 38.1 - - 42.9 - - 41.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 19.4 - - 16.3 - - 13.7 - - 17.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 224 - - 421 - - 287 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2513 - - 3696 - - 4282 - - 60 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 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] 96379 17 240 17 264 20 265 20 260 96379 89202 10 234 9 246 15 252 21 260 89202 83673 10 279 11 255 18 256 21 270 83673 79075 14 267 15 256 24 260 27 273 79075 75097 22 248 18 258 23 260 29 256 75097 71545 24 257 24 264 28 267 26 263 71545 68308 30 258 31 265 33 276 31 283 68308 65347 29 260 31 263 33 278 40 287 65347 62608 25 276 29 279 32 272 39 274 62608 59934 37 283 35 284 34 274 38 277 59934 57125 48 278 45 277 47 281 49 285 57125 54198 56 271 56 272 58 276 54 283 54198 51392 60 265 60 270 57 275 57 283 51392 48869 59 270 60 275 64 280 60 282 48869 46620 67 281 67 279 68 280 62 284 46620 44589 79 280 72 282 69 283 65 287 44589 42735 79 274 76 284 73 286 70 288 42735 41034 76 277 80 284 78 287 75 287 41034 39467 82 285 84 285 80 287 79 286 39467 38017 90 287 89 284 83 288 83 286 38017 36666 95 288 90 284 88 287 86 286 36666 35370 102 290 90 284 93 286 88 287 35370 34057 109 289 90 286 93 286 89 289 34057 32693 113 287 92 288 90 288 88 288 32693 31277 114 288 94 287 86 289 86 290 31277 29792 107 291 93 287 84 288 83 291 29792 28229 101 293 90 287 80 288 79 290 28229 26591 98 293 87 290 75 289 79 288 26591 24876 94 294 84 294 73 294 75 289 24876 23088 90 295 82 298 72 297 70 294 23088 21228 85 297 80 301 71 300 67 299 21228 19290 80 299 77 301 70 304 66 300 19290 17268 77 299 73 304 69 306 62 303 17268 15202 70 305 64 310 63 310 56 309 15202 13215 60 313 50 313 49 314 48 316 13215 11416 48 320 39 316 37 312 36 316 11416 9830 40 329 35 323 28 317 27 304 9830 8430 39 333 34 327 25 329 16 305 8430 7188 40 334 34 331 24 334 11 324 7188 6088 40 336 29 337 14*333 8 313 6088 5124 35 342 16*345 8*354 4 299 5124 4280 28 359 13*353 8 001 1 003 4280 3538 21*012 13 355 8 008 5 088 3538 2874 20*015 13 357 8 013 7 087 2874 2287 19 015 12 358 8 019 8 086 2287 1797 19 015 12 360 8 023 9 084 1797 1421 18 015 11 001 8 025 9 084 1421 1163 17 015 11 002 8 027 9 084 1163 1006 16 016 11 002 7 027 8*084 1006 916 13 016 10 002 7 028 6*083 916 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