DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/06 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.5 - - 61.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - -12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 693 - - 61 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 901 - - 901 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1549 - - 917 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1092 - - 1661 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 132 - - 14 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 212 - - 196 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 0 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 579 - - 0 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 970 - - 917 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 174 - - -473 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1375 - - 1390 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 130 - - 280 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.5 - - 61.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.1 - - 60.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 59.3 - - 61.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.6 - - 60.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - -12 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 693 - - 61 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 12 - - - 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] 95759 38 249 42 262 95759 88674 31 264 38 262 88674 83282 34 271 33 260 83282 78829 24 250 28 251 78829 74977 24 281 29 254 74977 71581 30 283 32 258 71581 68506 33 264 37 257 68506 65642 41 253 48 256 65642 62973 47 252 66 246 62973 60400 51 251 60 248 60400 57687 56 252 55 255 57687 54820 64 256 66 252 54820 52063 71 255 68 248 52063 49574 70 251 66 246 49574 47332 64 247 63 248 47332 45282 63 250 69 252 45282 43396 71 254 77 248 43396 41666 75 250 77 246 41666 40091 73 246 76 247 40091 38653 72 247 73 242 38653 37312 72 245 67 234 37312 36013 69 243 65 234 36013 34688 68 245 63 234 34688 33309 62 243 62 233 33309 31878 54 235 62 227 31878 30381 56 233 58 220 30381 28809 55 234 52 223 28809 27159 53 234 53 232 27159 25429 52 233 59 238 25429 23622 50 231 57 238 23622 21743 50 231 52 237 21743 19788 58 229 49 239 19788 17750 62 227 46 247 17750 15673 58 228 45 251 15673 13668 52 228 46 245 13668 11843 49 226 45 245 11843 10222 47 224 46 246 10222 8782 45 228 41 245 8782 7502 37 229 35 246 7502 6363 32 219 34 245 6363 5354 35 211 33 239 5354 4465 38 208 36 221 4465 3682 39 206 36 213 3682 2980 36 205 33 208 2980 2361 33 206 30 205 2361 1844 27*209 26 202 1844 1449 24*212 22 199 1449 1177 22 212 18 198 1177 1012 19 213 16 197 1012 917 15 213 11*196 917 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