DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/08 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 - - - 40.2 - - 51.0 - - 56.0 - - 50.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 39 - - 93 - - 49 - - -79 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 625 - - 1315 - - 1582 - - 61 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 900 - - 900 - - 901 - - 901 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1481 - - 2171 - - 2438 - - 917 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 645 - - 396 - - 683 - - 1420 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 126 - - 215 - - 186 - - 19 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 23 - - 25 - - 26 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 234 - - 227 - - 220 - - 206 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 10 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -4 - - -4 - - -6 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -483 - - -846 - - -1009 - - -957 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1964 - - 3018 - - 3447 - - 1874 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8383 - - -6896 - - -6900 - - -8084 ODpotential blCL - - - 9864 - - 9067 - - 9338 - - 9001 blCL maxRH - - - 77 - - 68 - - 82 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.2 - - 51.0 - - 56.0 - - 50.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.9 - - 40.9 - - 44.0 - - 45.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 40.2 - - 50.6 - - 55.8 - - 52.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.8 - - 39.7 - - 42.9 - - 45.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 39 - - 93 - - 49 - - -79 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 625 - - 1315 - - 1582 - - 61 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 8 - - 0 - - 29 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 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] 95880 29 328 23 321 22 326 21 312 95880 88764 25 309 19 310 26 316 19 314 88764 83300 29 305 26 316 29 314 25 328 83300 78766 30 299 26 310 25 311 21 306 78766 74843 30 288 27 288 27 288 27 290 74843 71356 41 291 34 287 34 280 42 283 71356 68211 50 285 41 275 39 278 37 278 68211 65323 51 274 44 271 45 280 42 287 65323 62649 53 271 47 280 46 277 47 284 62649 60059 60 276 49 282 48 275 43 285 60059 57334 62 273 51 277 54 279 45 280 57334 54465 58 268 54 270 52 278 44 273 54465 51680 57 270 52 271 43 281 46 282 51680 49154 54 271 53 283 54 287 56 285 49154 46892 56 276 66 286 64 282 62 285 46892 44846 67 276 74 282 68 279 68 288 44846 42980 72 268 76 280 68 281 73 285 42980 41259 61 265 71 283 67 283 69 285 41259 39667 62 282 70 285 67 290 71 291 39667 38199 79 280 69 285 74 294 75 295 38199 36836 80 269 64 287 76 294 75 297 36836 35531 73 260 63 289 73 294 77 301 35531 34212 49 302 62 288 70 297 78 302 34212 32849 67 318 58 289 69 300 73 298 32849 31439 76 318 56 293 67 299 69 292 31439 29966 72 316 56 296 64 294 66 287 29966 28416 63 310 57 299 65 292 62 283 28416 26790 57 304 60 303 67 289 59 280 26790 25086 55 296 60 302 62 287 58 282 25086 23306 51 295 57 294 57 289 56 286 23306 21456 50 301 52 285 56 290 54 285 21456 19529 49 299 50 282 55 289 51 282 19529 17521 61 300 49 289 52 285 46 280 17521 15472 62 297 46 297 44 286 44 275 15472 13496 45 285 43 293 43 279 42 269 13496 11695 34 281 37 286 41 267 42 259 11695 10091 31 278 31 269 41 256 44 256 10091 8663 37 268 25 250 42 248 40 258 8663 7392 39 263 32 251 40 250 36 256 7392 6265 39 266 38 258 37 253 38 254 6265 5268 41 270 40 260 37 254 41 255 5268 4391 45 273 39 256 37 251 43 250 4391 3620 49 269 38 249 37 241 44 240 3620 2933 47 259 36 241 35*233 43 227 2933 2329 40 247 30*231 29*221 40 219 2329 1824 32*239 28*228 28 220 37 214 1824 1437 27*235 26 227 27 219 32 211 1437 1171 24 234 25 226 25 219 26 208 1171 1009 21 233 22 226 22 218 22*207 1009 917 16 233 17 226 17 218 14*206 917 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