DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/23 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.3 - - 78.0 - - 76.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 332 - - 234 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6668 - - 6578 - - 6570 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5648 - - 5395 - - 902 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7524 - - 7434 - - 7426 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 405 - - 571 - - 596 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 533 - - 473 - - 168 W* B/S - - - - - - 20 - - 29 - - 7 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 205 - - 210 - - 194 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1549 - - -1847 - - -1118 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9074 - - 9282 - - 8544 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12373 - - -11293 - - -10995 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 19897 - - 18727 - - 18421 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 63 - - 61 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.3 - - 78.0 - - 76.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.7 - - 40.6 - - 42.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.5 - - 76.6 - - 76.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.5 - - 39.4 - - 41.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 332 - - 234 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6668 - - 6578 - - 6570 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 32 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 99620 31 083 35 078 33 081 99620 92107 28 094 23 092 23 079 92107 86336 31 106 21 096 24 083 86336 81538 26 092 19 094 23 082 81538 77404 17 077 22 098 18 089 77404 73745 11 081 19 067 14 092 73745 70422 7 128 6 044 11 029 70422 67378 10 070 4 171 10 337 67378 64576 16 007 4 331 9 333 64576 61869 18 334 12 327 13 321 61869 59051 22 338 18 336 17 326 59051 56147 35 321 28 329 25 317 56147 53398 44 310 37 315 31 310 53398 50933 49 301 45 305 37 310 50933 48728 52 300 53 305 47 311 48728 46734 55 300 60 301 59 305 46734 44913 60 303 68 295 61 297 44913 43234 66 305 67 298 65 297 43234 41664 77 313 73 305 73 296 41664 40180 86 314 79 309 72 296 40180 38768 83 312 80 307 68 295 38768 37394 79 312 77 305 66 294 37394 35991 81 312 71 305 64 292 35991 34529 80 318 67 309 68 291 34529 33012 70 313 62 308 66 295 33012 31428 67 307 60 303 54 297 31428 29765 64 304 59 301 52 299 29765 28021 62 303 58 302 52 303 28021 26200 59 301 57 303 49 305 26200 24303 52 301 55 305 46 305 24303 22334 45 300 49 309 41 309 22334 20284 38 303 45 312 35 314 20284 18150 28 306 30 313 26 307 18150 15981 16 314 12 304 20 283 15981 13899 10 316 7 301 13 270 13899 12010 8 298 6 297 9 279 12010 10338 6 279 6 269 7 289 10338 8865 4*269 4 264 4 287 8865 7572 5*209 3*230 2*225 7572 6430 5 206 3*221 3*207 6430 5416 5 205 3 219 3 199 5416 4520 5 205 3 212 4 196 4520 3727 5 203 3 209 5 193 3727 3017 5 204 3 206 5 193 3017 2388 5 203 3 204 5 192 2388 1864 5 203 3 204 5 191 1864 1461 5 203 3 203 5 191 1461 1183 5 203 3 200 5 191 1183 1015 4 204 3 202 5 192 1015 918 4 203 3 200 4 191 918 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