DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/31 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 - - - - - - 74.3 - - 76.7 - - 80.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 289 - - 8 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2708 - - 3339 - - 2399 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2528 - - 902 - - 902 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3564 - - 4195 - - 3255 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1026 - - 2245 - - 4925 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 375 - - 128 - - 62 W* B/S - - - - - - 14 - - 4 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 136 - - 111 - - 130 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -9 - - 11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4647 - - -4056 - - -5683 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8211 - - 8251 - - 8938 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10881 - - -9151 - - -9705 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14445 - - 13346 - - 12960 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.3 - - 76.7 - - 80.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.7 - - 43.9 - - 44.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.5 - - 76.7 - - 81.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.1 - - 43.4 - - 44.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 289 - - 8 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2708 - - 3339 - - 2399 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 77 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 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] 98617 13 118 12 089 6 064 98617 91130 6 076 12 082 4 093 91130 85369 14 063 10 081 14 054 85369 80601 16 071 8 080 18 059 80601 76496 12 071 11 067 19 051 76496 72872 13 081 11 076 15 040 72872 69597 13 064 14 079 10 041 69597 66588 12 031 16 056 10 028 66588 63808 13 014 15 019 13 019 63808 61128 15 347 16 358 18 007 61128 58334 14 332 16 339 18 343 58334 55428 17 324 18 317 20 328 55428 52653 19 315 17 317 19 311 52653 50167 21 303 22 312 19 308 50167 47961 24 291 26 297 22 296 47961 45984 25 289 21 300 19 300 45984 44187 26 285 21 281 22 289 44187 42538 28 276 31 263 29 274 42538 41001 28 268 32 255 34 261 41001 39551 21 262 18 256 30 251 39551 38176 18 252 17 246 25 255 38176 36841 20 246 17 252 24 262 36841 35478 20 245 19 257 21 267 35478 34058 17 258 18 263 20 274 34058 32584 14 281 19 272 21 261 32584 31041 15 283 20 273 22 251 31041 29416 16 282 19 280 28 257 29416 27708 10 273 22 277 27 257 27708 25921 9 246 23 282 21 253 25921 24064 9 236 17 298 19 250 24064 22137 6 233 14 282 20 253 22137 20131 11 252 14 259 20 256 20131 18044 14 267 12 260 17 253 18044 15919 12 274 11 266 17 251 15919 13875 7 234 11 262 14 249 13875 12018 6 207 13 246 13 260 12018 10374 8 215 14 241 15 266 10374 8912 7 211 12 227 13 255 8912 7614 4 193 10 202 10 221 7614 6464 2 192 8 184 7 190 6464 5445 5 225 7 171 7 187 5445 4544 7 226 6*161 6 173 4544 3747 5*173 5*139 5*162 3747 3033 5*145 5 120 5*147 3033 2400 5 139 5 111 5 136 2400 1871 5 135 6 105 5 128 1871 1465 5 132 6 102 5 124 1465 1186 5 130 6 100 5 120 1186 1016 4 127 5 100 4 118 1016 919 4 127 5 098 4 116 919 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