DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 12.6 - - 13.5 - - 10.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 245 - - 110 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1876 - - 1928 - - 58 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1856 - - 1464 - - 898 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2732 - - 2784 - - 914 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1788 - - 1166 - - 1875 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 311 - - 240 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 19 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 019 - - 009 - - 011 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1234 - - -616 - - -2091 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3966 - - 3400 - - 3006 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2770 - - -2065 - - -4320 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5502 - - 4849 - - 5234 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 97 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 12.6 - - 13.5 - - 10.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -1.2 - - 2.2 - - 1.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 11.5 - - 13.0 - - 11.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -1.4 - - 1.9 - - 0.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 245 - - 110 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1876 - - 1928 - - 58 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 86 - - 89 - - 23 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 94762 98 241 97 239 115 244 94762 87630 87 251 89 255 93 255 87630 82165 74 264 80 267 87 265 82165 77618 75 272 75 272 82 272 77618 73681 69 271 68 279 78 279 73681 70195 64 274 71 281 78 280 70195 67032 62 274 72 279 71 280 67032 64104 60 282 68 279 66 282 64104 61367 63 289 65 284 65 288 61367 58701 67 290 66 290 65 292 58701 55908 68 287 69 290 61 294 55908 52992 66 285 68 290 57 297 52992 50187 62 287 65 290 53 298 50187 47649 60 289 54 290 47 302 47649 45371 53 288 48 290 48 303 45371 43303 49 295 39 292 46 299 43303 41403 48 298 37 303 39 303 41403 39652 45 298 40 305 37 312 39652 38034 43 300 38 305 38 315 38034 36530 44 302 37 304 36 315 36530 35123 48 299 34 304 33 320 35123 33772 49 293 30 305 29 329 33772 32411 45 291 28 311 26 335 32411 31014 43 291 28 316 27 003 31014 29587 46 288 26 316 29 008 29587 28114 49 282 26 317 30 020 28114 26588 50 276 25 318 34 032 26588 25010 48 276 22 319 37 039 25010 23378 46 280 18 324 41 045 23378 21691 44 284 15 337 46 051 21691 19948 39 288 13 000 48 055 19948 18140 32 290 14 020 45 055 18140 16258 25 293 15 028 39 051 16258 14339 20 300 17 030 33 047 14339 12491 15 306 18 023 30 041 12491 10809 11 324 17 017 26 036 10809 9316 11 006 11 034 28 042 9316 8000 14 062 9 055 17 037 8000 6839 14 095 14 062 10 026 6839 5812 11 099 17 069 10 020 5812 4902 8 070 20 065 12 035 4902 4100 15 030 21 048 17 038 4100 3393 20 026 23*028 23 025 3393 2763 19*024 22*017 25 019 2763 2208 18*021 20 008 24 019 2208 1745 17 019 19 007 22 019 1745 1390 16 019 19 006 20 018 1390 1146 16 018 18 006 15 016 1146 998 15 018 16 005 12 014 998 914 12 018 13 005 7*011 914 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