DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/26 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 56.0 - - 63.1 - - 64.8 - - 57.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 104 - - 184 - - 86 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1077 - - 1656 - - 2244 - - 61 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 900 - - 1599 - - 1470 - - 901 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1933 - - 2512 - - 3100 - - 917 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 459 - - 494 - - 636 - - 2109 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 196 - - 273 - - 234 - - 12 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 8 - - 11 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 075 - - 085 - - 087 - - 089 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1869 - - -1427 - - -860 - - -3132 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3803 - - 3939 - - 3960 - - 4050 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9437 - - -4958 - - -3876 - - -9927 ODpotential blCL - - - 11370 - - 7470 - - 6976 - - 10844 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 87 - - 88 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.0 - - 63.1 - - 64.8 - - 57.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 43.0 - - 49.4 - - 51.0 - - 43.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.2 - - 61.9 - - 64.2 - - 58.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 42.8 - - 49.1 - - 50.8 - - 43.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 104 - - 184 - - 86 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1077 - - 1656 - - 2244 - - 61 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 47 - - 49 - - 51 - - 38 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 - - 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] 96939 14 267 17 262 27 261 27 277 96939 89806 9 220 13 241 17 260 14 277 89806 84281 8 212 12 225 11 247 9 274 84281 79685 5 198 11 221 9 223 10 257 79685 75721 4 229 13 216 11 231 11 237 75721 72216 4 317 10 216 11 236 11 254 72216 69042 8 265 5 236 8 243 12 258 69042 66119 11 272 8 272 9 241 12 247 66119 63402 17 264 12 268 11 244 13 236 63402 60769 19 263 17 258 16 261 15 243 60769 58023 24 255 22 258 26 254 24 253 58023 55177 23 258 30 259 32 252 31 252 55177 52456 32 256 37 255 36 253 33 248 52456 49992 35 250 39 251 35 257 38 252 49992 47768 40 255 42 252 45 251 37 253 47768 45748 45 244 48 249 50 247 45 264 45748 43919 48 243 49 246 56 251 61 263 43919 42257 49 258 50 246 64 251 69 248 42257 40718 57 257 52 251 58 249 55 247 40718 39273 54 256 53 254 57 284 52 282 39273 37917 51 257 52 254 67 286 55 278 37917 36604 49 255 47 255 45 264 53 271 36604 35263 47 249 49 253 52 252 51 270 35263 33862 46 249 46 251 51 258 46 266 33862 32404 43 250 41 251 46 258 44 260 32404 30875 41 252 40 256 41 259 47 259 30875 29262 40 252 36 261 37 261 47 264 29262 27567 37 246 35 259 35 263 42 264 27567 25796 31 239 40 253 33 259 37 261 25796 23947 27 236 39 252 34 251 34 253 23947 22023 26 241 37 250 34 253 38 254 22023 20021 30 245 40 241 36 252 34 256 20021 17935 33 246 39 243 33 246 31 255 17935 15809 33 260 33 246 33 253 30 251 15809 13765 21 264 27 247 27 253 24 249 13765 11910 18 267 21 249 21 249 19 246 11910 10264 16 274 17 260 16 250 14 240 10264 8803 12 266 12 259 12 243 12 232 8803 7507 8 261 9 259 11 227 13 221 7507 6357 9 277 10 259 11 225 14 219 6357 5339 11 269 10 251 12 231 15 218 5339 4441 9 257 9 241 9 224 14 209 4441 3652 6 249 5 217 5*136 11 165 3652 2953 5 101 5*108 11*090 17 114 2953 2342 17*082 8*087 11 088 20 101 2342 1833 15*076 8 086 11 087 20 096 1833 1442 14 075 8 085 11 086 19 094 1442 1174 13 074 8 084 11 086 16 092 1174 1010 12 074 8 083 10 085 14 091 1010 917 10 073 7 083 9 085 9*089 917 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