DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/16 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 - - - - - - 21.8 - - 21.3 - - 17.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 96 - - 36 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2245 - - 2572 - - 399 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1649 - - 898 - - 898 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3101 - - 3428 - - 1255 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1581 - - 1662 - - 3999 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 247 - - 189 - - 32 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 33 - - 30 - - 18 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 319 - - 315 - - 310 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1188 - - 1154 - - -1015 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1913 - - 2275 - - 2270 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 652 - - 534 - - -1508 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2449 - - 2894 - - 2763 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 21.8 - - 21.3 - - 17.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 16.7 - - 14.7 - - 11.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 21.5 - - 21.2 - - 18.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 15.8 - - 14.0 - - 10.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 96 - - 36 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2245 - - 2572 - - 399 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 103 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96600 11 255 9 276 26 266 96600 89431 7 268 8 256 11 271 89431 83863 8 270 9 263 11 293 83863 79205 4 196 7 219 12 282 79205 75182 3 006 3 062 6 308 75182 71612 9 331 5 335 4 011 71612 68339 9 338 9 302 7 339 68339 65305 9 287 17 259 21 273 65305 62495 10 281 14 257 18 257 62495 59750 20 277 17 270 14 254 59750 56841 29 266 21 266 17 259 56841 53790 32 256 28 265 24 265 53790 50872 33 248 33 259 25 270 50872 48249 28 244 33 256 25 280 48249 45904 23 241 31 255 26 286 45904 43778 21 244 27 256 25 288 43778 41832 21 254 24 260 25 287 41832 40036 23 259 21 264 25 288 40036 38369 26 258 19 271 24 289 38369 36815 28 255 18 277 24 289 36815 35361 27 253 20 280 24 291 35361 33967 27 251 20 278 25 295 33967 32563 28 241 20 276 27 301 32563 31124 28 229 21 277 29 304 31124 29653 24 222 21 278 29 303 29653 28143 20 229 21 272 27 302 28143 26587 8 280 19 253 26 292 26587 24990 11 293 18 243 24 267 24990 23345 17 309 16 239 23 255 23345 21645 22 311 20 279 20 277 21645 19891 29 325 28 301 27 306 19891 18081 33 327 34 313 35 314 18081 16207 39 331 34 314 37 317 16207 14299 45 330 32 309 38 321 14299 12462 40 338 31 312 33 311 12462 10796 44 341 30 319 27 296 10796 9321 43 339 31 324 26 293 9321 8010 43 348 32 326 23 297 8010 6844 45 351 30 329 24 309 6844 5811 46 349 29 333 29 324 5811 4904 41 341 32 323 33 324 4904 4109 36 326 33*319 33 323 4109 3407 36*324 33*318 32 321 3407 2777 36*322 32 316 32 320 2777 2219 35 320 31 315 29 317 2219 1754 34 319 30 314 27 314 1754 1396 33 318 29 313 25*312 1396 1150 30 318 26 312 22*311 1150 1000 27 317 23 311 19 310 1000 915 21 317 18 311 14 310 915 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