DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 12/06 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 27.3 - - 27.3 - - 27.7 - - 26.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 24 - - 6 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1086 - - 1469 - - 975 - - 59 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 898 - - 899 - - 899 - - 899 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1942 - - 2325 - - 1831 - - 915 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1674 - - 1374 - - 1741 - - 2128 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 82 - - 136 - - 74 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 5 - - 15 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 5 - - 1 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 338 - - 269 - - 205 - - 094 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - -4 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 384 - - 609 - - 39 - - -328 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1558 - - 1716 - - 1792 - - 1243 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 62 - - 273 - - -252 - - -1042 ODpotential blCL - - - 1880 - - 2052 - - 2083 - - 1957 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 27.3 - - 27.3 - - 27.7 - - 26.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.9 - - 23.2 - - 23.2 - - 24.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 27.4 - - 27.1 - - 27.6 - - 27.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.5 - - 22.6 - - 22.8 - - 23.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 24 - - 6 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1086 - - 1469 - - 975 - - 59 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 102 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96256 19 066 18 108 13 095 12 105 96256 89022 6 018 3 124 5 041 2 262 89022 83442 8 358 2 068 6 290 6 269 83442 78797 8 249 16 265 12 277 10 271 78797 74767 20 293 24 265 21 271 23 275 74767 71202 25 282 33 263 34 263 37 280 71202 67979 34 261 39 270 44 271 47 270 67979 65002 42 267 46 264 48 267 48 275 65002 62223 50 278 49 271 52 275 57 281 62223 59529 59 280 54 272 59 275 64 279 59529 56715 63 272 56 268 64 271 66 271 56715 53773 66 264 60 266 70 262 66 263 53773 50936 70 264 68 262 67 259 69 266 50936 48370 78 264 69 259 73 267 76 267 48370 46069 81 267 72 262 84 266 81 267 46069 43980 82 269 80 264 85 262 82 268 43980 42066 83 268 85 263 82 264 83 269 42066 40302 83 265 83 263 83 266 85 269 40302 38670 82 262 79 263 83 266 88 267 38670 37155 78 265 72 264 83 265 91 264 37155 35746 79 270 68 268 82 265 92 262 35746 34401 77 271 71 268 79 267 89 260 34401 33056 68 271 75 267 76 267 84 260 33056 31683 60 273 69 270 72 263 80 260 31683 30286 54 275 64 273 70 264 77 262 30286 28846 50 287 62 269 68 266 77 264 28846 27343 58 298 65 269 66 267 72 266 27343 25772 60 299 64 267 65 266 62 266 25772 24128 57 295 61 266 60 266 60 266 24128 22410 56 295 55 268 56 268 58 265 22410 20620 53 294 49 271 52 270 51 266 20620 18755 50 292 42 272 49 271 52 268 18755 16811 47 290 35 274 43 261 50 266 16811 14831 41 286 34 267 37 265 35 263 14831 12923 34 284 31 262 33 267 25 265 12923 11190 29 276 31 252 31 266 31 258 11190 9652 25 268 30 245 30 264 25 257 9652 8283 21 264 29 244 30 264 22 263 8283 7065 20 269 26 250 28 263 21 265 7065 5980 20 276 21 253 26 255 20 265 5980 5024 16 282 15 251 21 247 17 265 5024 4191 10 254 14 235 15 241 12 272 4191 3464 6 246 10 237 11 229 10 249 3464 2817 5 269 8*246 6 216 8 198 2817 2247 6*323 6*260 3*210 8 169 2247 1771 7*336 6 267 1*204 7 159 1771 1406 7 338 5 272 1 204 5 152 1406 1155 7 339 5 273 1 209 4 140 1155 1002 7 340 5 274 1 206 3 119 1002 915 6 340 4 275 1 205 3*094 915 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