DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/19 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 - - - - - - -2.6 - - -0.5 - - -2.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 123 - - 60 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1850 - - 1894 - - 57 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1510 - - 897 - - 897 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2706 - - 2750 - - 913 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 330 - - 470 - - 1925 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 247 - - 196 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 22 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 294 - - 282 - - 268 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 497 - - 711 - - -1076 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2209 - - 2039 - - 1989 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 275 - - 574 - - -1692 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2431 - - 2176 - - 2605 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 99 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - -2.6 - - -0.5 - - -2.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -8.6 - - -5.7 - - -7.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - -3.0 - - -0.7 - - -2.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -9.2 - - -5.9 - - -7.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 123 - - 60 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1850 - - 1894 - - 57 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 77 - - 97 - - 70 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] 95934 16 319 6 334 9 258 95934 88851 18 270 22 274 25 296 88851 83355 22 257 24 264 24 273 83355 78716 22 273 27 289 23 282 78716 74658 29 269 33 270 33 276 74658 71044 35 263 33 265 33 283 71044 67752 38 270 41 276 32 268 67752 64687 44 264 46 275 33 277 64687 61813 45 264 52 274 45 276 61813 59012 51 262 58 270 51 274 59012 56088 53 259 63 268 65 273 56088 53061 58 262 72 265 69 265 53061 50168 63 261 73 260 64 264 50168 47557 64 264 68 262 68 274 47557 45227 68 269 69 270 78 278 45227 43130 71 272 73 273 81 276 43130 41222 75 274 76 274 81 275 41222 39468 78 275 79 273 81 276 39468 37844 81 273 80 271 81 276 37844 36332 82 271 79 270 80 276 36332 34918 81 270 78 270 80 277 34918 33559 80 271 76 271 82 279 33559 32192 81 273 78 275 84 280 32192 30789 84 275 82 277 85 280 30789 29355 90 276 86 277 85 280 29355 27878 95 274 88 276 84 281 27878 26352 95 274 88 275 83 282 26352 24780 93 276 87 276 83 284 24780 23161 89 278 86 278 85 286 23161 21490 82 282 82 281 85 286 21490 19761 77 286 78 284 82 287 19761 17960 73 289 74 287 78 288 17960 16085 69 293 69 289 70 290 16085 14176 64 298 63 291 61 290 14176 12341 58 301 56 294 55 290 12341 10671 51 304 48 296 49 290 10671 9189 45 308 43 295 45 291 9189 7876 40 310 40 295 41 291 7876 6716 36 309 36 296 37 293 6716 5692 34 310 34 298 35 294 5692 4791 33 313 33 298 34 294 4791 4003 33 313 32 296 32 295 4003 3310 31*308 28*288 30 294 3310 2698 25*296 24*283 27 289 2698 2162 25 295 24 283 25 283 2162 1716 24 294 23 282 23 279 1716 1374 23 294 22 282 21 275 1374 1138 22 294 20 282 17 271 1138 995 19 293 18 281 15*270 995 913 15 293 14 281 10*268 913 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