DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/04 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 - - - - - - 26.7 - - 30.3 - - 30.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 64 - - 16 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1549 - - 1009 - - 59 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 898 - - 899 - - 899 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2405 - - 1865 - - 915 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 523 - - 628 - - 1344 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 189 - - 106 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 16 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 178 - - 177 - - 159 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 527 - - 521 - - -348 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1878 - - 1344 - - 1263 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 291 - - 248 - - -11766 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2114 - - 1617 - - 12681 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 26.7 - - 30.3 - - 30.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 22.0 - - 27.9 - - 28.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 26.3 - - 30.4 - - 30.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.3 - - 27.5 - - 27.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 64 - - 16 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1549 - - 1009 - - 59 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 86 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 95802 56 258 51 267 49 251 95802 88750 29 271 33 272 31 270 88750 83297 24 279 31 259 33 282 83297 78756 23 280 27 260 29 274 78756 74822 25 282 23 276 26 282 74822 71328 28 291 27 291 28 289 71328 68154 31 289 31 287 30 285 68154 65219 31 279 31 281 33 288 65219 62481 27 282 33 290 35 291 62481 59815 32 283 37 276 36 298 59815 57016 36 279 44 278 42 285 57016 54110 50 282 48 283 52 281 54110 51333 54 282 56 281 59 277 51333 48828 55 289 64 281 58 278 48828 46580 63 287 65 282 61 282 46580 44543 62 286 66 289 68 283 44543 42690 65 292 76 288 72 282 42690 40995 78 284 82 282 73 284 40995 39432 80 277 82 277 75 289 39432 37982 83 282 82 275 81 290 37982 36629 96 281 78 276 87 288 36629 35331 97 280 73 279 88 285 35331 34020 93 281 74 276 83 281 34020 32667 82 282 76 269 79 278 32667 31269 67 280 65 269 76 277 31269 29807 64 281 68 274 72 278 29807 28266 65 281 67 276 64 279 28266 26645 66 280 64 280 60 273 26645 24944 63 277 59 283 58 274 24944 23168 55 275 56 285 49 277 23168 21320 49 277 56 285 47 280 21320 19393 45 284 56 281 52 280 19393 17383 42 291 49 281 59 272 17383 15332 40 294 43 279 49 262 15332 13355 37 295 39 274 43 261 13355 11553 31 295 38 270 42 259 11553 9951 26 288 31 268 39 253 9951 8529 23 288 26 258 36 244 8529 7264 22 276 27 250 36 235 7264 6142 20 257 26 242 38 230 6142 5151 17 240 26 235 40 228 5151 4280 15 242 27 228 40 226 4280 3515 12 211 25 217 39 218 3515 2842 14*182 24 196 34 201 2842 2259 13*178 21*182 29 179 2259 1778 12 178 18*177 26 169 1778 1410 12 178 17 177 22 165 1410 1157 11 178 16 176 18 162 1157 1003 10 178 14 176 16 161 1003 915 9 178 11 176 11*159 915 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