DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/11 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.0 - - 63.0 - - 62.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 454 - - 308 - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5384 - - 5529 - - 4458 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4754 - - 4707 - - 901 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6240 - - 6385 - - 5314 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 772 - - 1385 - - 1724 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 546 - - 485 - - 164 W* B/S - - - - - - 21 - - 22 - - 17 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 021 - - 354 - - 111 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -2 - - 7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1992 - - -2689 - - -3948 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8233 - - 9075 - - 9263 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9079 - - -9712 - - -11414 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15319 - - 16097 - - 16728 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 52 - - 48 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.0 - - 63.0 - - 62.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 27.0 - - 26.3 - - 25.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 57.5 - - 61.2 - - 62.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.0 - - 25.4 - - 24.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 454 - - 308 - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5384 - - 5529 - - 4458 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 98136 12 201 4 234 5 314 98136 90680 4 224 7 229 9 298 90680 84960 3 231 5 248 7 271 84960 80209 4 255 3 272 3 235 80209 76108 2 236 6 242 8 289 76108 72484 4 312 3 184 8 243 72484 69188 9 267 5 327 3 358 69188 66153 9 219 16 268 12 302 66153 63348 9 320 8 293 10 282 63348 60623 19 302 20 304 16 308 60623 57768 26 292 27 296 22 305 57768 54803 31 285 35 291 33 293 54803 51973 33 286 38 289 38 294 51973 49435 37 292 40 289 48 297 49435 47174 41 301 42 290 54 296 47174 45126 45 308 40 294 52 302 45126 43265 56 308 47 308 59 305 43265 41579 61 309 59 313 60 298 41579 40032 67 315 71 313 61 310 40032 38597 76 323 70 309 70 313 38597 37258 85 327 66 312 74 315 37258 35967 85 329 67 315 74 311 35967 34649 82 328 73 317 77 308 34649 33273 81 329 75 317 77 310 33273 31844 77 327 75 316 69 313 31844 30346 75 322 70 317 63 311 30346 28769 76 321 64 316 60 311 28769 27112 72 324 59 322 53 313 27112 25374 60 320 59 324 50 314 25374 23555 54 317 58 324 49 316 23555 21658 51 317 51 320 47 320 21658 19681 48 318 43 316 45 321 19681 17626 45 316 40 315 43 317 17626 15537 44 315 39 315 41 316 15537 13524 39 313 37 317 39 317 13524 11695 31 313 33 312 35 312 11695 10077 25 312 27 302 33 304 10077 8647 21 307 23 293 29 296 8647 7384 14*299 15*293 20 292 7384 6268 4*347 5*319 5*256 6268 5283 4 006 4 330 4*249 5283 4413 4 017 4 342 1 201 4413 3643 5 023 4 355 2 124 3643 2954 5 027 4 002 3 103 2954 2343 5 030 4 009 3 096 2343 1835 6 031 4 014 4 093 1835 1443 6 032 5 016 4 094 1443 1174 6 032 5 018 4 091 1174 1011 6 033 4 018 4 090 1011 918 5 032 4 019 4 091 918 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