DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/22 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 - - - - - - 0952z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 58.0 - - 58.4 - - 54.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 58 - - 37 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2886 - - 2818 - - 61 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1766 - - 901 - - 901 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3742 - - 3674 - - 917 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 861 - - 1325 - - 3482 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 240 - - 208 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 076 - - 061 - - 057 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1103 - - 950 - - -1150 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2639 - - 2725 - - 2067 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 151 - - -172 - - -2098 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3591 - - 3846 - - 3015 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 96 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 58.0 - - 58.4 - - 54.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.0 - - 49.9 - - 49.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 57.7 - - 58.2 - - 55.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.7 - - 48.7 - - 48.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 58 - - 37 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2886 - - 2818 - - 61 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 81 - - 84 - - 36 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 7 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] 98351 4 205 6 184 4 315 98351 90958 7 228 6 314 2 336 90958 85251 5 247 9 242 7 295 85251 80532 5 292 10 226 7 266 80532 76474 1 224 8 277 3 307 76474 72888 2 136 9 293 12 332 72888 69657 3 350 5 248 10 308 69657 66695 6 311 5 250 8 272 66695 63943 8 270 12 291 6 304 63943 61276 8 264 14 281 12 308 61276 58493 12 275 14 272 16 292 58493 55598 17 275 14 278 17 293 55598 52831 18 282 14 295 16 291 52831 50337 17 287 17 296 15 301 50337 48096 17 292 18 293 19 308 48096 46058 18 291 18 295 23 305 46058 44185 18 287 19 297 28 306 44185 42445 19 284 20 298 30 303 42445 40822 18 279 21 299 31 298 40822 39304 17 272 21 296 29 298 39304 37877 15 257 18 289 29 308 37877 36504 13 253 16 292 29 319 36504 35121 10 262 10 318 31 322 35121 33700 3 139 7 009 29 326 33700 32248 11 134 10 056 25 336 32248 30743 10 144 7 056 19 352 30743 29159 9 144 5 053 19 359 29159 27490 9 141 4 059 16 004 27490 25736 9 137 3 071 14 009 25736 23899 9 136 2 105 11 016 23899 21984 9 138 2 157 8 018 21984 19985 7 148 3 198 7 039 19985 17900 6 167 4 190 5 073 17900 15772 6 187 5 152 7 106 15772 13723 7 205 5 150 11 102 13723 11859 5 163 4 145 11 109 11859 10203 3 131 5 107 7 114 10203 8733 6 091 7 084 6 102 8733 7432 9 091 10 083 9 082 7432 6286 11 094 14 084 11 081 6286 5281 14 084 16 077 17 093 5281 4404 19*078 18*067 22 080 4404 3635 19*077 18*064 23 072 3635 2947 19 076 17 062 23 070 2947 2339 18 076 16 060 22 068 2339 1831 17 075 15 060 20 066 1831 1441 16 075 14 059 17 064 1441 1173 15 075 13 058 13 061 1173 1010 13 074 11 058 11 060 1010 917 11 074 9 057 6*057 917 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