DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/10 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 - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.1 - - 77.5 - - 71.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 76 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3987 - - 5822 - - 63 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3236 - - 4143 - - 902 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4843 - - 6678 - - 919 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1911 - - 1959 - - 6292 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 356 - - 331 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 18 - - 13 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 358 - - 319 - - 023 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -990 - - 286 - - -2778 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5834 - - 6393 - - 3697 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3493 - - -1084 - - -4143 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8336 - - 7762 - - 5062 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 63 - - 77 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.1 - - 77.5 - - 71.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.8 - - 52.7 - - 58.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.1 - - 77.0 - - 73.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.5 - - 51.3 - - 57.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 76 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3987 - - 5822 - - 63 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 8 - - 57 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 11 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] 98886 8 222 13 291 8 326 98886 91450 9 247 10 238 10 290 91450 85669 6 250 9 246 11 262 85669 80843 6 241 9 240 12 248 80843 76706 7 283 6 234 7 254 76706 73080 4 264 6 251 4 228 73080 69809 2 215 6 277 4 268 69809 66799 6 294 5 237 9 288 66799 64012 16 284 11 268 16 271 64012 61319 17 244 21 238 19 250 61319 58508 11 282 13 274 20 286 58508 55609 40 274 33 284 30 280 55609 52864 52 248 46 267 37 279 52864 50410 45 247 49 254 44 268 50410 48228 52 265 46 249 45 260 48228 46251 55 277 39 257 47 260 46251 44433 71 277 46 267 53 260 44433 42747 89 266 53 269 59 262 42747 41174 103 256 66 268 64 261 41174 39697 104 249 87 263 71 259 39697 38302 104 246 91 259 78 258 38302 36947 104 247 90 256 81 259 36947 35564 104 248 91 256 78 262 35564 34126 104 250 91 258 65 271 34126 32639 104 250 81 262 53 281 32639 31088 107 252 71 268 44 286 31088 29456 102 255 66 270 34 303 29456 27748 83 257 53 279 35 322 27748 25960 61 261 42 297 40 330 25960 24095 54 259 38 305 39 337 24095 22154 52 252 35 305 33 335 22154 20136 44 248 32 305 27 319 20136 18038 43 248 27 296 21 313 18038 15904 40 260 26 281 18 312 15904 13852 35 276 25 280 17 313 13852 11989 31 277 28 285 16 321 11989 10339 25 263 29 288 14 321 10339 8878 22 256 19 281 11 282 8878 7587 18 274 14*282 8 286 7587 6442 12 296 5*304 5 328 6442 5427 7*317 5 309 5 339 5427 4529 4*342 5 315 5 346 4529 3735 4 351 5 320 5 356 3735 3023 4 358 4 324 6 004 3023 2393 4 001 4 327 6 010 2393 1866 4 004 4 329 6 015 1866 1462 3 008 4 332 6 019 1462 1184 3 009 4 332 5 021 1184 1015 3 008 4 333 4*022 1015 919 3 009 3 333 3*023 919 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