DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/07 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 - - - - - - 35.3 - - 39.6 - - 38.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - 34 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 276 - - 345 - - 60 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 899 - - 899 - - 900 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1132 - - 1201 - - 916 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 766 - - 750 - - 984 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 108 - - 93 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 212 - - 176 - - 178 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 217 - - 285 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 916 - - 916 - - 916 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 192 - - 147 - - -211 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 940 - - 1054 - - 1127 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 35.3 - - 39.6 - - 38.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.1 - - 39.0 - - 38.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 34.8 - - 39.4 - - 39.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.7 - - 38.7 - - 38.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - 34 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 276 - - 345 - - 60 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 96190 46 259 49 265 42 269 96190 89050 25 261 25 266 23 264 89050 83559 18 266 21 267 16 273 83559 78987 13 267 18 246 19 253 78987 75054 11 304 11 258 19 232 75054 71583 20 288 19 280 14 234 71583 68414 23 255 22 272 22 281 68414 65465 27 262 35 259 29 276 65465 62698 45 260 39 267 38 277 62698 60004 44 256 44 274 45 269 60004 57189 34 273 46 270 46 278 57189 54252 47 280 45 275 58 277 54252 51452 54 279 54 278 61 267 51452 48939 56 275 58 273 58 265 48939 46681 58 276 59 275 55 271 46681 44638 64 277 65 277 59 277 44638 42790 71 275 69 275 66 279 42790 41112 68 274 70 269 71 279 41112 39564 61 282 65 269 73 276 39564 38120 61 284 62 272 70 273 38120 36763 63 283 59 268 61 273 36763 35454 64 281 50 271 56 276 35454 34128 66 276 48 277 51 276 34128 32755 65 271 46 273 43 270 32755 31336 62 272 47 267 35 265 31336 29855 62 274 47 262 33 267 29855 28298 63 278 45 266 33 262 28298 26663 66 280 47 267 36 273 26663 24953 70 279 51 270 41 282 24953 23171 67 279 52 275 46 278 23171 21315 64 278 56 273 47 277 21315 19381 64 278 57 277 48 278 19381 17368 60 280 49 280 47 278 17368 15322 49 283 42 279 51 275 15322 13361 37 286 42 273 46 275 13361 11583 35 279 38 277 44 273 11583 10001 36 275 35 272 43 264 10001 8591 32 275 34 255 37 261 8591 7333 31 272 31 242 31 277 7333 6214 26 279 30 234 30 262 6214 5222 20 279 26 227 32 258 5222 4347 19 269 24 222 28 260 4347 3576 20 269 24 221 31 241 3576 2892 16 266 23 217 35 227 2892 2291 13 244 20 202 32 212 2291 1796 11 223 15 186 23 188 1796 1421 10 214 12*180 20 182 1421 1162 9*213 11*177 17 179 1162 1006 8*212 9 176 15*179 1006 916 7 211 8 176 10*178 916 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