DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/16 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 30.0 - - 36.8 - - 35.9 - - 30.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -2 - - 40 - - 0 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 59 - - 3218 - - 2186 - - 59 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 899 - - 899 - - 899 - - 899 Hcrit BL Top - - - 915 - - 4074 - - 3042 - - 915 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1002 - - 2516 - - 4186 - - 4680 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 15 - - 212 - - 79 - - 21 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 22 - - 23 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 261 - - 277 - - 267 - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 12 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -7 - - -7 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -23 - - 1523 - - 685 - - -969 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 938 - - 2551 - - 2358 - - 1884 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2143 - - 297 - - -56 - - -1593 ODpotential blCL - - - 3058 - - 3777 - - 3098 - - 2508 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 94 - - 95 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 20 - - 90 - - 60 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 30.0 - - 36.8 - - 35.9 - - 30.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.9 - - 28.6 - - 28.6 - - 25.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 30.2 - - 36.7 - - 36.1 - - 31.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.8 - - 27.6 - - 28.0 - - 24.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -2 - - 40 - - 0 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 59 - - 3218 - - 2186 - - 59 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 95 - - 77 - - 81 - - 37 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 96077 34 032 38 349 43 016 28 028 96077 89244 25 013 25 001 25 014 24 013 89244 83834 19 359 11 030 18 009 24 003 83834 79245 13 350 8 058 17 359 21 349 79245 75229 15 322 6 077 11 314 19 329 75229 71648 12 292 7 016 9 276 19 318 71648 68375 11 309 9 347 11 271 15 291 68375 65329 18 319 12 326 12 285 12 277 65329 62477 21 290 19 304 16 299 14 292 62477 59698 20 273 23 278 22 291 19 281 59698 56787 19 287 20 279 19 288 18 268 56787 53745 28 281 31 263 29 279 24 281 53745 50821 28 267 40 255 43 268 32 274 50821 48183 31 261 44 240 43 252 43 254 48183 45817 31 259 39 240 31 248 38 238 45817 43673 33 268 33 262 30 264 33 251 43673 41717 47 267 46 268 45 264 41 271 41717 39915 53 256 53 254 54 255 48 263 39915 38248 47 247 52 240 55 251 49 254 38248 36704 38 253 43 239 51 250 48 248 36704 35265 38 258 38 249 46 246 44 247 35265 33889 41 260 35 262 39 247 43 246 33889 32509 47 264 47 276 40 260 44 242 32509 31100 55 264 58 269 45 264 37 238 31100 29675 59 260 55 263 48 253 35 248 29675 28226 55 256 57 265 48 245 36 249 28226 26728 52 253 59 265 46 251 30 243 26728 25172 52 251 60 265 45 263 25 253 25172 23555 55 252 59 260 41 267 28 260 23555 21877 53 252 55 265 39 269 33 256 21877 20137 49 248 51 277 42 267 36 244 20137 18322 43 249 50 286 41 267 36 246 18322 16428 34 255 45 279 39 268 36 253 16428 14498 29 264 34 267 37 264 31 257 14498 12642 28 269 30 273 33 263 26 257 12642 10958 29 282 28 278 28 263 24 247 10958 9467 30 286 26 277 26 266 26 244 9467 8147 30 293 25 273 28 277 25 250 8147 6975 29 290 24 269 27 273 22 261 6975 5934 27 287 24 278 26 270 20 263 5934 5011 25 290 25 282 26 269 19 262 5011 4195 24 296 26*282 27 269 21 262 4195 3474 24 299 26*281 26*269 25 263 3474 2827 25 297 25 279 26*268 27 261 2827 2256 27 288 23 277 25 267 27 259 2256 1778 26 280 21 274 24 267 25 257 1778 1410 22 271 19 274 23 266 22 255 1410 1157 17 264 18 273 20 265 18 253 1157 1003 15*263 17 272 18 265 16 252 1003 915 11*261 14 272 14 264 11*251 915 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