DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/08 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 - - - 60.5 - - 65.9 - - 68.6 - - 67.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 220 - - 397 - - 269 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2249 - - 7790 - - 9049 - - 62 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2095 - - 6628 - - 7421 - - 901 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3105 - - 8646 - - 9905 - - 918 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3977 - - 1472 - - 1136 - - 10189 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 322 - - 594 - - 550 - - 23 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 22 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 5 - - 10 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 145 - - 205 - - 252 - - 270 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 14 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - 3 - - 6 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5699 - - -184 - - 760 - - -8735 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8804 - - 8830 - - 9145 - - 9654 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10283 - - -3172 - - 205 - - -9958 ODpotential blCL - - - 13388 - - 11818 - - 9700 - - 10876 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 68 - - 75 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.5 - - 65.9 - - 68.6 - - 67.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.8 - - 29.8 - - 31.1 - - 27.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 59.1 - - 63.7 - - 67.0 - - 67.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.9 - - 28.7 - - 30.0 - - 26.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 220 - - 397 - - 269 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2249 - - 7790 - - 9049 - - 62 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 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] 97588 6 031 9 298 7 001 5 247 97588 90238 8 031 3 117 4 290 2 305 90238 84551 8 006 8 148 10 247 10 352 84551 79812 6 048 5 166 8 202 7 314 79812 75709 7 285 6 242 3 259 12 310 75709 72086 12 249 12 245 8 269 15 301 72086 68798 5 288 12 268 11 262 14 280 68798 65746 11 271 20 263 21 269 19 285 65746 62910 15 267 19 260 24 278 24 292 62910 60174 27 289 25 281 30 278 29 282 60174 57316 38 284 32 277 33 273 32 274 57316 54342 42 270 39 277 37 270 34 273 54342 51493 44 268 45 273 41 273 40 277 51493 48926 49 273 48 269 49 275 46 277 48926 46629 52 274 49 266 53 268 51 274 46629 44556 54 272 49 266 53 264 55 272 44556 42664 56 270 52 268 55 263 57 270 42664 40923 58 274 58 269 58 265 58 269 40923 39314 68 276 65 270 60 266 58 269 39314 37822 80 273 74 270 63 268 60 271 37822 36433 91 268 85 270 67 271 66 268 36433 35114 93 267 95 268 75 271 72 264 35114 33798 85 267 93 267 79 267 79 258 33798 32450 79 272 82 266 78 265 82 252 32450 31058 79 277 78 267 78 266 79 252 31058 29601 78 277 77 267 76 267 73 255 29601 28068 73 276 75 267 70 269 68 259 28068 26460 67 274 71 267 66 272 63 264 26460 24779 59 270 64 263 63 273 57 269 24779 23029 57 270 62 261 58 272 52 275 23029 21211 54 272 60 264 55 274 48 277 21211 19317 51 273 56 268 51 277 43 279 19317 17341 46 274 50 274 46 279 39 284 17341 15323 40 280 42 279 43 283 38 291 15323 13377 32 286 33 278 36 289 35 294 13377 11612 28 292 25 270 28 285 31 295 11612 10045 23 285 19*261 14*262 23 272 10045 8651 20 284 12*256 12*256 21 268 8651 7407 19 287 8 249 12 255 20 269 7407 6298 18 295 6 238 11 254 19 269 6298 5311 15 299 5 214 11 252 19 270 5311 4438 9 299 5 175 10 251 18 270 4438 3665 2*292 6 168 10 250 17 270 3665 2972 3*145 6 164 10 249 17 271 2972 2357 7 145 6 160 9 248 16 271 2357 1844 8 145 6 157 9 247 15 271 1844 1449 8 145 6 156 9 247 14 271 1449 1177 8 145 6 155 8 247 13 271 1177 1012 7 146 6 155 8 247 11*270 1012 918 7 146 6 154 7 247 8*270 918 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