DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/01 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 - - - - - - 24.9 - - 25.7 - - 18.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 21 - - 11 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 635 - - 750 - - 58 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 898 - - 898 - - 898 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1491 - - 1606 - - 914 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1986 - - 2427 - - 1237 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 97 - - 82 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 241 - - 171 - - 135 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -151 - - 247 - - -315 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1642 - - 1359 - - 1229 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -964 - - -26 - - -1680 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2455 - - 1632 - - 2594 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 96 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.9 - - 25.7 - - 18.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 21.4 - - 23.4 - - 17.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 24.8 - - 25.6 - - 22.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 20.9 - - 23.1 - - 21.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 21 - - 11 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 635 - - 750 - - 58 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 83 - - 93 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 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] 96311 36 032 32 030 24 040 96311 89168 27 046 25 030 18 049 89168 83632 21 045 17 026 16 030 83632 79023 16 025 14 003 14 016 79023 75014 16 018 12 355 16 347 75014 71430 17 025 9 000 14 328 71430 68145 14 008 12 358 13 318 68145 65091 17 326 18 334 17 313 65091 62245 22 297 24 306 24 304 62245 59486 27 281 29 287 30 292 59486 56604 30 279 30 276 36 282 56604 53614 39 281 37 279 42 274 53614 50769 50 275 49 276 49 273 50769 48223 59 267 55 270 55 272 48223 45954 61 263 59 263 60 267 45954 43906 62 261 62 257 63 262 43906 42036 64 259 64 255 64 258 42036 40312 67 259 66 255 65 255 40312 38713 70 260 70 256 64 253 38713 37224 78 262 75 256 64 252 37224 35832 94 261 80 253 66 251 35832 34501 111 256 88 250 71 249 34501 33164 124 253 99 248 78 246 33164 31791 129 251 113 244 82 243 31791 30383 123 250 119 242 87 240 30383 28924 109 250 112 241 92 237 28924 27398 93 247 99 240 93 235 27398 25804 85 242 87 234 90 235 25804 24141 82 243 78 232 85 233 24141 22404 72 246 75 242 82 232 22404 20593 60 248 66 249 75 242 20593 18702 52 253 55 243 62 246 18702 16728 43 250 49 242 45 241 16728 14724 35 243 43 243 38 247 14724 12806 31 245 37 247 36 249 12806 11072 23 232 28 247 29 247 11072 9537 21 221 26 234 20 261 9537 8177 24 211 19 215 16 262 8177 6976 23 201 18 215 16 228 6976 5918 26 199 22 209 14 221 5918 4987 28 198 21 204 15 224 4987 4171 26 201 15 207 12 213 4171 3451 21 207 13 195 11 192 3451 2808 14 215 11 192 10 179 2808 2240 12 230 9 182 10 166 2240 1766 9*242 8*174 10 156 1766 1402 7*242 7*172 9 150 1402 1153 6 241 7 171 8 144 1153 1001 5 240 6 170 6 138 1001 914 4 241 5 169 4*135 914 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