DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/24 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0657z - - 1005z - - 1330z - - 1600z - - 1857z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 52.0 - - 63.1 - - 70.7 - - 71.2 - - 67.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -18 - - 80 - - 131 - - 49 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 58 - - 686 - - 2404 - - 2500 - - 59 BL Depth Hcrit 897 - - 898 - - 2032 - - 899 - - 899 Hcrit BL Top 914 - - 1542 - - 3260 - - 3356 - - 915 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 217 - - 510 - - 833 - - 1370 - - 1947 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 160 - - 289 - - 215 - - 18 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 11 - - 11 - - 12 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 129 - - 150 - - 129 - - 148 - - 156 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 6 - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - -1 - - -1 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -126 - - -997 - - -780 - - 863 - - -473 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1040 - - 2539 - - 4040 - - 2493 - - 1388 sfcLCL ODpotential -11050 - - -8698 - - -7807 - - 343 - - -1585 ODpotential blCL 11964 - - 10240 - - 11067 - - 3013 - - 2500 blCL maxRH 87 - - 78 - - 89 - - 99 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 40 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m 52.0 - - 63.1 - - 70.7 - - 71.2 - - 67.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 50.6 - - 55.2 - - 56.1 - - 63.1 - - 63.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 52.9 - - 62.7 - - 69.7 - - 70.8 - - 67.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 50.8 - - 54.4 - - 54.6 - - 62.3 - - 63.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -18 - - 80 - - 131 - - 49 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 58 - - 686 - - 2404 - - 2500 - - 59 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 49 - - 12 - - 56 - - 96 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 9 - - 9 - - 12 - - 13 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] 98200 13 195 9 235 14 228 16 254 13 258 98200 90805 16 245 8 228 13 218 16 244 16 250 90805 85105 14 254 7 228 9 225 14 217 13 245 85105 80366 7 249 6 216 10 219 13 228 12 248 80366 76272 9 243 7 229 11 224 14 252 12 251 76272 72653 11 252 10 254 12 237 17 249 16 266 72653 69392 18 279 16 269 11 252 16 236 19 265 69392 66416 24 275 23 268 18 280 17 257 22 251 66416 63670 26 264 26 259 24 256 20 265 19 252 63670 61009 31 253 25 258 25 269 26 273 21 257 61009 58231 34 267 36 270 41 264 36 265 34 262 58231 55346 48 262 45 259 46 252 50 262 50 265 55346 52600 44 255 45 260 52 255 63 260 64 263 52600 50141 45 266 50 265 57 256 67 256 70 260 50141 47943 52 266 55 263 59 255 66 253 71 257 47943 45954 54 259 54 257 57 250 62 251 70 254 45954 44135 52 251 48 253 52 245 56 246 65 248 44135 42461 46 248 42 251 45 245 50 243 57 241 42461 40911 41 251 37 254 41 254 45 243 52 236 40911 39460 36 254 33 261 39 261 43 245 49 235 39460 38087 30 254 31 266 37 260 42 249 48 237 38087 36753 26 256 29 268 37 252 43 253 47 239 36753 35393 25 258 27 269 38 250 44 253 46 239 35393 33977 23 253 24 267 35 255 42 250 44 239 33977 32509 22 248 23 262 30 259 38 248 41 238 32509 30973 22 246 21 252 25 255 32 245 37 237 30973 29355 20 246 20 241 24 251 29 243 35 236 29355 27659 18 248 19 234 23 246 28 242 35 237 27659 25887 16 243 19 230 22 240 27 246 33 237 25887 24041 14 227 19 225 22 238 25 247 29 239 24041 22119 15 213 18 221 20 239 23 245 26 245 22119 20117 14 204 16 214 17 231 19 246 23 245 20117 18032 12 180 15 194 17 209 16 241 18 238 18032 15908 11 153 14 180 17 188 17 211 15 219 15908 13863 9 172 13 174 18 186 19 202 18 215 13863 12006 10 193 15 175 18 195 18 214 19 230 12006 10358 13 181 14 173 16 199 16 226 17 236 10358 8893 13 163 14 161 14 183 17 219 15 240 8893 7589 17 151 15 164 15 172 16 199 15 232 7589 6432 21 151 17 166 15 170 17 179 17 208 6432 5410 20 151 16 162 17 161 15 182 17 194 5410 4512 17 159 16 155 18 148 11 174 18 197 4512 3717 16 169 16 150 16*140 11*160 20 200 3717 3006 16 174 17 154 15*136 12*152 19 199 3006 2378 17 174 18 155 12 130 13 149 17 185 2378 1855 23 165 17*154 11 128 13 148 15 168 1855 1454 26 151 14*152 11 127 12 147 14 162 1454 1179 19 137 12 150 10 126 12 146 11 159 1179 1011 16*135 10 149 9 126 11 146 10 158 1011 915 5*129 8 149 8 126 9 145 6*156 915 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