DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/28 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 - - - 23.2 - - 29.7 - - 31.6 - - 24.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 37 - - 188 - - 61 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 557 - - 2734 - - 3532 - - 59 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 898 - - 2371 - - 2012 - - 898 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1413 - - 3590 - - 4388 - - 915 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1491 - - 1038 - - 872 - - 2490 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 111 - - 324 - - 242 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 10 - - 8 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 312 - - 307 - - 281 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1385 - - -843 - - -902 - - -2480 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2798 - - 4433 - - 5290 - - 3395 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3277 - - -7580 - - -9946 - - -13540 ODpotential blCL - - - 4690 - - 11170 - - 14334 - - 14455 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 76 - - 78 - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 23.2 - - 29.7 - - 31.6 - - 24.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 14.7 - - 13.8 - - 11.9 - - 13.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 23.0 - - 28.6 - - 31.2 - - 26.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 14.4 - - 13.4 - - 11.6 - - 12.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 37 - - 188 - - 61 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 557 - - 2734 - - 3532 - - 59 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 5 - - 13 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96090 34 042 22 040 18 024 19 012 96090 89040 24 045 19 038 15 043 15 007 89040 83518 17 044 13 041 9 027 14 005 83518 78898 7 358 8 004 5 002 12 010 78898 74887 6 290 6 293 11 314 10 353 74887 71312 6 293 9 271 12 298 8 328 71312 68048 10 314 13 267 16 289 12 309 68048 65029 20 291 19 279 21 292 21 290 65029 62222 20 266 19 272 25 279 24 281 62222 59497 11 281 22 289 26 284 29 284 59497 56642 29 292 33 292 35 287 34 280 56642 53674 39 292 40 284 45 282 46 282 53674 50857 42 292 44 278 51 277 53 278 50857 48346 47 295 46 283 50 282 52 274 48346 46106 54 297 51 286 57 286 51 277 46106 44077 60 297 57 285 60 286 60 282 44077 42226 65 297 61 287 66 285 69 276 42226 40532 68 300 68 288 71 280 68 273 40532 38964 80 299 71 289 70 280 68 281 38964 37509 83 297 78 288 83 288 90 285 37509 36169 85 297 86 286 97 285 101 283 36169 34893 88 297 90 284 101 281 95 284 34893 33599 90 296 89 285 100 282 95 289 33599 32252 88 293 87 287 99 286 98 290 32252 30855 80 296 86 292 100 289 97 287 30855 29393 78 303 84 295 101 292 91 284 29393 27853 79 306 82 294 98 293 87 285 27853 26233 81 306 81 294 90 295 85 290 26233 24534 81 307 83 294 83 293 81 292 24534 22765 80 313 74 295 74 294 77 294 22765 20925 75 315 70 301 62 298 72 297 20925 19013 70 314 67 303 61 302 56 299 19013 17023 67 311 62 306 60 301 51 301 17023 14989 59 312 55 308 56 302 49 297 14989 13025 48 315 48 311 46 305 42 304 13025 11243 37 317 38 312 38 310 32 301 11243 9669 29 320 29 309 32 312 25 303 9669 8277 25 325 24 311 24 310 20 305 8277 7048 24 329 21 314 17 311 15 298 7048 5968 21 330 18 318 13 313 10 288 5968 5022 18 327 16 318 9*297 6 265 5022 4197 15 322 12*313 8*285 3 260 4197 3472 14 327 10*309 8 283 2 276 3472 2824 17 335 10 308 8 282 3 263 2824 2251 18 333 10 307 8 281 4 248 2251 1774 17*328 10 306 8 279 5 240 1774 1407 14*319 9 306 7 278 6 234 1407 1155 11 311 9 306 7 277 6 228 1155 1002 10 309 8 305 7 277 6*220 1002 915 8 308 8 306 6 277 4*215 915 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