DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/12 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 - - - - - - 23.8 - - 25.8 - - 24.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 32 - - 5 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1622 - - 1089 - - 171 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 898 - - 899 - - 899 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2478 - - 1945 - - 1027 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 731 - - 1232 - - 2487 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 154 - - 78 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 258 - - 263 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 631 - - 39 - - -283 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1847 - - 1906 - - 1310 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 309 - - -516 - - -709 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2169 - - 2461 - - 1736 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 23.8 - - 25.8 - - 24.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 19.3 - - 21.0 - - 22.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 23.7 - - 26.0 - - 25.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 18.7 - - 20.6 - - 22.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 32 - - 5 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1622 - - 1089 - - 171 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 94902 76 286 73 279 71 272 94902 88014 55 287 60 283 66 281 88014 82634 49 281 52 292 55 286 82634 78132 52 284 50 291 51 289 78132 74221 50 277 58 293 49 292 74221 70742 49 278 54 289 52 296 70742 67571 49 283 47 287 49 289 67571 64621 48 286 46 292 44 286 64621 61851 54 293 51 295 49 299 61851 59156 62 293 58 293 60 299 59156 56342 64 288 62 289 64 290 56342 53411 61 285 62 283 64 286 53411 50609 62 288 62 285 64 289 50609 48093 64 292 69 293 73 295 48093 45848 67 295 79 293 83 295 45848 43820 72 296 84 291 93 295 43820 41969 78 295 85 289 98 293 41969 40260 81 292 85 288 99 292 40260 38672 81 293 86 288 103 293 38672 37191 85 297 85 291 104 294 37191 35805 93 297 88 297 108 297 35805 34477 95 295 97 299 116 298 34477 33141 94 293 105 297 124 299 33141 31768 91 294 105 296 128 299 31768 30356 89 295 101 295 131 300 30356 28886 88 296 98 296 133 301 28886 27349 85 297 95 296 123 301 27349 25752 78 298 90 297 104 300 25752 24097 72 299 80 298 90 297 24097 22375 69 301 69 296 84 296 22375 20584 65 301 61 290 71 294 20584 18721 58 302 57 287 63 290 18721 16780 48 290 52 288 61 288 16780 14800 49 275 47 286 59 287 14800 12891 44 268 45 286 53 288 12891 11155 36 277 41 292 48 294 11155 9610 32 280 40 302 41 296 9610 8238 28 284 38 305 35 301 8238 7018 24 285 31 298 33 307 7018 5940 19 280 25 288 27 298 5940 4997 13 277 27 295 26 290 4997 4177 12 277 26 300 27 288 4177 3454 14 274 23 295 28 289 3454 2810 14*270 20 287 28 285 2810 2241 13*271 16*269 25 278 2241 1767 12 271 14*261 22 271 1767 1404 11 271 13 258 19 268 1404 1153 10 271 11 257 16*265 1153 1002 9 270 10 256 14*264 1002 915 7 270 8 255 10 263 915 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