DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/29 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 16.6 - - 15.4 - - 13.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - 4 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1926 - - 1769 - - 58 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 898 - - 898 - - 898 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2782 - - 2625 - - 914 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 927 - - 1067 - - 2533 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 153 - - 89 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 28 - - 24 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 315 - - 314 - - 311 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 16 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 844 - - 716 - - -800 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1938 - - 1909 - - 1714 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 232 - - 197 - - -1263 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2550 - - 2428 - - 2177 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 16.6 - - 15.4 - - 13.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 11.7 - - 10.7 - - 9.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 16.6 - - 15.4 - - 14.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 10.9 - - 10.1 - - 9.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - 4 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1926 - - 1769 - - 58 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95380 41 279 50 284 53 272 95380 88324 42 286 53 277 57 266 88324 82904 34 286 44 269 52 267 82904 78375 23 269 36 246 47 262 78375 74437 25 291 35 257 47 260 74437 70933 37 287 39 263 44 260 70933 67734 41 271 45 267 41 264 67734 64761 44 262 51 260 47 268 64761 61977 46 262 48 260 48 267 61977 59266 45 258 46 263 48 267 59266 56427 43 268 44 267 48 274 56427 53480 52 269 49 267 56 278 53480 50670 49 273 50 269 59 274 50670 48138 56 276 56 272 64 279 48138 45869 59 272 59 271 70 276 45869 43816 60 271 59 274 64 277 43816 41942 57 272 56 278 60 286 41942 40220 53 276 57 280 61 289 40220 38629 52 283 55 280 59 290 38629 37153 52 292 52 284 55 292 37153 35776 59 295 50 289 47 295 35776 34460 60 290 48 295 42 307 34460 33142 51 294 48 302 48 318 33142 31794 46 317 51 308 54 317 31794 30415 56 328 53 312 54 313 30415 28979 60 332 54 313 55 311 28979 27471 62 336 54 314 57 310 27471 25886 63 334 55 316 57 309 25886 24224 59 328 55 316 56 309 24224 22484 56 323 56 315 54 313 22484 20668 58 321 58 315 51 318 20668 18772 57 320 59 314 52 320 18772 16790 50 319 58 315 55 323 16790 14768 45 312 51 317 53 327 14768 12828 49 308 45 316 47 327 12828 11072 52 307 45 319 43 325 11072 9520 51 311 46 326 43 327 9520 8147 47 320 46 333 42 333 8147 6935 42 333 41 338 41 339 6935 5868 42 342 38 342 38 341 5868 4928 38 343 37 341 36 340 4928 4106 37 337 34 335 38 337 4106 3393 35*331 31 322 38 329 3393 2765 32*319 29*317 34 322 2765 2210 31 317 28*316 31 320 2210 1747 30 315 26 314 28 317 1747 1391 28 313 24 313 24 315 1391 1147 25 313 22 312 20 313 1147 999 22 312 19 312 17*312 999 914 17 311 15 311 12*311 914 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