DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/08 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.6 - - 52.8 - - 53.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 2 - - -12 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 527 - - 61 - - 61 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 900 - - 900 - - 901 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1383 - - 917 - - 917 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 697 - - 1435 - - 1305 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 56 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 10 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 182 - - 161 - - 147 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 320 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1063 - - 917 - - 917 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -130 - - -388 - - -1105 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1513 - - 1305 - - 2022 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 110 - - 320 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 49.6 - - 52.8 - - 53.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.9 - - 52.3 - - 52.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.8 - - 53.4 - - 54.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.6 - - 52.3 - - 53.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 2 - - -12 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 527 - - 61 - - 61 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 9 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] 96275 53 251 55 265 46 267 96275 89106 35 245 37 249 31 256 89106 83608 26 243 25 247 21 251 83608 79029 18 239 18 259 14 252 79029 75094 17 231 19 260 16 237 75094 71626 15 238 17 250 16 229 71626 68474 15 258 22 257 18 245 68474 65553 21 275 28 259 25 247 65553 62819 18 259 34 267 33 264 62819 60142 46 253 52 252 49 246 60142 57329 54 249 52 247 52 243 57329 54388 54 252 54 250 58 249 54388 51580 56 253 59 250 60 247 51580 49069 52 254 62 245 56 241 49069 46825 56 254 60 240 55 237 46825 44792 59 245 52 238 59 240 44792 42936 65 251 59 256 67 246 42936 41224 85 250 89 256 89 243 41224 39640 90 246 119 247 99 230 39640 38169 94 246 111 234 93 226 38169 36794 94 247 98 223 94 225 36794 35474 100 242 96 220 95 224 35474 34137 103 238 92 221 96 224 34137 32755 97 240 87 219 99 225 32755 31329 88 241 80 218 101 225 31329 29844 84 240 71 216 100 226 29844 28289 75 241 64 215 95 225 28289 26664 59 246 62 215 87 223 26664 24965 54 247 60 216 80 219 24965 23194 48 244 56 217 77 214 23194 21355 42 244 54 218 73 213 21355 19443 42 242 53 218 69 214 19443 17449 45 228 54 217 70 214 17449 15412 39 216 55 217 70 214 15412 13446 26 204 56 218 68 214 13446 11658 22 210 53 213 65 218 11658 10070 28 228 48 191 57 222 10070 8658 40 222 49 176 55 216 8658 7397 43 214 42 183 59 208 7397 6274 41 207 33 185 61 199 6274 5279 35 201 28 185 60 189 5279 4404 27 197 27 190 56 181 4404 3633 27 201 28 195 51 173 3633 2943 31 199 28 190 46 165 2943 2335 33 190 26 177 42 157 2335 1828 29 186 23 170 37 152 1828 1439 23*183 20 166 32 150 1439 1172 21*182 17 164 27 148 1172 1010 18 182 14*163 23 147 1010 917 13 181 10*161 16*147 917 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