DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/19 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 - - - - - - 13.3 - - 15.5 - - 14.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 121 - - 51 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1367 - - 1334 - - 553 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 897 - - 898 - - 897 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2223 - - 2190 - - 1409 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 192 - - 191 - - 480 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 224 - - 167 - - 39 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 9 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 297 - - 201 - - 176 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -3 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 159 - - 390 - - -77 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2064 - - 1800 - - 1486 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -17368 - - -17189 - - -17416 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 19591 - - 19379 - - 18825 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 91 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 13.3 - - 15.5 - - 14.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 7.7 - - 11.1 - - 11.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 12.6 - - 15.1 - - 14.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 6.8 - - 10.0 - - 10.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 121 - - 51 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1367 - - 1334 - - 553 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 59 - - 64 - - 72 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 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] 96257 25 252 31 240 33 258 96257 89144 14 256 19 228 17 260 89144 83632 13 251 18 224 17 241 83632 79061 19 248 17 240 20 230 79061 75109 19 253 19 246 19 243 75109 71591 17 248 19 240 18 250 71591 68372 16 247 18 248 16 258 68372 65392 14 249 23 255 18 272 65392 62622 16 270 24 245 22 276 62622 59924 19 271 26 270 39 271 59924 57111 31 276 45 274 45 271 57111 54175 52 268 52 277 41 280 54175 51349 48 264 48 279 57 286 51349 48819 45 282 58 288 64 281 48819 46574 49 295 68 293 70 285 46574 44546 66 301 88 290 76 280 44546 42688 86 300 90 291 76 282 42688 40975 99 297 92 294 88 290 40975 39392 101 295 92 291 102 292 39392 37921 100 295 86 288 106 288 37921 36543 94 295 81 292 102 287 36543 35215 85 300 85 299 99 289 35215 33875 87 313 97 300 100 292 33875 32493 100 318 108 297 104 294 32493 31070 105 312 112 296 107 295 31070 29586 106 307 107 298 107 294 29586 28028 106 306 99 298 103 295 28028 26400 107 306 88 296 95 292 26400 24700 105 314 79 298 85 286 24700 22920 94 313 76 294 82 281 22920 21061 85 306 74 291 81 286 21061 19123 78 310 75 291 75 294 19123 17103 74 308 75 295 63 292 17103 15049 66 301 64 296 57 293 15049 13073 56 308 53 291 59 285 13073 11281 55 310 49 287 54 264 11281 9703 52 313 39 280 46 263 9703 8313 45 319 28 276 36 266 8313 7085 39 320 25 274 30 263 7085 5995 37 317 26 275 25 253 5995 5031 34 315 24 277 26 246 5031 4184 29 316 18 277 23 244 4184 3441 25 320 12 268 20 233 3441 2783 20*318 10 231 20 217 2783 2213 13*299 10*206 19 199 2213 1746 12 297 10*204 18*184 1746 1391 12 297 9 201 16*178 1391 1147 11 296 9 200 14 176 1147 999 11 296 8 200 12 175 999 914 9 295 7 199 8 174 914 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