DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - - - - - 40.8 - - 46.6 - - 37.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 42 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 769 - - 1001 - - 60 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 900 - - 900 - - 899 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1625 - - 1857 - - 916 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 353 - - 509 - - 488 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 176 - - 144 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 257 - - 254 - - 227 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1565 - - -2155 - - -119 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3190 - - 4013 - - 1035 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8694 - - -7868 - - -7523 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10319 - - 9725 - - 8439 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 64 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.8 - - 46.6 - - 37.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 30.4 - - 32.5 - - 36.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.2 - - 46.4 - - 39.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 29.7 - - 32.1 - - 36.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 42 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 769 - - 1001 - - 60 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 19 - - 0 - - 41 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 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] 94581 44 303 44 312 55 340 94581 87835 48 303 49 312 57 326 87835 82641 48 295 51 313 48 322 82641 78306 44 293 49 307 41 320 78306 74507 39 289 45 299 41 315 74507 71094 33 287 37 300 41 311 71094 67962 34 292 34 304 39 307 67962 65050 37 301 32 303 37 305 65050 62327 39 299 30 300 34 296 62327 59667 39 291 33 305 31 292 59667 56857 35 286 37 298 31 295 56857 53913 31 293 40 293 38 297 53913 51096 39 297 45 292 45 290 51096 48577 48 295 52 289 50 294 48577 46335 52 293 53 291 55 299 46335 44312 53 289 55 294 59 301 44312 42476 51 292 55 296 57 304 42476 40798 52 302 56 302 55 310 40798 39252 65 306 61 308 63 316 39252 37818 74 301 66 309 71 318 37818 36480 78 295 66 305 73 315 36480 35193 77 291 62 307 65 312 35193 33887 72 293 59 310 58 317 33887 32535 68 303 57 312 64 333 32535 31139 69 311 56 313 73 339 31139 29683 71 312 55 314 71 339 29683 28151 73 310 56 311 67 337 28151 26541 76 310 59 306 55 332 26541 24850 75 312 60 305 52 321 24850 23081 73 314 59 307 53 316 23081 21242 65 315 57 309 48 311 21242 19333 56 313 54 312 39 302 19333 17344 46 306 47 316 39 291 17344 15312 42 299 37 309 31 290 15312 13353 41 301 31 298 26 287 13353 11569 40 306 30 295 23 277 11569 9981 35 307 28 296 22 272 9981 8569 32 308 27 301 23 270 8569 7314 27 301 27 303 24 274 7314 6201 26 297 25 292 24 279 6201 5216 24 295 26 287 23 282 5216 4348 23 288 28 290 22 286 4348 3581 24 282 27 290 20 293 3581 2897 25 280 24 286 19 288 2897 2298 23 277 20*277 19 264 2298 1802 19*269 14*255 22 244 1802 1423 14*257 14 254 21 237 1423 1164 13 257 13 254 18 233 1164 1006 12 256 12 253 15*231 1006 916 10 256 10 253 8*227 916 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