DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/13 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.1 - - 70.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 24 - - 24 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 769 - - 1132 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 902 - - 902 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1625 - - 1988 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1478 - - 893 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 115 - - 141 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 19 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 207 - - 190 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -12 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 664 - - 550 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 961 - - 1438 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 200 - - -2467 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1425 - - 4455 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1740 - - 2460 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.1 - - 70.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.4 - - 67.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.0 - - 70.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.0 - - 66.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 24 - - 24 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 769 - - 1132 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 97 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - - 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] 96597 27 297 32 284 96597 89308 30 272 30 292 89308 83796 32 278 32 288 83796 79285 31 275 29 288 79285 75408 24 284 24 284 75408 71950 23 284 20 280 71950 68771 27 266 21 285 68771 65810 26 252 28 264 65810 63064 25 253 27 250 63064 60401 28 260 23 256 60401 57591 39 260 36 264 57591 54671 55 249 54 256 54671 51903 57 245 56 254 51903 49421 55 252 57 253 49421 47205 54 260 59 261 47205 45213 63 271 77 264 45213 43416 81 266 86 259 43416 41779 85 259 84 256 41779 40264 82 258 79 256 40264 38841 78 259 78 255 38841 37492 77 259 78 254 37492 36182 82 261 75 254 36182 34848 86 263 70 255 34848 33461 80 261 66 254 33461 32023 71 256 64 252 32023 30519 69 255 61 251 30519 28938 62 253 54 250 28938 27281 50 247 44 245 27281 25546 48 243 49 247 25546 23736 53 248 46 249 23736 21849 51 250 42 242 21849 19883 46 244 43 245 19883 17838 49 240 42 249 17838 15751 42 242 42 253 15751 13739 27 250 43 249 13739 11915 18 248 37 241 11915 10299 21 239 32 238 10299 8862 27 240 29 239 8862 7581 32 239 27 243 7581 6439 31 231 25 243 6439 5423 29 216 23 237 5423 4525 26 210 21 227 4525 3729 23 212 21 211 3729 3016 20 211 23 199 3016 2387 20 211 23*193 2387 1863 17*209 22*191 1863 1461 15*207 20 190 1461 1183 14 207 19 189 1183 1015 12 206 17 189 1015 918 10 206 13 189 918 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