DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/16 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.9 - - 67.9 - - 68.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 21 - - 24 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2288 - - 2170 - - 62 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 902 - - 902 - - 902 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3144 - - 3026 - - 918 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2230 - - 2254 - - 6063 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 173 - - 175 - - 27 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 217 - - 241 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - -4 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1257 - - 1322 - - -656 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1887 - - 1704 - - 1575 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 529 - - 511 - - -1797 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2615 - - 2515 - - 2715 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1240 - - 1340 - - 1810 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.9 - - 67.9 - - 68.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.3 - - 63.1 - - 63.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.8 - - 67.8 - - 68.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.5 - - 62.1 - - 63.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 21 - - 24 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2288 - - 2170 - - 62 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 72 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 13 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] 98548 28 071 17 098 20 069 98548 91143 25 098 20 093 20 074 91143 85435 16 108 18 116 16 091 85435 80661 11 116 14 110 15 101 80661 76547 9 144 8 112 10 095 76547 72926 9 160 6 136 3 168 72926 69652 8 187 7 220 9 234 69652 66631 8 209 8 208 9 246 66631 63804 15 266 9 236 16 250 63804 61058 26 265 28 248 26 240 61058 58188 32 255 27 231 29 240 58188 55184 38 254 28 246 34 247 55184 52300 38 252 38 253 40 251 52300 49711 39 255 44 256 42 254 49711 47400 41 253 50 251 45 255 47400 45311 44 246 51 248 48 247 45311 43417 48 242 50 242 49 246 43417 41684 46 226 46 229 54 246 41684 40077 42 232 49 238 60 247 40077 38591 56 255 61 246 73 252 38591 37219 78 251 81 249 87 250 37219 35909 80 244 89 245 97 241 35909 34580 76 237 85 245 96 239 34580 33197 72 229 81 250 92 245 33197 31764 68 224 70 245 78 248 31764 30269 67 224 64 236 58 242 30269 28702 67 230 63 235 50 231 28702 27063 61 246 58 240 46 234 27063 25348 44 246 52 241 39 248 25348 23557 41 239 44 242 35 257 23557 21691 47 230 38 253 34 254 21691 19747 40 244 31 261 28 250 19747 17723 38 247 28 255 28 258 17723 15657 35 248 26 249 24 263 15657 13661 30 246 24 252 21 265 13661 11843 27 246 22 258 22 271 11843 10229 23 246 21 250 20 274 10229 8795 25 250 20 243 20 263 8795 7522 24 250 19 240 19 270 7522 6392 20 244 19 241 18 273 6392 5388 19 237 18 240 17 272 5388 4500 19 228 17 239 16 270 4500 3712 18*222 17*239 16 268 3712 3006 17*219 16*240 14 262 3006 2381 16 218 15 241 13 253 2381 1859 15 217 14 242 11 237 1859 1458 15 215 13 242 10 226 1458 1182 14 215 12 242 9 220 1182 1015 12 215 11 243 8 217 1015 918 10 214 9 243 6*215 918 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