DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 07/20 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0659z - - 1009z - - 1334z - - 1559z - - 1859z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 80.3 - - 86.8 - - 93.3 - - 95.6 - - 81.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -4 - - 102 - - 144 - - 60 - - 41 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 60 - - 1747 - - 4461 - - 6703 - - 717 BL Depth Hcrit 900 - - 1428 - - 3615 - - 4759 - - 900 Hcrit BL Top 916 - - 2603 - - 5317 - - 7559 - - 1573 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1011 - - 998 - - 2622 - - 1910 - - 578 Hgt.Variab. W* 24 - - 242 - - 376 - - 344 - - 132 W* B/S 1 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 B/S BL Wind 8 - - 16 - - 16 - - 17 - - 8 BL Wind Direction 220 - - 236 - - 222 - - 235 - - 080 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 9 - - 10 - - 11 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg -1 - - -4 - - 9 - - 13 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -616 - - -157 - - 818 - - 1576 - - -596 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1533 - - 2760 - - 4499 - - 5983 - - 2169 sfcLCL ODpotential -3480 - - -2368 - - -575 - - -28 - - -4079 ODpotential blCL 4396 - - 4971 - - 5892 - - 7587 - - 5652 blCL maxRH 98 - - 89 - - 81 - - 83 - - 84 maxRH CAPE 3940 - - 4250 - - 4490 - - 3390 - - 3380 CAPE Temp@2m 80.3 - - 86.8 - - 93.3 - - 95.6 - - 81.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 75.8 - - 77.0 - - 76.1 - - 72.1 - - 74.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 80.4 - - 86.1 - - 92.4 - - 95.1 - - 80.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 75.6 - - 76.2 - - 74.8 - - 70.7 - - 73.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -4 - - 102 - - 144 - - 60 - - 41 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 60 - - 1747 - - 4461 - - 6703 - - 717 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 94 - - 56 - - 23 - - 32 - - 37 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 20 - - 19 - - 18 - - 15 - - 18 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] 99242 37 085 36 092 34 099 27 092 29 089 99242 91750 33 086 26 095 28 093 31 087 26 086 91750 85962 26 090 22 096 23 089 30 091 24 101 85962 81178 21 087 24 097 23 088 25 097 25 105 81178 77091 19 085 23 094 19 091 20 106 18 100 77091 73486 17 099 18 095 14 103 16 083 14 090 73486 70212 18 102 15 094 10 101 10 044 12 090 70212 67198 10 100 9 100 11 088 5 034 8 083 67198 64406 4 162 4 175 5 055 3 060 6 028 64406 61704 3 129 11 202 11 226 7 249 6 293 61704 58916 8 312 8 201 13 211 16 219 18 224 58916 56063 24 267 9 307 7 265 12 217 14 201 56063 53344 33 243 28 263 27 269 25 279 11 307 53344 50895 34 230 37 245 40 241 40 261 34 279 50895 48713 33 231 36 240 40 228 46 243 42 261 48713 46747 35 243 37 251 33 236 41 229 42 248 46747 44944 41 250 43 258 34 250 33 222 40 233 44944 43265 44 250 47 258 33 252 30 228 37 230 43265 41687 41 248 45 259 27 253 29 231 38 238 41687 40197 37 245 39 259 20 259 29 236 39 245 40197 38788 32 247 34 256 18 263 31 241 40 251 38788 37423 27 256 28 253 20 258 32 244 39 254 37423 36035 21 256 25 253 22 251 31 248 36 257 36035 34594 19 259 22 249 24 245 30 255 33 262 34594 33102 19 263 21 246 25 244 30 258 33 264 33102 31541 20 267 21 251 25 245 29 258 34 264 31541 29900 21 271 22 256 24 246 28 254 32 266 29900 28182 20 277 20 256 24 249 29 243 29 269 28182 26388 18 274 20 249 25 249 29 238 28 272 26388 24518 20 269 21 245 26 241 28 233 28 270 24518 22573 21 267 20 248 24 231 27 229 28 271 22573 20548 18 266 14 254 22 232 23 234 26 276 20548 18442 14 265 10 264 18 250 17 244 22 280 18442 16299 14 255 12 274 18 267 16 250 21 282 16299 14230 16 243 15 270 21 268 20 245 21 282 14230 12338 15 242 16 264 22 268 21 243 19 284 12338 10650 15 233 17 252 23 261 22 254 16 291 10650 9149 16 230 19 242 26 249 21 266 15 282 9149 7814 15 237 22 236 27 242 21*262 15 245 7814 6628 11 257 22 229 25 237 20*248 16 225 6628 5574 11 287 19 224 21*232 19 243 15 221 5574 4643 17 291 16 230 20*228 19 238 11 216 4643 3818 20 288 16 243 18 224 18 234 7 200 3818 3079 22 273 19*245 17 221 18 232 4 179 3079 2427 26 257 19*241 16 220 17 229 6 094 2427 1885 25 243 18 236 15 219 16 227 9*082 1885 1472 21 234 17 234 14 218 16 226 9*081 1472 1188 15 225 15 234 13 218 15 225 8 081 1188 1015 13 223 14 233 12 217 13 224 8 080 1015 916 8*220 10 233 10 217 11 223 6 080 916 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