DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/09 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 0727z - - 1036z - - 1337z - - 1604z - - 1904z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 49.5 - - 59.4 - - 59.4 - - 67.0 - - 62.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -4 - - 113 - - 8 - - 136 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 2 - - 895 - - 719 - - 2536 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit 842 - - 842 - - 842 - - 2113 - - 842 Hcrit BL Top 858 - - 1751 - - 1575 - - 3392 - - 858 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 146 - - 2059 - - 2033 - - 359 - - 2997 Hgt.Variab. W* 2 - - 192 - - 79 - - 292 - - 5 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 8 - - 5 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 067 - - 144 - - 101 - - 083 - - 068 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 6 - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - -2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -161 - - -1683 - - -1056 - - -1216 - - -1761 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1019 - - 3434 - - 2631 - - 4608 - - 2619 sfcLCL ODpotential -11268 - - -9306 - - -7130 - - -9752 - - -7809 ODpotential blCL 12126 - - 11057 - - 8705 - - 13144 - - 8667 blCL maxRH 84 - - 100 - - 101 - - 90 - - 96 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 49.5 - - 59.4 - - 59.4 - - 67.0 - - 62.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 48.1 - - 47.5 - - 51.0 - - 49.8 - - 54.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 49.7 - - 58.6 - - 59.5 - - 66.2 - - 63.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 48.1 - - 47.5 - - 51.0 - - 49.8 - - 54.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -4 - - 113 - - 8 - - 136 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 2 - - 895 - - 719 - - 2536 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 37 - - 98 - - 104 - - 59 - - 82 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 7 - - 7 - - 8 - - 7 - - 9 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] 75093 19 317 17 322 21 329 16 334 10 342 75093 63010 21 332 12 344 9 259 16 307 22 325 63010 57109 39 295 42 314 22 324 18 324 15 309 57109 54654 39 290 40 304 17 285 32 275 38 305 54654 52506 53 296 46 310 43 299 42 293 41 308 52506 49794 59 296 53 307 38 300 41 288 45 295 49794 46892 65 297 62 295 49 300 49 293 55 292 46892 43939 68 288 67 284 57 290 60 294 57 292 43939 41928 71 283 70 279 66 283 63 292 60 291 41928 40229 76 281 70 277 65 281 65 288 60 289 40229 38516 80 280 73 280 65 281 65 294 60 285 38516 36652 81 275 75 282 63 282 62 296 61 294 36652 36286 77 277 73 283 59 283 59 300 61 304 36286 31555 68 280 63 279 54 282 61 295 53 305 31555 27557 57 291 53 282 51 281 51 289 50 291 27557 26246 38 295 43 282 48 280 44 290 45 288 26246 24914 33 279 35 278 43 278 40 293 36 293 24914 22537 33 274 37 280 33 287 37 285 23 294 22537 19853 28 278 36 287 25 299 24 284 17 286 19853 18176 16 288 30 284 31 302 29 306 20 281 18176 16033 18 287 29 281 34 308 29 309 18 294 16033 14689 23 284 28 282 34 311 28 298 19 311 14689 13380 31 281 29 282 32 307 25 291 17 304 13380 12486 33 275 29 282 27 296 22 286 17 293 12486 11286 31 283 29 287 23 279 18 278 12 289 11286 10308 32 297 29 293 19 271 13 272 11 278 10308 9015 30 311 23 300 13 272 10 266 9 257 9015 7368 28 322 21 317 7 292 10 264 7 231 7368 6758 29 328 21 339 8 296 8 273 4 221 6758 6421 29 330 22 345 10 297 7 284 3 202 6421 6092 30 333 22 350 10 298 6 298 3 145 6092 5766 29 338 22 356 11 300 5 320 6 115 5766 5444 27 344 19 002 11 300 5 349 10 112 5444 5126 21 351 15 010 10 293 4 010 11 115 5126 4811 16 360 11 015 8 275 3 040 14 118 4811 4501 13 008 8 022 6 257 4 060 15 117 4501 4194 11 021 7 045 3 243 7 072 16 116 4194 3891 11 039 9 074 3 137 12 082 16 115 3891 3590 12 048 10 082 6 130 14*083 15 114 3590 3293 12 053 10 090 7 137 12*084 14 110 3293 2999 12 053 10 102 8 147 12 083 13 108 2999 2706 11 052 10 119 9 156 11 082 12 105 2706 2416 9 062 11 141 9 158 11 083 11 104 2416 2128 8 094 13 151 9 156 11 083 11 101 2128 1842 8 106 15*154 7*138 11 083 10 098 1842 1558 9 107 12*150 6*114 10 084 9 094 1558 1277 9 112 8 143 5 102 10 084 8 088 1277 1067 8 096 7 142 5 096 9 084 7 082 1067 928 6 075 7 139 4 094 8 084 6 076 928 858 3*067 6 140 4 092 7 085 4*068 858 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