DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/09 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft 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 - - - - - - 42.5 - - 41.3 - - 38.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 64 - - 32 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1990 - - 1866 - - 1010 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2879 - - 2755 - - 1899 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 897 - - 652 - - 1335 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 212 - - 165 - - 80 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 6 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 7 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 328 - - 336 - - 328 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1118 - - 949 - - 470 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1761 - - 1806 - - 1430 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 686 - - 565 - - 232 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2193 - - 2190 - - 1667 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.5 - - 41.3 - - 38.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.2 - - 36.9 - - 35.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.2 - - 41.1 - - 38.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.1 - - 35.9 - - 35.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 64 - - 32 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1990 - - 1866 - - 1010 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 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] 96189 56 255 57 260 64 255 96189 89053 40 251 44 257 41 258 89053 83589 34 245 37 266 36 262 83589 79045 26 250 29 254 30 253 79045 75107 23 236 20 243 24 245 75107 71624 23 233 21 245 20 253 71624 68461 24 231 25 237 20 264 68461 65524 27 224 26 237 32 259 65524 62781 33 222 35 230 37 243 62781 60101 34 231 35 234 41 245 60101 57269 41 243 45 236 51 235 57269 54305 46 235 49 234 51 235 54305 51473 57 237 63 235 58 242 51473 48931 72 240 74 234 67 247 48931 46655 83 236 83 240 79 251 46655 44592 84 234 94 240 93 244 44592 42718 85 236 97 239 98 240 42718 41009 90 239 97 239 111 241 41009 39432 100 242 103 244 132 239 39432 37965 117 242 124 245 148 236 37965 36594 134 239 142 241 159 234 36594 35273 142 238 150 239 165 234 35273 33932 143 238 150 240 164 236 33932 32544 143 241 149 242 157 237 32544 31111 146 242 150 243 151 238 31111 29619 147 244 146 242 145 239 29619 28056 135 245 128 244 137 241 28056 26424 120 249 109 247 119 244 26424 24725 96 252 109 251 97 247 24725 22957 74 253 90 250 95 250 22957 21119 58 252 62 250 74 251 21119 19211 56 259 52 250 54 244 19211 17224 51 266 46 257 45 245 17224 15196 45 270 38 267 32 249 15196 13241 33 280 28 269 25 248 13241 11465 25 308 20 279 20 249 11465 9887 28 330 17 293 15 250 9887 8484 29 340 15 312 9 252 8484 7238 27 347 13 331 4 256 7238 6131 25 349 11 356 2 211 6131 5155 21 347 8 011 5 251 5155 4299 20 344 7 353 7 264 4299 3549 20 337 8 339 1 264 3549 2885 19*331 8*338 2 326 2885 2300 19*329 8*337 2*329 2300 1812 18 329 8 337 2*326 1812 1438 17 328 8 336 3 329 1438 1181 17 328 7 336 3 328 1181 1025 15 327 7 336 2 327 1025 935 12 327 6 335 2 325 935 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