DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 11/09 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 45.4 - - 53.8 - - 54.6 - - 46.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 20 - - 84 - - -7 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 151 - - 1354 - - 1014 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 920 - - 920 - - 920 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1040 - - 2243 - - 1903 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 225 - - 823 - - 922 - - 111 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 60 - - 204 - - 74 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 9 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 164 - - 229 - - 224 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 3 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - -2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -996 - - -642 - - -777 - - -84 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2036 - - 2885 - - 2680 - - 1020 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -12193 - - -8929 - - -8572 - - -9107 ODpotential blCL - - - 13233 - - 11172 - - 10475 - - 10043 blCL maxRH - - - 70 - - 77 - - 77 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 45.4 - - 53.8 - - 54.6 - - 46.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.0 - - 44.5 - - 46.2 - - 45.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 45.6 - - 53.4 - - 55.1 - - 49.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.1 - - 43.3 - - 45.2 - - 46.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 20 - - 84 - - -7 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 151 - - 1354 - - 1014 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 7 - - 8 - - 21 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 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] 95864 57 254 69 258 58 255 55 254 95864 88882 28 278 41 252 45 262 38 271 88882 83486 27 289 28 260 30 260 26 285 83486 78993 28 277 26 269 24 258 20 266 78993 75079 21 276 20 262 26 254 25 269 75079 71585 11 290 13 272 22 243 22 280 71585 68407 14 293 17 294 19 246 19 283 68407 65483 20 271 21 289 18 264 23 273 65483 62781 20 263 21 275 23 276 27 270 62781 60166 17 281 22 259 27 276 25 266 60166 57424 33 295 29 276 33 280 38 278 57424 54568 47 282 45 279 50 272 51 269 54568 51836 45 284 52 280 51 275 49 271 51836 49383 46 288 54 283 55 281 55 276 49383 47196 44 292 53 283 52 283 53 276 47196 45220 46 299 53 287 58 293 62 286 45220 43422 54 298 63 290 71 291 72 288 43422 41773 54 296 67 287 69 287 78 288 41773 40246 54 297 61 292 67 292 79 289 40246 38819 55 300 61 302 68 294 80 291 38819 37473 57 302 65 304 68 294 82 292 37473 36167 56 302 65 303 68 294 81 291 36167 34833 53 303 61 298 69 295 81 293 34833 33442 52 305 63 288 67 292 80 295 33442 32001 51 306 66 284 68 284 72 286 32001 30493 47 304 64 282 71 285 73 283 30493 28907 46 299 61 283 69 288 74 285 28907 27244 48 298 57 286 62 290 68 288 27244 25507 49 299 55 288 55 289 60 283 25507 23691 47 298 50 288 53 288 58 281 23691 21798 45 296 46 286 49 286 53 280 21798 19827 45 294 43 287 45 286 49 279 19827 17771 44 291 39 286 41 278 48 280 17771 15669 39 288 36 280 38 275 42 277 15669 13650 33 288 33 277 38 275 34 272 13650 11819 31 292 30 279 34 273 32 278 11819 10190 28 296 26 285 30 274 33 278 10190 8742 26 298 23 286 27 274 29 275 8742 7456 22 303 20 285 25 272 27 270 7456 6317 18 310 16 280 23 269 27 265 6317 5312 14 315 14 270 21 263 28 260 5312 4430 8 296 14 260 19 259 28 258 4430 3654 8 265 13 252 19 253 28 254 3654 2963 9 248 13 246 19 242 26 242 2963 2354 9 234 13*240 16*233 24 232 2354 1847 7 219 10*230 14*227 21 230 1847 1457 6 200 10 229 13 224 16 226 1457 1190 4*170 9 229 11 223 13 220 1190 1028 3*165 8 228 10 222 10*213 1028 936 2 164 7 228 7 220 5*207 936 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