DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 02/22 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 17.5 - - 22.9 - - 24.4 - - 21.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 51 - - 250 - - 128 - - 22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1537 - - 2286 - - 3317 - - 2591 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 917 - - 2196 - - 2614 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2426 - - 3175 - - 4206 - - 3480 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 684 - - 819 - - 965 - - 1152 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 175 - - 336 - - 304 - - 155 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 23 - - 22 - - 25 - - 25 BL Wind Direction - - - 316 - - 323 - - 330 - - 330 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 9 - - 10 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -3 - - 0 - - -1 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -132 - - -424 - - 468 - - 423 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2558 - - 3599 - - 3738 - - 3057 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8187 - - -5735 - - 474 - - 271 ODpotential blCL - - - 10613 - - 8910 - - 3732 - - 3209 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 88 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 17.5 - - 22.9 - - 24.4 - - 21.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 10.0 - - 10.7 - - 11.7 - - 12.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 17.4 - - 22.0 - - 23.9 - - 21.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 9.2 - - 10.1 - - 11.5 - - 11.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 51 - - 250 - - 128 - - 22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1537 - - 2286 - - 3317 - - 2591 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 86 - - 50 - - 103 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96807 33 089 26 098 22 089 19 088 96807 89625 29 090 20 106 15 101 14 073 89625 84046 20 093 15 104 5 115 11 073 84046 79377 16 100 9 099 2 120 7 027 79377 75330 12 071 5 064 1 033 7 329 75330 71744 8 022 5 022 3 349 6 311 71744 68483 7 342 8 357 6 335 8 329 68483 65472 9 325 10 336 12 324 14 317 65472 62674 14 333 13 325 12 304 16 305 62674 59948 17 324 14 313 12 293 15 303 59948 57075 22 309 19 297 18 291 23 303 57075 54063 26 294 24 288 25 295 28 298 54063 51169 28 285 28 293 31 296 35 303 51169 48565 28 286 32 298 34 297 40 303 48565 46238 33 294 38 299 36 303 39 306 46238 44125 37 298 39 300 37 309 42 313 44125 42195 37 299 38 303 38 309 47 312 42195 40416 35 301 40 304 38 312 46 312 40416 38764 35 301 44 304 44 316 45 317 38764 37225 34 305 46 302 48 317 48 322 37225 35787 33 308 43 306 48 316 50 323 35787 34412 34 308 40 309 45 317 51 322 34412 33033 32 308 38 311 43 318 49 324 33033 31624 29 317 35 313 43 320 51 324 31624 30191 27 325 35 320 43 327 44 329 30191 28726 26 334 40 322 37 329 39 330 28726 27209 31 340 44 325 36 347 29 343 27209 25635 36 334 47 329 38 353 29 350 25635 23995 36 329 49 330 39 355 31 351 23995 22285 35 328 56 325 44 354 34 342 22285 20501 36 331 61 321 45 353 39 345 20501 18641 37 334 59 323 44 353 44 343 18641 16698 36 338 50 329 41 354 41 340 16698 14715 35 339 43 334 36 356 35 330 14715 12805 36 339 36 335 31 359 28 333 12805 11069 32 341 30 328 28 359 24 335 11069 9529 25 340 28 332 25 351 22 330 9529 8164 21 341 28 346 23 346 23 342 8164 6958 23 349 30 347 29 349 26 349 6958 5897 25 343 28 339 28 343 26 350 5897 4969 23 339 24 331 25*335 27 350 4969 4159 22 341 26 337 25*331 28*337 4159 3447 27 335 26*334 26 330 27*333 3447 2810 27*326 24*324 26 330 27 332 2810 2248 26*317 23 323 26 330 26 330 2248 1779 25 316 23 323 25 329 25 330 1779 1418 24 315 22 322 24 329 23 329 1418 1170 22 314 21 322 23 329 21 328 1170 1020 20 314 19 322 21 329 18 328 1020 934 14 314 15 321 16 328 14 327 934 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