DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/29 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.1 - - 89.7 - - 85.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 152 - - 108 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3251 - - 3610 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2773 - - 2855 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4140 - - 4499 - - 939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1000 - - 1400 - - 4835 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 342 - - 318 - - 33 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 20 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 195 - - 195 - - 195 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -4 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 454 - - 86 - - -2503 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3686 - - 4413 - - 3442 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5441 - - -5394 - - -3630 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9581 - - 9893 - - 4569 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 75 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3180 - - 3370 - - 3140 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.1 - - 89.7 - - 85.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.6 - - 73.1 - - 73.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.3 - - 89.1 - - 86.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.5 - - 72.2 - - 72.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 152 - - 108 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3251 - - 3610 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 38 - - 2 - - 31 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 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] 99134 30 103 21 078 34 081 99134 91662 27 101 23 084 28 078 91662 85932 23 088 25 087 18 068 85932 81182 19 077 23 086 12 074 81182 77072 16 067 21 084 8 090 77072 73422 13 051 17 079 9 084 73422 70120 7 018 12 058 11 070 70120 67091 4 103 5 042 12 044 67091 64287 4 096 2 337 3 002 64287 61591 6 140 5 216 4 214 61591 58805 12 285 9 286 9 301 58805 55931 24 263 26 265 25 278 55931 53210 30 270 30 271 28 280 53210 50796 31 266 28 276 21 290 50796 48654 21 265 22 266 17 286 48654 46708 14 276 17 257 18 279 46708 44911 16 277 16 256 19 272 44911 43236 18 276 16 263 19 268 43236 41665 16 275 15 264 14 258 41665 40184 14 273 12 268 9 255 40184 38782 16 266 12 272 7 272 38782 37419 24 257 22 256 13 267 37419 36035 33 252 30 260 19 257 36035 34600 34 250 38 261 27 265 34600 33117 29 247 37 259 32 266 33117 31567 27 245 33 255 35 259 31567 29939 28 245 33 251 37 254 29939 28233 26 237 34 250 36 255 28233 26447 26 235 34 248 33 260 26447 24583 25 246 33 248 29 264 24583 22643 21 254 29 255 24 264 22643 20623 22 257 23 261 20 260 20623 18516 24 250 20 259 17 253 18516 16361 24 249 22 247 16 237 16361 14274 21 245 21 233 18 219 14274 12368 17 235 19 222 19 214 12368 10671 15 221 17 220 19 209 10671 9163 16 222 16 229 17 213 9163 7824 22 233 21 237 20 234 7824 6637 27 230 25 227 25 226 6637 5589 25 215 24 211 28 210 5589 4665 20*201 22*198 29 206 4665 3847 19*196 22*196 28 203 3847 3113 18 195 22 196 28 201 3113 2462 18 195 21 195 26 200 2462 1919 17 195 21 195 25 198 1919 1502 17 194 20 195 22 197 1502 1214 16 194 19 195 18 196 1214 1039 14 193 17 194 15*195 1039 939 12 193 13 194 11*195 939 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