DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/06 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.4 - - 74.6 - - 67.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 80 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3735 - - 2839 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3092 - - 2112 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4624 - - 3728 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 889 - - 1324 - - 2058 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 350 - - 267 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 077 - - 072 - - 063 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 866 - - -711 - - -1956 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3758 - - 4439 - - 2895 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4893 - - -7108 - - -9364 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9517 - - 10836 - - 10302 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 75 - - 63 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.4 - - 74.6 - - 67.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.1 - - 58.4 - - 58.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.6 - - 74.1 - - 69.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.8 - - 57.1 - - 57.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 80 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3735 - - 2839 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 44 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 11 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] 98919 5 180 9 218 6 198 98919 91481 15 191 7 212 7 234 91481 85714 9 145 6 173 7 225 85714 80925 7 066 3 169 2 055 80925 76817 12 049 2 164 6 022 76817 73209 11 050 10 057 6 049 73209 69961 8 072 10 042 7 034 69961 66975 7 064 5 012 6 020 66975 64199 7 027 2 007 5 359 64199 61516 8 343 4 042 5 347 61516 58726 10 347 6 349 10 336 58726 55840 17 332 14 325 16 326 55840 53102 23 310 25 323 21 326 53102 50654 34 319 46 323 53 322 50654 48466 53 303 55 310 51 304 48466 46482 42 306 49 298 43 294 46482 44659 35 320 40 301 42 317 44659 42975 45 328 45 321 52 329 42975 41408 66 327 62 322 62 326 41408 39938 75 322 70 321 71 316 39938 38551 69 322 69 316 72 315 38551 37204 69 325 66 312 68 316 37204 35829 59 327 60 319 58 313 35829 34395 44 321 51 321 55 317 34395 32905 38 315 44 312 54 319 32905 31343 39 304 38 306 49 323 31343 29700 38 316 36 310 39 313 29700 27978 34 325 34 317 37 312 27978 26175 26 333 28 327 29 325 26175 24293 16 336 21 324 25 341 24293 22338 19 332 20 323 21 344 22338 20307 23 339 18 332 17 349 20307 18196 28 348 20 343 20 356 18196 16046 31 346 26 341 21 005 16046 13981 28 350 25 351 18 012 13981 12102 27 002 22 005 18 013 12102 10428 29 007 27 009 21 018 10428 8939 29 011 27 014 19 027 8939 7620 22 022 22 022 15 036 7620 6455 16 036 16 029 12 038 6455 5429 11*057 11 036 11 035 5429 4528 10*070 8 058 11 039 4528 3734 9 074 9*065 12 050 3734 3025 9 077 10*069 13 061 3025 2399 9 079 10 071 12 064 2399 1878 9 080 10 072 12 065 1878 1477 9 080 11 073 11 064 1477 1201 9 081 10 073 10 064 1201 1034 8 081 10 072 8*064 1034 938 7 081 8 072 4*063 938 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