DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/23 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 - - - - - - 24.0 - - 26.7 - - 22.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 326 - - 196 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3314 - - 3345 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3051 - - 2866 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4203 - - 4234 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 461 - - 566 - - 3375 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 415 - - 351 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 343 - - 344 - - 353 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -418 - - -1079 - - -2763 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4622 - - 5313 - - 3697 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11104 - - -10773 - - -12755 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15307 - - 15007 - - 13689 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 76 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.0 - - 26.7 - - 22.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 7.3 - - 6.9 - - 10.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 22.6 - - 25.7 - - 23.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 6.5 - - 6.2 - - 9.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 326 - - 196 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3314 - - 3345 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 43 - - 4 - - 14 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96611 21 080 16 096 11 077 96611 89438 16 107 11 084 11 073 89438 83833 15 124 4 071 9 042 83833 79143 11 122 2 218 11 354 79143 75097 7 067 5 181 12 290 75097 71522 7 323 2 308 6 275 71522 68259 13 301 13 300 8 299 68259 65234 11 297 13 285 13 287 65234 62414 11 300 14 290 17 285 62414 59669 19 303 19 291 20 308 59669 56794 24 296 26 301 30 309 56794 53805 30 304 30 301 30 300 53805 50946 35 303 31 304 30 307 50946 48368 36 304 36 308 39 303 48368 46064 36 307 43 307 44 306 46064 43994 41 308 47 306 51 312 43994 42121 44 314 49 312 50 319 42121 40406 49 322 51 320 68 326 40406 38824 57 325 63 325 76 320 38824 37357 62 326 73 323 78 324 37357 35987 69 329 76 325 90 327 35987 34677 73 330 83 330 104 328 34677 33362 72 331 89 331 113 327 33362 32007 70 331 86 329 116 327 32007 30614 70 330 79 328 105 323 30614 29170 69 329 76 327 96 321 29170 27656 69 329 74 326 90 326 27656 26064 69 332 72 328 87 329 26064 24392 69 334 72 329 81 333 24392 22640 68 337 71 328 76 332 22640 20816 66 339 65 326 69 332 20816 18917 62 343 56 325 55 331 18917 16939 57 342 54 328 44 332 16939 14924 52 341 52 331 43 332 14924 12979 46 341 48 336 44 328 12979 11206 41 344 42 338 38 329 11206 9633 37 346 36 338 34 329 9633 8243 35 349 32 341 31 328 8243 7017 32 354 28 344 25 332 7017 5940 29 358 24 350 21 337 5940 4996 23*349 16*337 16 311 4996 4177 19*343 14*341 11 304 4177 3460 19 343 14 342 9 319 3460 2820 19 343 14 344 9 335 2820 2255 19 343 14 344 9 343 2255 1783 18 343 13 345 9 348 1783 1421 17 343 13 346 9 351 1421 1172 16 343 12 346 9 353 1172 1021 15 343 12 346 7 353 1021 934 13 343 10 346 5*353 934 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