DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/07 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 - - - - - - 56.0 - - 57.6 - - 57.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 275 - - 145 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6235 - - 6585 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5244 - - 5133 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7124 - - 7474 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 5775 - - 5707 - - 10782 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 489 - - 405 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 19 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 253 - - 267 - - 279 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 9 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 620 - - 982 - - -5410 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6504 - - 6493 - - 6347 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -76 - - 300 - - -6094 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7200 - - 7174 - - 7030 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 100 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 180 - - 160 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.0 - - 57.6 - - 57.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 30.6 - - 32.2 - - 32.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.6 - - 56.9 - - 57.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 29.6 - - 31.4 - - 31.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 275 - - 145 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6235 - - 6585 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 39 - - 101 - - 70 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 97776 6 269 11 329 10 327 97776 90418 8 271 14 300 13 334 90418 84725 2 282 11 258 14 324 84725 79975 7 289 13 240 13 299 79975 75845 12 267 11 260 16 268 75845 72193 15 244 18 257 20 259 72193 68894 20 261 21 260 16 262 68894 65855 27 261 28 258 22 270 65855 63022 25 254 25 263 21 265 63022 60256 32 270 33 278 28 286 60256 57364 38 271 41 275 43 284 57364 54363 48 269 48 273 52 273 54363 51506 51 264 53 268 54 274 51506 48943 53 266 53 261 55 271 48943 46641 57 267 51 267 55 273 46641 44547 61 265 59 274 62 280 44547 42635 62 268 70 274 68 279 42635 40876 69 271 76 272 71 278 40876 39247 74 270 80 272 75 277 39247 37734 77 271 83 271 77 275 37734 36323 81 272 83 272 77 278 36323 34974 83 271 84 275 81 283 34974 33616 85 273 89 277 87 285 33616 32224 89 274 93 278 93 284 32224 30794 92 275 95 278 94 284 30794 29310 91 275 90 279 93 285 29310 27762 86 275 81 282 83 286 27762 26156 79 278 75 285 73 285 26156 24484 69 280 65 287 64 286 24484 22741 57 283 54 289 62 288 22741 20929 51 287 49 291 58 292 20929 19049 50 286 47 290 51 292 19049 17098 51 279 45 289 46 291 17098 15114 44 270 43 286 44 292 15114 13203 38 269 34 272 44 289 13203 11470 38 276 34 271 36 281 11470 9929 36 277 33 272 32 279 9929 8553 27 278 30*272 25 276 8553 7326 23*275 25*270 23 277 7326 6232 20*268 21 267 22 277 6232 5259 18 261 21 267 21 277 5259 4400 17 252 20 267 20 278 4400 3639 17 250 19 266 19 278 3639 2956 17 248 18 266 18 279 2956 2351 16 247 18 266 17 280 2351 1847 16 246 17 266 16 280 1847 1459 15 246 16 266 14 280 1459 1192 15 245 16 266 12 280 1192 1029 14 245 15 266 10 280 1029 936 12 245 12 266 7*279 936 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