DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/24 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 - - - - - - 42.3 - - 43.8 - - 39.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - -8 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 788 - - 47 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1677 - - 936 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 369 - - 1189 - - 924 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 139 - - 21 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 139 - - 168 - - 349 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1349 - - -1788 - - -361 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3026 - - 2725 - - 1296 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12520 - - -12304 - - -12126 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14197 - - 13240 - - 13061 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 67 - - 62 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 240 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.3 - - 43.8 - - 39.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.7 - - 35.5 - - 37.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.1 - - 44.6 - - 40.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.5 - - 34.3 - - 37.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - -8 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 788 - - 47 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 95209 65 264 68 267 64 268 95209 88273 51 275 49 274 50 273 88273 82880 48 282 46 274 47 279 82880 78414 41 275 44 276 45 283 78414 74564 37 287 39 290 45 292 74564 71150 37 298 41 290 51 294 71150 68060 40 288 43 282 54 294 68060 65222 41 284 51 292 58 287 65222 62581 50 289 60 295 59 282 62581 60002 62 292 66 290 60 297 60002 57278 69 287 69 286 67 299 57278 54466 79 288 79 291 104 291 54466 51823 94 290 100 294 112 291 51823 49428 107 288 119 288 110 287 49428 47253 113 285 116 282 106 286 47253 45257 112 283 105 280 102 289 45257 43413 108 285 103 285 104 294 43413 41708 109 287 111 289 115 298 41708 40133 112 285 113 288 129 298 40133 38674 115 281 111 284 131 295 38674 37315 115 276 114 277 120 295 37315 36013 112 277 119 274 113 297 36013 34694 107 279 115 274 103 297 34694 33323 106 282 101 279 95 295 33323 31901 103 286 92 282 100 295 31901 30409 93 288 88 283 90 294 30409 28835 85 286 85 283 77 288 28835 27180 85 283 82 283 83 293 27180 25448 87 279 82 281 83 294 25448 23638 77 275 80 277 73 288 23638 21759 68 277 70 276 73 288 21759 19804 59 281 59 283 71 291 19804 17764 49 287 48 286 57 293 17764 15678 41 280 41 282 45 283 15678 13661 37 267 33 265 25 275 13661 11824 37 267 34 256 20 274 11824 10188 33 254 32 250 15 280 10188 8734 24 246 28 239 21 271 8734 7446 18 226 26 222 30 255 7446 6302 19 211 29 215 28 246 6302 5289 20 203 30 215 24 253 5289 4400 18 202 27 215 22 251 4400 3617 16 192 25 204 23 242 3617 2921 21 169 25 188 24 224 2921 2315 22 159 21 175 21 203 2315 1818 14*145 13 166 14 189 1818 1441 11*139 12 166 7 188 1441 1182 10 138 10 167 1 217 1182 1025 10 139 8*167 1 316 1025 935 8 138 5*168 3*349 935 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