DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/06 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.5 - - 66.8 - - 58.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 45 - - -32 - - -68 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1781 - - 161 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 921 - - 921 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2670 - - 1050 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1672 - - 3615 - - 191 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 201 - - 55 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 11 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 203 - - 208 - - 196 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1729 - - -3077 - - -1554 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4399 - - 4127 - - 2491 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9697 - - -9915 - - -9875 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12367 - - 10965 - - 10812 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 54 - - 50 - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.5 - - 66.8 - - 58.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.5 - - 52.0 - - 51.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.5 - - 68.1 - - 61.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.2 - - 50.7 - - 50.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 45 - - -32 - - -68 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1781 - - 161 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 8 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] 97854 29 246 35 257 30 261 97854 90484 23 252 32 254 26 278 90484 84813 13 274 21 253 23 267 84813 80102 11 287 12 248 20 264 80102 76044 9 285 7 275 15 266 76044 72466 12 296 13 305 11 306 72466 69235 15 290 20 297 16 319 69235 66275 12 302 21 286 16 301 66275 63527 21 313 20 291 18 293 63527 60862 23 304 23 294 21 292 60862 58083 23 298 22 289 20 287 58083 55207 22 301 21 286 19 286 55207 52469 22 304 19 285 20 287 52469 50011 21 305 18 288 21 285 50011 47805 18 312 17 294 21 282 47805 45799 20 323 17 299 20 289 45799 43956 23 328 22 308 25 298 43956 42249 26 328 27 309 28 299 42249 40656 29 320 27 306 34 297 40656 39164 31 306 30 302 38 295 39164 37770 31 299 35 304 43 294 37770 36437 30 301 35 301 42 294 36437 35093 29 308 28 297 39 293 35093 33700 28 319 25 306 38 287 33700 32255 29 326 29 314 37 287 32255 30742 29 326 31 316 38 288 30742 29150 27 317 30 313 36 284 29150 27479 24 305 29 312 32 282 27479 25729 27 291 26 308 30 287 25729 23903 27 286 27 298 29 295 23903 22008 27 289 29 296 29 293 22008 20036 27 288 27 299 29 287 20036 17980 28 288 25 297 28 289 17980 15879 29 289 25 290 27 297 15879 13847 29 283 24 288 25 298 13847 11994 27 279 25 286 23 294 11994 10346 25 262 27 277 24 294 10346 8878 22 246 26 269 27 291 8878 7569 21 230 27 257 28 282 7569 6410 21 220 28 246 27 269 6410 5390 23 215 28 237 29 257 5390 4496 25 215 29 223 31 242 4496 3709 27 212 28 215 33 228 3709 3007 27*209 26 213 33 218 3007 2386 24*206 25 212 31 213 2386 1868 21 203 23 211 30 210 1868 1470 19 203 20 210 27 207 1470 1197 18 202 17*209 22 202 1197 1031 15 202 14*208 18*200 1031 937 12 201 10 208 8*196 937 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