DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/02 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 - - - - - - 59.0 - - 63.3 - - 62.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -14 - - -36 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 48 - - 48 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 921 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 937 - - 937 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 917 - - 1827 - - 1473 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 17 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 175 - - 210 - - 202 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 937 - - 937 - - 937 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2763 - - -743 - - -1012 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3700 - - 1680 - - 1949 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 310 - - 430 - - 740 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.0 - - 63.3 - - 62.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.5 - - 62.4 - - 61.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 59.7 - - 64.2 - - 63.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.7 - - 62.4 - - 61.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -14 - - -36 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 48 - - 48 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 12 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] 96622 13 261 13 251 19 255 96622 89395 9 241 15 277 10 270 89395 83860 5 220 9 280 6 288 83860 79286 6 270 9 302 13 322 79286 75357 12 291 10 276 18 304 75357 71873 15 308 10 266 13 278 71873 68681 22 300 18 294 17 296 68681 65728 24 275 26 286 22 291 65728 62989 24 251 29 268 24 288 62989 60322 22 241 28 263 29 269 60322 57534 28 268 29 261 29 261 57534 54635 35 257 30 258 31 264 54635 51865 38 250 40 251 35 264 51865 49377 39 234 44 240 40 255 49377 47160 44 230 46 243 43 236 47160 45166 70 233 53 234 48 239 45166 43354 77 220 90 213 65 237 43354 41688 73 216 97 209 69 227 41688 40139 73 216 93 205 74 216 40139 38689 71 215 93 204 86 209 38689 37321 71 214 90 204 97 206 37321 35996 68 214 84 204 100 206 35996 34648 65 213 81 205 100 207 34648 33248 63 208 83 208 95 207 33248 31802 61 207 79 206 85 204 31802 30293 59 207 72 200 81 202 30293 28709 55 206 68 197 79 205 28709 27055 50 208 66 198 76 206 27055 25332 50 214 62 200 72 208 25332 23538 52 214 59 202 70 211 23538 21672 56 213 56 205 60 219 21672 19730 58 215 56 214 58 222 19730 17707 63 217 59 224 60 225 17707 15640 66 213 62 223 60 227 15640 13647 69 207 63 226 57 223 13647 11835 69 203 64 227 55 221 11835 10225 66 206 59 228 55 223 10225 8793 62 208 52 229 56 225 8793 7517 57 207 49 228 55 223 7517 6385 51 207 50 226 56 220 6385 5383 50 210 52 224 56 218 5383 4496 53 210 54 221 56 218 4496 3712 51 206 54 218 54 217 3712 3009 46 199 51 217 50 216 3009 2387 41 193 47 216 45 213 2387 1869 34 187 42 215 38 209 1869 1471 28 182 36 213 32 207 1471 1198 21 178 29 212 26 204 1198 1032 18*176 25 211 22 203 1032 937 12*175 17*210 15*202 937 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