DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/11 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.2 - - 75.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 54 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3486 - - 4533 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2810 - - 2996 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4375 - - 5422 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2214 - - 925 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 322 - - 279 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 172 - - 184 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1023 - - 121 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5398 - - 5301 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9002 - - -6626 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13377 - - 12048 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 75 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.2 - - 75.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.8 - - 55.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.6 - - 75.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.5 - - 54.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 54 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3486 - - 4533 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 39 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - - 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] 98775 7 196 9 220 98775 91374 9 204 6 235 91374 85628 9 219 11 263 85628 80838 8 247 14 250 80838 76706 9 281 10 247 76706 73051 8 280 8 269 73051 69749 7 235 10 286 69749 66729 6 232 13 272 66729 63945 11 267 14 248 63945 61251 14 269 14 240 61251 58446 20 269 19 260 58446 55553 26 259 25 266 55553 52813 27 255 32 267 52813 50371 28 252 34 257 50371 48198 29 261 31 256 48198 46231 36 267 32 267 46231 44429 42 267 35 270 44429 42759 43 261 36 262 42759 41198 34 243 37 257 41198 39732 30 245 33 258 39732 38347 31 253 31 260 38347 37004 27 255 31 260 37004 35636 24 249 26 246 35636 34212 23 249 25 242 34212 32733 22 246 26 246 32733 31184 21 247 24 248 31184 29554 20 247 21 249 29554 27845 16 253 15 247 27845 26057 12 258 13 255 26057 24194 13 260 15 269 24194 22259 16 253 16 275 22259 20244 14 250 14 276 20244 18141 11 246 12 264 18141 15994 9 239 12 239 15994 13925 8 240 13 229 13925 12049 6 227 15 222 12049 10387 6 235 15 219 10387 8913 3 217 14 207 8913 7605 7 177 10 201 7605 6451 10 195 10 202 6451 5436 11 197 9*192 5436 4541 11*187 8*184 4541 3749 11*175 8 184 3749 3039 11 173 8 184 3039 2410 11 172 8 184 2410 1885 11 172 8 184 1885 1481 10 172 7 185 1481 1204 10 171 7 186 1204 1035 9 171 7 186 1035 938 8 171 6 186 938 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