DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/14 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 47.3 - - 59.8 - - 64.9 - - 53.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 18 - - 102 - - 1 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 170 - - 717 - - 1024 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 919 - - 920 - - 921 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1059 - - 1606 - - 1913 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 242 - - 497 - - 920 - - 78 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 62 - - 172 - - 62 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 5 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 7 - - 10 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 218 - - 219 - - 212 - - 152 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2351 - - -1960 - - -1649 - - -221 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3410 - - 3566 - - 3562 - - 1158 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11221 - - -7809 - - -6278 - - -8011 ODpotential blCL - - - 12280 - - 9415 - - 8191 - - 8948 blCL maxRH - - - 68 - - 78 - - 78 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 50 - - 60 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 47.3 - - 59.8 - - 64.9 - - 53.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.0 - - 47.5 - - 52.5 - - 51.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 47.3 - - 59.1 - - 65.2 - - 56.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.3 - - 46.9 - - 52.2 - - 51.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 18 - - 102 - - 1 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 170 - - 717 - - 1024 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 10 - - 11 - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 7 - - 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] 95583 52 267 49 267 50 264 59 259 95583 88731 38 276 33 268 36 267 33 276 88731 83415 24 278 23 270 32 267 28 283 83415 78977 17 303 14 288 20 286 20 273 78977 75113 17 308 16 306 21 305 19 304 75113 71657 15 306 21 292 27 287 27 308 71657 68501 18 317 20 298 27 283 30 302 68501 65587 22 304 21 305 27 288 32 301 65587 62876 26 293 28 308 34 294 38 303 62876 60240 32 295 36 302 38 297 40 302 60240 57479 41 304 39 306 46 301 47 301 57479 54609 57 306 51 306 46 304 55 298 54609 51880 56 303 53 309 66 308 61 302 51880 49431 54 310 69 309 75 307 64 307 49431 47250 72 314 74 305 75 307 73 311 47250 45281 88 311 78 308 70 306 77 313 45281 43478 79 305 76 311 66 310 95 310 43478 41819 70 308 70 313 69 313 90 305 41819 40281 61 311 62 324 68 312 78 310 40281 38843 56 325 61 331 62 314 77 316 38843 37492 54 330 52 329 59 316 86 321 37492 36183 45 319 41 326 58 314 91 323 36183 34847 36 346 35 326 44 315 91 323 34847 33460 39 002 30 331 38 321 74 318 33460 32023 36 357 29 336 36 323 57 302 32023 30524 29 345 27 332 29 319 42 292 30524 28947 27 328 23 313 27 306 38 289 28947 27289 35 327 28 313 28 294 40 288 27289 25552 39 324 29 323 28 310 35 287 25552 23739 40 316 28 315 23 319 29 286 23739 21850 39 310 29 309 22 307 28 286 21850 19882 35 308 30 309 24 301 27 281 19882 17837 31 305 29 309 25 298 27 274 17837 15755 30 300 28 305 25 291 27 274 15755 13749 30 299 27 295 27 288 26 279 13749 11921 31 298 28 289 28 286 25 284 11921 10293 28 300 26 282 25 283 24 286 10293 8845 25 300 23 279 22 275 22 277 8845 7555 24 299 19 279 21 266 22 268 7555 6410 24 293 18 274 23 262 26 270 6410 5395 22 285 20 263 29 257 33 261 5395 4502 17 267 23 255 31 250 33 247 4502 3714 15 248 23 247 28 244 30 234 3714 3009 12 237 20 236 23 235 25 219 3009 2386 9 246 16 232 17*225 22 206 2386 1867 12 255 13*228 12*213 20 197 1867 1469 15 238 7*219 10 211 18 182 1469 1195 11*224 7 220 9 211 16 165 1195 1030 8*220 6 219 8 211 12*156 1030 937 6 218 6 219 6 210 6*152 937 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