DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/05 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 - - - 11.5 - - 19.2 - - 24.1 - - 23.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 34 - - -11 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 185 - - 541 - - 234 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 917 - - 917 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1074 - - 1430 - - 1123 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 393 - - 250 - - 826 - - 963 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 50 - - 110 - - 29 - - 12 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 18 - - 13 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 211 - - 207 - - 200 - - 205 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 9 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1895 - - -1713 - - -1429 - - -688 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2969 - - 3143 - - 2553 - - 1622 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -15421 - - -13280 - - -9205 - - -8360 ODpotential blCL - - - 16495 - - 14710 - - 10328 - - 9294 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 99 - - 100 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 11.5 - - 19.2 - - 24.1 - - 23.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 2.2 - - 9.0 - - 16.3 - - 19.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 11.7 - - 19.2 - - 25.0 - - 25.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 1.4 - - 7.9 - - 15.6 - - 19.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 34 - - -11 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 185 - - 541 - - 234 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 95 - - 99 - - 44 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96230 15 054 14 054 21 065 10 049 96230 89070 14 022 10 049 8 032 7 017 89070 83523 9 046 4 331 4 325 9 335 83523 78881 9 017 11 301 11 298 15 313 78881 74870 14 324 14 271 18 283 25 296 74870 71338 18 319 11 283 23 285 28 290 71338 68139 30 307 21 288 27 279 33 294 68139 65186 31 289 25 283 32 284 41 277 65186 62426 36 292 33 290 42 278 42 273 62426 59717 41 287 48 283 48 274 45 272 59717 56859 51 281 53 271 55 275 56 275 56859 53886 59 273 59 269 68 273 70 272 53886 51053 60 268 68 267 73 270 74 270 51053 48502 62 265 72 265 76 267 80 270 48502 46212 64 265 76 265 81 265 85 267 46212 44130 69 266 79 264 84 263 87 264 44130 42221 73 267 79 262 84 262 85 262 42221 40457 77 266 81 262 84 261 87 261 40457 38820 79 263 82 262 86 261 90 261 38820 37296 79 258 82 264 87 260 91 260 37296 35875 77 255 82 266 87 257 91 257 35875 34517 74 254 83 267 85 253 91 255 34517 33151 71 254 84 267 83 254 90 254 33151 31749 66 256 83 265 84 260 88 255 31749 30314 59 256 81 264 90 262 86 256 30314 28840 54 254 76 261 98 264 96 260 28840 27314 50 253 67 257 106 265 110 260 27314 25726 49 252 56 251 106 266 109 260 25726 24067 47 246 51 253 89 266 98 261 24067 22345 40 249 48 256 63 262 81 265 22345 20561 34 253 43 257 52 261 67 263 20561 18710 34 255 39 253 46 258 56 261 18710 16784 33 252 34 251 42 256 50 262 16784 14820 28 249 30 251 42 259 44 264 14820 12926 27 246 31 249 39 259 40 264 12926 11202 26 250 32 252 37 255 39 261 11202 9669 26 256 33 254 33 256 38 261 9669 8306 29 257 35 248 35 260 35 261 8306 7093 34 253 37 243 37 252 31 262 7093 6016 33 251 36 241 37 240 29 265 6016 5063 28 253 33 239 37 235 30 257 5063 4227 30 256 31 241 36 236 36 247 4227 3493 33 253 33 241 37 235 39 240 3493 2838 34 245 35 234 38 228 39 238 2838 2264 34 237 34 224 33 218 36 227 2264 1788 32 224 29*216 27 209 31 216 1788 1423 27 218 22*208 21 202 25 210 1423 1173 19*212 19 207 19*201 20 206 1173 1021 17*211 17 207 16*200 17 205 1021 934 12 211 13 206 11 199 11*205 934 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