DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/27 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.2 - - 66.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 89 - - 59 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1954 - - 1517 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1493 - - 921 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2843 - - 2406 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1220 - - 1555 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 239 - - 195 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 28 - - 32 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 166 - - 163 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 21 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -12 - - 0 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 324 - - 905 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2519 - - 1501 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1728 - - 166 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4571 - - 2240 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 690 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.2 - - 66.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.1 - - 62.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.8 - - 66.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.2 - - 62.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 89 - - 59 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1954 - - 1517 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 90 - - 100 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 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] 97300 31 231 28 249 97300 89942 18 241 20 253 89942 84310 9 285 18 236 84310 79651 6 261 10 245 79651 75650 5 236 4 242 75650 72118 7 323 5 325 72118 68922 11 315 13 304 68922 65982 16 301 18 292 65982 63245 17 294 24 281 63245 60576 28 283 27 281 60576 57774 25 265 34 283 57774 54847 28 275 37 276 54847 52035 27 269 35 263 52035 49499 37 262 36 259 49499 47229 38 253 40 250 47229 45186 36 252 47 248 45186 43329 42 259 50 251 43329 41632 68 247 63 238 41632 40092 72 223 76 217 40092 38676 68 223 75 200 38676 37338 66 223 74 201 37338 36038 62 225 76 204 36038 34710 57 227 76 205 34710 33326 52 228 74 207 33326 31890 48 228 70 214 31890 30390 47 228 66 222 30390 28812 48 228 64 225 28812 27159 47 229 66 229 27159 25430 45 229 65 231 25430 23627 44 231 68 231 23627 21753 43 234 74 231 21753 19806 42 236 68 233 19806 17778 40 236 63 237 17778 15713 37 228 54 237 15713 13722 36 215 38 232 13722 11905 38 212 35 230 11905 10281 38 209 35 220 10281 8835 38 206 37 219 8835 7546 39 202 42 214 7546 6401 38 198 46 208 6401 5387 36 197 45 198 5387 4495 38 186 44 184 4495 3710 39 176 43 174 3710 3009 35*169 42*169 3009 2389 32*166 40*167 2389 1871 30 166 35 163 1871 1474 28 166 33 162 1474 1200 26 166 29 161 1200 1033 23 166 25 161 1033 938 17 165 19 161 938 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