DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/01 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 32.6 - - 34.0 - - 27.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 308 - - 183 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3782 - - 4350 - - 924 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3390 - - 3575 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4671 - - 5239 - - 1813 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 840 - - 874 - - 2020 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 427 - - 375 - - 44 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 16 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 4 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 062 - - 094 - - 085 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 4 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -130 - - -266 - - -2643 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4801 - - 5505 - - 4456 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9217 - - -9539 - - -13742 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13888 - - 14778 - - 15555 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 87 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 32.6 - - 34.0 - - 27.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 15.2 - - 13.5 - - 12.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 31.1 - - 33.1 - - 28.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 14.0 - - 12.5 - - 11.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 308 - - 183 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3782 - - 4350 - - 924 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 48 - - 43 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 96473 15 119 7 166 5 124 96473 89252 8 117 8 192 3 252 89252 83662 8 179 10 222 6 253 83662 78997 11 218 12 221 12 237 78997 74944 18 265 16 258 15 249 74944 71345 22 259 22 260 23 275 71345 68091 26 268 29 265 35 276 68091 65111 25 250 29 253 34 262 65111 62330 21 285 31 269 30 275 62330 59621 38 295 38 286 40 291 59621 56802 45 285 47 286 51 287 56802 53870 49 281 54 287 57 285 53870 51072 55 281 61 288 63 285 51072 48559 58 284 65 283 64 283 48559 46304 63 290 64 283 65 286 46304 44256 72 292 68 291 71 290 44256 42396 81 289 77 291 78 291 42396 40707 83 281 84 285 87 289 40707 39168 86 277 85 280 91 284 39168 37748 88 281 86 280 91 279 37748 36422 96 282 88 285 91 281 36422 35145 99 282 95 287 94 281 35145 33845 101 287 98 285 94 276 33845 32487 103 286 99 282 95 278 32487 31077 104 282 99 281 95 283 31077 29601 104 281 99 280 94 281 29601 28045 101 281 100 281 94 278 28045 26410 95 283 96 282 90 279 26410 24700 89 285 88 281 83 277 24700 22919 86 287 86 278 82 276 22919 21066 84 289 84 281 79 277 21066 19134 82 292 80 285 73 279 19134 17119 78 295 78 288 67 283 17119 15069 66 296 70 287 63 286 15069 13098 58 296 63 296 51 285 13098 11308 48 298 50 305 43 297 11308 9721 37 299 38 306 35 305 9721 8317 27 300 29 303 27 300 8317 7079 19 299 19 303 21 298 7079 5993 12 324 8*304 15 304 5993 5044 8*027 2*092 7 327 5044 4217 10*055 2 091 5 015 4217 3490 11 059 3 092 6 042 3490 2840 11 062 5 094 9 068 2840 2268 11 063 5 095 14*082 2268 1791 11 064 6 095 15*084 1791 1425 11 064 6 094 15 085 1425 1174 11 065 6 094 14 085 1174 1022 10 065 6 094 12 085 1022 935 9 066 5 094 9 084 935 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