DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/12 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.3 - - 42.6 - - 38.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 190 - - 80 - - -41 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3585 - - 3936 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3073 - - 2832 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4474 - - 4825 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1731 - - 2354 - - 3466 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 367 - - 291 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 276 - - 238 - - 179 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - -8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 583 - - 979 - - -907 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3891 - - 3847 - - 1842 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1581 - - -173 - - -2090 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6055 - - 4998 - - 3025 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 84 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.3 - - 42.6 - - 38.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.7 - - 29.2 - - 33.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.4 - - 42.2 - - 39.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.5 - - 28.0 - - 32.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 190 - - 80 - - -41 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3585 - - 3936 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 35 - - 64 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 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] 96215 7 073 3 360 2 273 96215 89099 3 129 0 187 2 032 89099 83565 9 174 2 244 5 327 83565 78936 9 146 7 138 9 214 78936 74929 18 249 4 314 4 275 74929 71356 24 228 19 243 14 270 71356 68102 18 241 23 259 21 281 68102 65109 29 231 26 253 26 267 65109 62325 19 241 23 264 24 265 62325 59612 26 281 32 276 23 275 59612 56759 39 267 36 277 39 288 56759 53780 49 257 45 272 46 279 53780 50919 53 257 49 263 48 279 50919 48329 47 255 45 269 60 281 48329 46012 50 271 51 278 70 269 46012 43921 60 270 62 275 63 268 43921 42017 58 262 62 275 60 277 42017 40276 52 266 64 280 74 288 40276 38686 60 276 68 285 82 290 38686 37222 70 276 74 287 79 289 37222 35852 68 276 69 293 80 291 35852 34534 58 284 80 306 89 296 34534 33207 68 305 95 310 107 299 33207 31847 88 309 108 311 124 300 31847 30449 104 305 113 311 128 300 30449 28996 114 301 109 307 114 301 28996 27482 118 302 105 300 91 301 27482 25910 111 304 94 294 71 296 25910 24268 99 305 89 298 65 290 24268 22548 84 311 90 297 63 288 22548 20755 76 313 72 304 63 285 20755 18883 76 313 58 304 58 280 18883 16927 75 305 60 291 51 269 16927 14932 68 303 59 286 42 270 14932 13011 50 304 52 293 49 274 13011 11267 38 301 40 288 55 266 11267 9718 34 299 29 279 48 261 9718 8348 33 298 22 269 31 245 8348 7141 30 297 20 262 27 228 7141 6074 24 296 19 254 30 220 6074 5126 18*290 19*242 34 217 5126 4290 16*278 18*240 34 209 4290 3552 15 277 18 239 32 201 3552 2890 15 275 17 238 31 196 2890 2304 15 275 17 238 29 193 2304 1816 14 274 17 237 27 189 1816 1440 14 274 16 237 24 185 1440 1182 13 274 15 236 19 182 1182 1025 12 274 14 236 16 181 1025 935 11 274 11 236 10*179 935 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