DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 11/18 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 - - - 38.9 - - 40.0 - - 39.9 - - 39.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 11 - - 10 - - 6 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 645 - - 621 - - 463 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1534 - - 1510 - - 1352 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 782 - - 1087 - - 1527 - - 2163 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 82 - - 79 - - 61 - - 15 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 13 - - 10 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 104 - - 093 - - 072 - - 048 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 458 - - 363 - - 352 - - -361 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1076 - - 1147 - - 1000 - - 1298 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 119 - - 72 - - 143 - - -927 ODpotential blCL - - - 1415 - - 1438 - - 1209 - - 1863 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 50 - - 380 - - 80 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 38.9 - - 40.0 - - 39.9 - - 39.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 37.6 - - 38.3 - - 38.9 - - 37.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 39.2 - - 40.0 - - 40.0 - - 40.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.3 - - 38.1 - - 38.7 - - 37.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 11 - - 10 - - 6 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 645 - - 621 - - 463 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 102 - - 102 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95971 37 306 30 292 37 281 40 299 95971 89061 33 323 26 312 34 302 38 303 89061 83706 29 329 24 321 33 314 27 311 83706 79203 26 330 26 326 28 318 29 333 79203 75268 25 330 29 323 26 318 31 335 75268 71765 22 319 28 312 27 303 27 325 71765 68576 18 307 21 297 24 283 26 304 68576 65623 17 309 19 289 20 292 27 294 65623 62875 27 300 26 289 35 307 28 293 62875 60219 34 289 32 286 42 296 35 293 60219 57454 39 291 36 285 45 284 43 289 57454 54572 40 291 39 280 40 276 41 281 54572 51792 40 277 36 281 39 272 38 282 51792 49275 39 267 35 277 40 271 44 289 49275 47027 48 273 35 280 44 279 50 287 47027 44992 52 271 44 284 46 279 54 282 44992 43121 49 268 54 280 44 282 51 279 43121 41390 51 264 58 271 43 290 47 287 41390 39788 48 256 55 265 46 283 53 296 39788 38306 50 250 57 259 42 282 53 303 38306 36930 55 243 61 249 42 296 52 306 36930 35612 59 244 60 245 47 296 50 310 35612 34279 66 247 62 240 46 286 49 319 34279 32902 69 247 66 238 33 288 50 323 32902 31479 68 246 69 238 24 294 50 326 31479 29993 66 246 69 238 18 289 50 327 29993 28431 65 245 67 237 18 271 49 329 28431 26792 61 243 63 235 21 266 48 331 26792 25073 56 242 55 237 30 265 44 337 25073 23276 53 243 44 239 33 260 33 348 23276 21408 52 245 34 238 34 259 26 347 21408 19463 44 245 33 237 33 263 25 341 19463 17438 33 232 34 235 28 265 23 338 17438 15374 30 214 34 238 26 260 18 326 15374 13388 30 219 36 250 33 260 17 308 13388 11583 33 235 36 256 28 255 18 298 11583 9977 30 242 28 267 19 274 17 289 9977 8550 20 255 20 260 17 293 14 297 8550 7285 9 262 11 241 15 278 13 307 7285 6167 4 206 8 095 8 233 9 288 6167 5181 4 152 13 111 8 142 5 285 5181 4315 11 156 15 137 7 143 5 056 4315 3561 25 150 22 137 11 129 13 071 3561 2893 27 144 21 128 14 097 19 070 2893 2306 26 116 20 108 15 083 20 065 2306 1817 24*110 17*098 15 080 19 061 1817 1441 21*105 16*095 13*074 17 055 1441 1182 18 104 14 094 12*072 13 050 1182 1025 16 103 12 092 10 072 11*049 1025 936 11 102 9 091 8 071 7*048 936 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