DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/17 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.0 - - 76.2 - - 73.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 44 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5173 - - 5433 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4018 - - 3606 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6062 - - 6322 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1622 - - 1323 - - 6251 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 363 - - 294 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 343 - - 306 - - 284 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1231 - - 1233 - - -2406 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4831 - - 5089 - - 3344 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -431 - - -62 - - -3737 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6493 - - 6384 - - 4675 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 78 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 50 - - 30 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.0 - - 76.2 - - 73.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.0 - - 57.2 - - 62.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.3 - - 76.0 - - 75.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.6 - - 55.8 - - 60.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 44 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5173 - - 5433 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 14 - - 41 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 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] 99429 27 094 23 099 19 082 99429 91953 25 094 20 072 22 099 91953 86165 18 091 20 079 18 087 86165 81354 14 096 11 083 14 074 81354 77192 11 097 6 118 7 059 77192 73504 7 115 9 131 4 064 73504 70175 3 164 8 140 1 070 70175 67122 3 121 7 148 3 179 67122 64296 6 020 2 245 3 285 64296 61579 7 345 8 209 12 254 61579 58767 10 299 10 289 12 268 58767 55856 21 271 20 260 26 262 55856 53079 34 278 30 264 32 255 53079 50586 48 270 40 274 40 273 50586 48362 56 259 61 267 58 271 48362 46362 67 252 77 252 76 259 46362 44540 70 242 77 246 76 251 44540 42864 74 267 72 263 82 259 42864 41306 90 266 86 271 90 264 41306 39840 89 262 89 266 90 263 39840 38449 95 267 87 264 81 261 38449 37098 82 270 74 265 69 260 37098 35723 62 263 66 263 59 259 35723 34293 52 259 60 258 56 266 34293 32809 50 268 54 260 54 269 32809 31259 51 268 51 267 51 271 31259 29626 48 270 52 268 50 271 29626 27911 47 276 50 272 49 269 27911 26114 42 276 45 278 48 269 26114 24243 36 276 37 282 42 271 24243 22300 34 279 35 285 37 272 22300 20275 31 281 29 285 37 280 20275 18164 25 279 28 286 31 290 18164 16013 26 283 27 291 24 291 16013 13944 23 285 22 291 22 291 13944 12066 19 283 21 302 23 303 12066 10400 17 291 22 312 19 320 10400 8926 15 317 21 318 19 322 8926 7625 11 337 13 319 17 321 7625 6478 9*348 10*315 15 323 6478 5459 9*348 10*312 13 322 5459 4560 9 346 10 310 12 320 4560 3763 9 344 9 308 10 318 3763 3049 9 343 9 306 9 314 3049 2417 9 342 9 304 8 310 2417 1889 9 341 9 303 8 306 1889 1484 8 340 8 302 7 302 1484 1204 8 339 8 302 6 298 1204 1035 8 340 8 301 5*293 1035 938 7 339 6 301 3*284 938 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