DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/21 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 - - - - - - 75.6 - - 67.3 - - 58.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 146 - - 16 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5506 - - 1866 - - 700 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4367 - - 921 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6395 - - 2755 - - 1589 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1638 - - 2453 - - 1498 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 390 - - 142 - - 81 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 153 - - 157 - - 060 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 14 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 296 - - 178 - - 88 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6099 - - 2577 - - 1501 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2762 - - -824 - - -1808 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9157 - - 3579 - - 3397 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 100 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.6 - - 67.3 - - 58.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.0 - - 59.0 - - 54.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.7 - - 67.2 - - 58.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.8 - - 58.3 - - 54.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 146 - - 16 - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5506 - - 1866 - - 700 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 9 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] 99112 33 096 30 106 26 093 99112 91558 23 094 24 106 22 093 91558 85734 20 091 21 099 22 093 85734 80924 13 088 18 088 20 081 80924 76800 10 105 11 094 14 064 76800 73167 14 096 14 116 5 071 73167 69882 16 074 15 109 5 117 69882 66853 2 058 9 066 5 060 66853 64045 3 277 5 010 2 348 64045 61340 9 272 8 293 8 284 61340 58518 9 314 8 265 14 270 58518 55584 32 310 24 313 18 294 55584 52795 49 284 46 289 42 289 52795 50308 49 268 55 270 51 265 50308 48083 41 265 46 257 50 258 48083 46050 42 293 44 278 52 265 46050 44191 82 295 72 286 60 265 44191 42486 100 281 90 273 71 262 42486 40906 101 271 93 263 79 252 40906 39430 95 267 86 258 83 243 39430 38035 85 266 80 258 77 239 38035 36682 80 268 73 260 71 238 36682 35305 72 273 69 261 64 238 35305 33875 57 279 69 260 61 237 33875 32393 50 280 65 261 55 237 32393 30847 46 275 58 264 48 244 30847 29225 40 271 53 269 45 245 29225 27525 38 276 46 266 42 243 27525 25745 39 265 44 260 41 243 25745 23888 39 264 49 252 41 247 23888 21958 40 257 56 244 45 248 21958 19942 40 245 50 243 49 243 19942 17843 23 235 41 240 47 227 17843 15713 23 242 42 233 47 209 15713 13670 29 255 38 219 33 201 13670 11822 23 269 22 200 23 179 11822 10188 12 280 6 122 21 149 10188 8743 5 211 11 071 17 100 8743 7463 9 175 13 073 20 088 7463 6327 8*154 13 080 22 088 6327 5323 9*147 14 083 23 089 5323 4441 9 148 12 087 22 091 4441 3665 9 150 10 099 22 092 3665 2972 10 153 8*129 21 088 2972 2362 10 155 8*151 20 081 2362 1853 9 157 8 156 19*072 1853 1462 9 158 8 158 17*063 1462 1193 9 158 7 160 15 060 1193 1030 9 159 7 162 14 058 1030 936 7 159 6 164 10 056 936 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