DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/11 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 28.4 - - 29.6 - - 28.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - 42 - - 55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2216 - - 2077 - - 1354 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3105 - - 2966 - - 2243 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1228 - - 788 - - 834 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 201 - - 185 - - 172 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 325 - - 273 - - 243 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -4 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1141 - - 1005 - - 814 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1964 - - 1961 - - 1429 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 797 - - 654 - - 658 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2308 - - 2312 - - 1585 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 28.4 - - 29.6 - - 28.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.6 - - 24.8 - - 26.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 28.3 - - 29.4 - - 28.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.7 - - 23.9 - - 25.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - 42 - - 55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2216 - - 2077 - - 1354 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 94838 79 271 76 267 83 279 94838 88111 54 270 54 272 59 278 88111 82854 45 272 45 270 47 281 82854 78442 40 269 40 278 42 280 78442 74591 40 269 40 283 39 277 74591 71145 36 268 42 273 37 277 71145 67982 36 275 42 274 35 287 67982 65037 42 277 42 285 40 296 65037 62287 41 271 42 287 43 295 62287 59620 36 273 41 286 41 291 59620 56830 38 287 44 285 41 292 56830 53918 45 293 46 289 49 293 53918 51121 51 296 52 293 55 285 51121 48594 57 297 54 288 58 279 48594 46329 56 296 50 287 55 276 46329 44282 51 301 47 292 49 284 44282 42413 55 309 52 303 59 300 42413 40698 68 310 72 299 77 296 40698 39129 78 304 80 291 84 290 39129 37690 81 298 79 289 83 286 37690 36358 78 297 76 294 82 287 36358 35078 73 302 72 302 84 289 35078 33783 73 312 74 307 81 290 33783 32442 77 319 78 307 75 294 32442 31053 81 320 78 307 71 297 31053 29599 83 320 74 309 69 299 29599 28067 85 322 72 313 69 301 28067 26456 82 325 71 313 67 301 26456 24762 76 327 69 315 61 300 24762 22988 68 335 68 318 59 300 22988 21142 70 337 64 320 63 304 21142 19217 75 339 58 322 63 304 19217 17205 68 343 60 325 54 298 17205 15148 61 348 60 333 46 306 15148 13165 52 347 49 338 39 306 13165 11364 42 341 40 339 34 300 11364 9770 38 338 33 331 32 301 9770 8362 36 339 29 324 27 305 8362 7122 34 340 27 322 23 296 7122 6032 31 342 25 318 23 284 6032 5074 27 341 24 310 25 276 5074 4233 23 334 20 294 25 269 4233 3494 21*330 17*277 24 256 3494 2841 20*328 17*275 21 246 2841 2269 18 325 17 274 20*245 2269 1792 17 324 16 273 19*244 1792 1426 16 324 15 272 17 244 1426 1175 15 323 14 272 16 243 1175 1022 14 323 13 271 14 243 1022 934 11 322 10 270 11 242 934 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