DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/02 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 - - - - - - 89.9 - - 91.2 - - 88.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 201 - - 121 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4949 - - 5382 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4140 - - 4212 - - 923 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5838 - - 6271 - - 939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2150 - - 1507 - - 6695 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 421 - - 375 - - 32 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 20 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 225 - - 226 - - 226 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -8 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 818 - - 632 - - -3815 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5020 - - 5639 - - 4754 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1449 - - -3047 - - -5076 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7287 - - 9318 - - 6015 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 70 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2390 - - 2140 - - 2490 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.9 - - 91.2 - - 88.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 69.4 - - 70.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 88.8 - - 90.5 - - 89.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.8 - - 68.4 - - 69.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 201 - - 121 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4949 - - 5382 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 4 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 16 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] 99540 27 100 22 080 31 074 99540 91964 25 096 23 104 23 080 91964 86147 20 098 23 101 17 087 86147 81343 18 095 21 097 19 088 81343 77208 17 094 16 085 20 081 77208 73554 18 095 9 071 16 074 73554 70253 14 098 6 070 10 066 70253 67221 11 118 3 110 6 059 67221 64414 10 107 7 128 5 182 64414 61714 1 162 9 129 4 143 61714 58910 8 251 5 197 6 256 58910 56030 13 210 14 192 18 207 56030 53321 17 216 16 220 13 217 53321 50901 21 218 22 232 19 244 50901 48734 19 228 24 235 26 238 48734 46761 28 226 28 234 31 243 46761 44950 33 226 31 231 36 240 44950 43275 31 227 28 218 35 231 43275 41710 27 232 25 223 32 230 41710 40236 24 246 28 237 32 236 40236 38838 26 246 28 239 30 235 38838 37478 27 241 28 236 29 231 37478 36089 28 244 28 231 30 221 36089 34642 30 245 27 219 28 211 34642 33142 31 240 28 223 28 224 33142 31575 31 241 29 235 29 237 31575 29928 30 239 31 243 32 248 29928 28204 31 239 34 248 34 248 28204 26402 33 243 36 249 35 243 26402 24526 34 249 35 248 35 243 24526 22579 35 251 33 246 34 243 22579 20553 32 249 32 244 33 245 20553 18444 30 248 34 248 31 250 18444 16297 32 250 33 252 26 250 16297 14227 34 250 32 253 23 246 14227 12339 34 249 32 249 24 243 12339 10659 33 245 33 245 26 244 10659 9164 31 239 32 241 26 245 9164 7836 24 238 27 238 27 231 7836 6655 20*236 22*231 27 222 6655 5606 18*230 21*228 25 222 5606 4677 17 227 21 227 23 225 4677 3855 17 225 20 226 21 226 3855 3119 17 224 20 226 20 228 3119 2466 17 224 20 226 19 229 2466 1921 16 223 19 225 17 229 1921 1502 15 222 19 225 15 229 1502 1215 15 222 18 225 13 228 1215 1039 14 222 16 224 11*228 1039 939 12 221 13 224 7*226 939 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