DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/08 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 - - - - - - 84.0 - - 85.2 - - 81.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 126 - - 101 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3743 - - 3058 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3059 - - 2431 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4632 - - 3947 - - 939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2338 - - 2318 - - 4576 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 342 - - 296 - - 30 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 242 - - 202 - - 210 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1652 - - -2087 - - -3500 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6284 - - 6034 - - 4440 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6370 - - -6880 - - -5931 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11002 - - 10827 - - 6870 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 68 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 140 - - 470 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.0 - - 85.2 - - 81.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.7 - - 61.9 - - 65.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.2 - - 84.4 - - 82.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.3 - - 60.6 - - 64.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 126 - - 101 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3743 - - 3058 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 46 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 13 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] 99654 26 084 29 090 24 092 99654 92087 26 102 21 088 20 075 92087 86249 26 099 18 088 20 072 86249 81415 21 079 18 078 18 068 81415 77267 19 079 16 090 13 054 77267 73613 19 084 13 090 6 076 73613 70302 14 063 14 063 11 095 70302 67256 10 049 14 056 12 073 67256 64453 5 031 11 014 13 032 64453 61766 4 042 7 337 14 020 61766 58975 11 358 8 001 13 352 58975 56097 10 322 11 335 15 322 56097 53352 13 332 8 316 11 319 53352 50870 28 335 27 337 23 332 50870 48647 32 328 29 326 30 326 48647 46627 26 324 22 321 32 320 46627 44772 13 311 19 326 27 314 44772 43059 13 261 28 327 21 303 43059 41467 14 224 29 307 27 290 41467 39973 10 233 21 262 29 281 39973 38567 9 218 17 236 14 265 38567 37209 11 180 15 221 10 254 37209 35829 12 188 15 225 16 265 35829 34394 8 196 12 220 20 256 34394 32909 6 217 9 236 16 246 32909 31356 6 276 11 268 19 273 31356 29722 8 296 13 276 20 288 29722 28008 9 288 14 275 21 286 28008 26216 8 263 15 271 20 280 26216 24345 9 251 15 277 19 277 24345 22398 8 255 15 292 17 277 22398 20375 10 246 15 298 14 291 20375 18273 9 239 14 281 14 300 18273 16134 4 244 10 275 13 286 16134 14071 3 252 9 277 9 287 14071 12195 6 288 9 289 5 314 12195 10526 5 326 6 290 4 281 10526 9044 6 342 3 274 5 216 9044 7728 8 346 2 207 6 214 7728 6558 6 338 4 165 7 219 6558 5523 5*293 5 171 10 237 5523 4610 7*251 8*198 13 239 4610 3803 8 246 10*203 13 233 3803 3080 8 243 10 202 12 228 3080 2439 8 242 11 202 12 224 2439 1904 8 239 11 201 11 221 1904 1492 7 238 10 201 10 218 1492 1209 7 237 10 201 9 214 1209 1037 7 237 9 200 7*212 1037 939 6 236 8 200 5*210 939 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