DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/12 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 - - - - - - 22.7 - - 23.9 - - 20.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - 10 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 538 - - 1616 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 917 - - 918 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1427 - - 2505 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1445 - - 629 - - 1437 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 118 - - 107 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 14 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 272 - - 266 - - 242 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -328 - - 676 - - -442 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1755 - - 1829 - - 1376 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9275 - - 351 - - -7941 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10702 - - 2154 - - 8875 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 22.7 - - 23.9 - - 20.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 18.7 - - 19.5 - - 18.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 22.5 - - 24.0 - - 22.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 17.9 - - 19.1 - - 18.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - 10 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 538 - - 1616 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 92 - - 101 - - 92 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 94873 78 282 75 277 78 275 94873 87987 56 284 60 279 63 278 87987 82601 50 276 50 287 55 282 82601 78080 51 281 54 288 53 285 78080 74157 52 275 53 289 57 288 74157 70688 51 277 53 285 52 289 70688 67527 52 280 52 284 49 287 67527 64584 51 281 46 287 47 289 64584 61822 55 288 47 294 47 297 61822 59126 62 290 56 292 55 296 59126 56309 63 285 64 286 64 288 56309 53379 59 282 65 280 62 285 53379 50573 61 286 65 279 63 286 50573 48050 67 288 66 285 68 292 48050 45797 69 290 72 289 80 293 45797 43761 71 292 80 290 90 291 43761 41901 74 293 83 289 95 289 41901 40185 76 293 84 286 95 289 40185 38591 78 294 84 286 96 289 38591 37103 82 295 84 288 96 291 37103 35709 87 294 86 293 100 294 35709 34376 90 293 90 295 105 295 34376 33034 89 292 95 293 109 294 33034 31657 87 292 95 292 111 294 31657 30245 87 293 94 292 108 294 30245 28786 86 294 92 292 102 293 28786 27270 83 295 87 293 91 293 27270 25697 79 298 79 294 82 292 25697 24057 75 299 70 292 78 292 24057 22344 71 300 66 287 68 290 22344 20560 63 299 62 284 60 284 20560 18702 54 291 57 287 58 282 18702 16764 52 279 50 285 57 283 16764 14789 49 274 47 278 52 282 14789 12888 40 274 43 279 47 285 12888 11161 32 274 39 291 43 291 11161 9625 30 275 36 289 37 298 9625 8257 26 278 32 280 35 308 8257 7039 18 286 25 280 28 306 7039 5961 11 283 24 281 26 291 5961 5017 10 259 21 274 25 285 5017 4195 10 255 21 273 28 288 4195 3470 12 249 21 271 30 287 3470 2823 15 247 18*266 27 282 2823 2254 15 253 16*265 22 271 2254 1782 14*265 15 266 20 260 1782 1420 12*271 14 266 17 252 1420 1171 10 273 13 266 14 246 1171 1020 9 272 11 266 11*244 1020 934 8 273 9 265 7*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