DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/10 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 - - - - - - 83.6 - - 77.1 - - 74.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 71 - - 1 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3083 - - 767 - - 341 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2281 - - 922 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3972 - - 1656 - - 1230 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1582 - - 1405 - - 2011 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 274 - - 75 - - 48 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 14 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 213 - - 211 - - 230 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -1 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1342 - - 437 - - 163 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2630 - - 1219 - - 1067 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 356 - - -1437 - - -554 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3616 - - 3093 - - 1784 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3350 - - 2660 - - 1950 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.6 - - 77.1 - - 74.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 74.0 - - 72.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.2 - - 77.4 - - 75.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.4 - - 73.6 - - 72.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 71 - - 1 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3083 - - 767 - - 341 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 93 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 18 - - 18 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] 98824 27 082 28 085 20 092 98824 91349 24 086 17 091 21 068 91349 85607 19 074 18 081 18 072 85607 80860 14 073 15 077 18 074 80860 76789 10 089 12 084 17 068 76789 73194 11 109 14 080 15 074 73194 69942 13 095 15 078 16 080 69942 66961 9 092 12 073 12 079 66961 64214 11 109 7 105 5 085 64214 61571 7 111 6 124 3 079 61571 58806 7 223 10 236 4 298 58806 55923 8 235 14 222 14 237 55923 53164 10 265 18 239 23 237 53164 50676 22 242 29 241 29 235 50676 48436 28 248 30 241 34 239 48436 46401 38 259 35 251 37 246 46401 44550 48 254 41 241 35 250 44550 42854 49 245 36 227 35 253 42854 41282 48 245 40 226 37 242 41282 39808 43 241 38 228 42 227 39808 38418 38 244 35 231 37 232 38418 37071 37 244 33 231 39 238 37071 35696 39 240 30 231 39 236 35696 34263 38 234 29 232 38 232 34263 32776 31 227 31 236 31 235 32776 31218 27 223 31 239 24 239 31218 29578 31 231 31 238 26 237 29578 27858 33 245 32 237 30 245 27858 26060 31 251 29 235 32 250 26060 24186 35 233 34 235 34 251 24186 22243 38 233 40 235 39 253 22243 20222 34 232 47 233 36 250 20222 18125 28 216 55 233 41 257 18125 15999 29 208 54 231 46 262 15999 13957 32 212 52 225 46 259 13957 12105 33 219 45 221 48 254 12105 10460 35 223 38 221 46 248 10460 8994 34 223 38 223 44 242 8994 7690 31 223 39 227 43 237 7690 6529 29 222 37 233 41 231 6529 5498 28 223 33 241 38 226 5498 4588 24*222 30 244 36 225 4588 3784 21*217 28 236 33 225 3784 3063 19 214 27 226 30 226 3063 2426 18 212 25 223 28 228 2426 1895 17 211 20*217 25 229 1895 1487 17 210 17*213 22*230 1487 1206 16 210 15 211 19*230 1206 1036 14 209 13 210 16 230 1036 938 11 209 10 209 11 229 938 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