DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/07 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.0 - - 82.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 65 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3905 - - 5068 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3053 - - 3624 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4794 - - 5957 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1486 - - 1972 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 324 - - 315 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 15 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 001 - - 026 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1642 - - 988 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6436 - - 4969 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8060 - - -95 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12854 - - 6052 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 65 - - 89 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 330 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.0 - - 82.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.2 - - 64.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.5 - - 82.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.8 - - 62.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 65 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3905 - - 5068 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 55 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 12 - - - 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] 99509 38 084 32 095 99509 91961 30 087 30 084 91961 86157 21 091 26 078 86157 81357 17 090 21 080 81357 77225 16 076 17 078 77225 73571 14 070 15 080 73571 70261 13 083 9 075 70261 67227 15 084 6 072 67227 64428 13 069 6 045 64428 61733 11 031 7 035 61733 58934 10 012 11 348 58934 56039 13 333 14 321 56039 53277 19 312 10 296 53277 50786 21 302 20 314 50786 48563 25 304 23 307 48563 46561 16 289 18 307 46561 44727 8 345 18 327 44727 43028 27 345 31 324 43028 41449 33 342 21 322 41449 39974 18 351 19 324 39974 38583 8 353 9 332 38583 37231 9 018 5 051 37231 35854 9 018 10 006 35854 34421 11 333 14 356 34421 32934 15 341 18 350 32934 31379 15 334 15 342 31379 29744 14 309 11 327 29744 28030 11 295 7 310 28030 26235 9 294 4 258 26235 24360 9 287 6 257 24360 22409 9 281 7 267 22409 20382 7 294 5 261 20382 18275 8 330 3 314 18275 16133 10 355 9 015 16133 14069 13 345 16 008 14069 12187 14 334 18 002 12187 10514 10 322 11 351 10514 9030 9 334 9 354 9030 7716 5 352 7 001 7716 6551 4 004 5*015 6551 5518 6*000 5*021 5518 4606 6*360 4 024 4606 3800 6 359 4 027 3800 3077 5 001 4 027 3077 2437 5 002 4 028 2437 1902 5 002 3 030 1902 1491 4 002 3 030 1491 1208 4 003 3 030 1208 1037 4 003 3 030 1037 938 3 003 3 031 938 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