DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/26 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 31.3 - - 32.1 - - 30.9 - - 30.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 26 - - 70 - - 12 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1990 - - 2877 - - 1543 - - 2334 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 918 - - 1891 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2879 - - 3766 - - 2432 - - 3223 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2229 - - 1463 - - 3337 - - 2773 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 162 - - 246 - - 121 - - 122 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 41 - - 44 - - 40 - - 39 BL Wind Direction - - - 271 - - 287 - - 286 - - 295 Direction Wind Shear - - - 27 - - 28 - - 25 - - 26 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - -13 - - -3 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1018 - - 1484 - - 351 - - 904 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1861 - - 2282 - - 2081 - - 2319 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 395 - - 721 - - -294 - - 302 ODpotential blCL - - - 2484 - - 3045 - - 2726 - - 2921 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 31.3 - - 32.1 - - 30.9 - - 30.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.4 - - 25.4 - - 25.2 - - 23.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 31.4 - - 32.2 - - 31.0 - - 30.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.8 - - 24.6 - - 24.6 - - 23.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 26 - - 70 - - 12 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1990 - - 2877 - - 1543 - - 2334 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96027 25 075 18 033 27 035 18 028 96027 89029 21 059 17 069 14 019 15 031 89029 83571 12 055 6 047 5 325 10 358 83571 79007 4 063 2 299 5 277 6 355 79007 75032 2 291 10 274 10 267 7 327 75032 71477 6 238 10 274 8 246 11 267 71477 68236 11 248 13 261 13 264 13 268 68236 65220 11 257 21 249 23 248 17 262 65220 62396 24 248 21 248 22 243 28 259 62396 59660 23 247 22 255 23 256 30 257 59660 56803 36 258 29 258 24 254 27 257 56803 53820 36 249 39 253 31 258 31 258 53820 50957 44 245 43 250 42 263 36 267 50957 48376 44 244 51 251 52 262 46 264 48376 46070 48 250 54 250 57 260 49 269 46070 43988 50 247 55 254 58 263 53 274 43988 42089 47 250 60 262 62 266 61 270 42089 40341 49 257 64 264 64 267 64 269 40341 38723 54 260 65 265 62 269 67 272 38723 37219 58 259 66 266 63 273 71 272 37219 35816 59 258 68 267 66 274 70 272 35816 34473 60 257 68 267 66 276 69 276 34473 33125 61 255 68 268 65 279 71 281 33125 31742 58 255 67 272 70 282 75 286 31742 30323 57 256 68 276 74 284 79 289 30323 28851 54 255 71 281 78 286 80 291 28851 27311 53 262 71 279 78 288 82 294 27311 25705 54 270 65 283 74 287 82 295 25705 24031 51 271 64 286 63 285 76 293 24031 22294 48 277 56 286 56 292 64 287 22294 20499 45 281 53 292 54 297 52 288 20499 18634 43 282 56 290 53 297 46 293 18634 16692 43 280 56 287 53 293 40 293 16692 14709 48 282 51 286 53 295 40 294 14709 12802 47 277 50 290 52 298 45 302 12802 11076 43 274 51 297 52 303 50 308 11076 9553 37 276 55 301 56 309 53 311 9553 8206 44 295 57 301 56 309 54 308 8206 7011 52 293 56 301 57 305 52 308 7011 5957 51 289 56 298 58 300 53 308 5957 5030 52 286 55 294 57 297 53 307 5030 4213 52 281 53*291 55 294 51 303 4213 3491 50*277 51*290 54 292 49*299 3491 2845 49*275 49 288 51*290 47*298 2845 2273 47 273 46 287 48*288 43 296 2273 1795 43 271 44 286 44 286 41 294 1795 1428 40 270 40 285 40 285 37 293 1428 1176 35 269 36 285 36 284 33 292 1176 1023 30 268 31 284 31 283 28 292 1023 935 23 268 24 284 23 283 21 291 935 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