DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 12/06 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 - - - 27.2 - - 26.7 - - 27.0 - - 27.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 29 - - 9 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1111 - - 1613 - - 1032 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2000 - - 2502 - - 1921 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1698 - - 1144 - - 1731 - - 3188 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 83 - - 149 - - 86 - - 3 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 6 - - 2 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 326 - - 282 - - 313 - - 126 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -6 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 331 - - 753 - - 202 - - -185 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1669 - - 1749 - - 1719 - - 1119 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -149 - - 385 - - -118 - - -894 ODpotential blCL - - - 2149 - - 2117 - - 2039 - - 1828 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 27.2 - - 26.7 - - 27.0 - - 27.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.4 - - 22.5 - - 23.0 - - 26.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 27.3 - - 26.7 - - 27.1 - - 28.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.8 - - 21.9 - - 22.5 - - 26.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 29 - - 9 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1111 - - 1613 - - 1032 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 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] 96268 21 069 21 111 14 105 12 125 96268 89023 6 027 5 120 5 044 2 137 89023 83439 5 359 4 211 7 282 6 275 83439 78783 9 272 19 281 14 264 15 266 78783 74761 14 288 26 262 21 258 21 274 74761 71191 26 283 28 262 33 263 32 279 71191 67960 37 270 38 266 43 266 49 275 67960 64993 46 263 49 265 50 264 48 267 64993 62222 53 273 50 263 52 272 51 274 62222 59521 60 280 55 269 59 272 61 278 59521 56699 65 274 58 266 63 269 69 272 56699 53763 69 264 62 263 72 265 70 263 53763 50940 73 259 70 262 73 255 69 262 50940 48380 77 260 73 257 70 260 76 264 48380 46080 79 263 73 256 81 264 82 263 46080 43993 81 266 77 260 86 261 84 263 43993 42082 84 267 84 261 83 261 84 264 42082 40323 87 265 85 261 81 263 82 265 40323 38693 86 262 82 259 81 264 84 265 38693 37177 81 264 74 261 80 263 88 265 37177 35762 80 268 70 266 80 263 90 264 35762 34411 78 269 73 270 80 266 89 264 34411 33060 70 266 78 267 79 266 87 263 33060 31682 62 266 71 266 74 264 85 260 31682 30281 57 271 67 279 73 264 83 260 30281 28838 55 276 73 278 72 265 80 263 28838 27334 53 283 68 277 71 264 73 265 27334 25764 53 289 61 276 68 266 67 265 25764 24121 55 293 57 278 62 267 62 267 24121 22405 54 296 54 279 57 263 55 271 22405 20619 52 291 49 276 51 260 53 275 20619 18756 49 285 43 277 44 258 54 277 18756 16811 46 283 38 280 37 262 50 277 16811 14829 40 284 37 273 35 261 30 285 14829 12925 35 288 34 268 34 257 31 269 12925 11196 31 290 28 264 32 256 27 261 11196 9658 27 290 26 259 30 261 25 259 9658 8290 23 290 25 252 28 262 24 259 8290 7072 22 287 22 248 27 261 23 259 7072 5990 20 292 17 254 24 254 23 257 5990 5039 16 305 12 261 19 249 20 251 5039 4212 15 282 14 258 15 244 14 227 4212 3489 15 273 10 261 12 246 11 205 3489 2842 13 281 8*270 8 253 10 202 2842 2271 11*303 7*277 4*270 9 192 2271 1794 10*324 6 281 2*303 8 177 1794 1427 9 326 6 284 2 313 7 163 1427 1175 8 327 5 284 2 316 6 153 1175 1022 7 327 5 285 2 321 4 144 1022 934 5 327 4 286 2 322 2*126 934 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