DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/13 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 - - - - - - 77.3 - - 79.9 - - 76.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 100 - - 51 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2665 - - 3932 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2204 - - 2696 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3554 - - 4821 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2421 - - 1781 - - 4391 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 291 - - 277 - - 28 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 16 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 228 - - 231 - - 195 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -218 - - 1025 - - -1181 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3772 - - 3796 - - 2119 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2870 - - -1346 - - -2798 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6424 - - 6167 - - 3736 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 70 - - 83 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1010 - - 1760 - - 2740 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.3 - - 79.9 - - 76.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.7 - - 66.1 - - 70.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.9 - - 79.7 - - 78.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.4 - - 64.8 - - 69.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 100 - - 51 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2665 - - 3932 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 16 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] 98946 31 085 26 100 20 080 98946 91454 29 088 24 098 19 071 91454 85693 24 102 23 094 16 087 85693 80903 20 110 19 098 19 090 80903 76777 15 106 13 092 21 087 76777 73136 13 113 9 074 14 080 73136 69845 11 109 7 097 7 064 69845 66824 11 079 12 113 5 103 66824 64026 4 091 2 082 6 052 64026 61316 3 280 9 248 9 305 61316 58499 11 273 13 251 13 267 58499 55571 22 302 14 314 9 275 55571 52759 39 269 36 276 32 295 52759 50229 51 248 55 266 57 266 50229 47984 46 243 60 259 61 248 47984 45962 44 276 57 262 57 257 45962 44115 73 280 65 271 70 272 44115 42422 89 277 82 272 81 276 42422 40854 100 270 85 268 87 275 40854 39387 100 266 80 265 84 269 39387 38006 92 268 77 265 82 265 38006 36672 82 271 78 257 78 257 36672 35318 72 275 73 254 68 252 35318 33913 70 282 68 264 63 253 33913 32453 68 280 62 265 58 253 32453 30926 66 277 57 262 53 255 30926 29319 62 275 55 260 53 262 29319 27634 59 278 55 254 56 276 27634 25871 54 279 55 252 53 277 25871 24033 49 274 52 256 45 273 24033 22122 50 266 50 265 35 268 22122 20138 50 263 47 269 32 262 20138 18079 43 267 42 269 30 242 18079 15981 35 280 28 262 26 246 15981 13952 33 284 27 262 25 258 13952 12101 32 255 32 268 29 264 12101 10454 32 249 33 259 33 265 10454 8989 27 260 30 255 33 274 8989 7686 22 272 20 261 29 276 7686 6526 23 269 17 256 20 274 6526 5498 27 260 17*246 14 264 5498 4592 27 253 17*239 12 246 4592 3790 25*240 17 232 13 231 3790 3070 21*230 16 230 15 220 3070 2433 21 229 16 229 15 213 2433 1900 20 228 15 228 15 208 1900 1490 19 227 15 228 14 204 1490 1208 18 227 14 228 13 200 1208 1037 16 227 13 228 10 198 1037 938 13 227 10 227 7*195 938 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