DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/13 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.5 - - 73.3 - - 68.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 183 - - 76 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1761 - - 2851 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1730 - - 1949 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2650 - - 3740 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 498 - - 310 - - 2941 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 284 - - 251 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 9 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 286 - - 278 - - 313 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1207 - - -387 - - -1467 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3857 - - 4127 - - 2405 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7520 - - -6418 - - -2681 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10170 - - 10158 - - 3619 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 81 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 230 - - 490 - - 1050 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.5 - - 73.3 - - 68.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.7 - - 58.3 - - 60.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.5 - - 72.7 - - 69.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.0 - - 57.7 - - 60.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 183 - - 76 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1761 - - 2851 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 11 - - 24 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 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] 96967 31 262 33 271 27 277 96967 89932 12 292 19 277 14 297 89932 84483 10 329 13 259 10 316 84483 79938 4 024 7 246 9 302 79938 76024 8 105 5 256 6 260 76024 72581 5 071 5 268 6 242 72581 69460 3 299 7 213 8 240 69460 66579 2 008 7 174 8 188 66579 63885 15 284 12 288 6 276 63885 61268 22 249 25 250 18 249 61268 58553 24 234 22 227 24 244 58553 55767 34 251 39 253 40 257 55767 53137 41 245 52 254 52 253 53137 50772 45 264 56 254 57 253 50772 48635 56 276 63 256 60 259 48635 46671 67 272 67 259 65 259 46671 44849 70 274 71 261 70 258 44849 43143 75 277 74 262 73 259 43143 41536 81 278 79 265 75 260 41536 40016 82 277 82 268 79 263 40016 38576 81 276 84 270 84 265 38576 37181 81 276 87 270 87 266 37181 35761 84 276 89 269 90 265 35761 34284 88 277 91 271 93 264 34284 32759 89 280 92 273 95 266 32759 31173 89 283 92 277 94 270 31173 29519 80 286 87 282 87 276 29519 27804 69 288 78 284 77 280 27804 26028 63 286 71 282 69 279 26028 24182 58 282 64 280 66 276 24182 22263 62 279 59 273 64 272 22263 20258 65 274 58 266 60 269 20258 18165 61 271 54 261 56 268 18165 16035 51 269 44 266 49 271 16035 13992 41 269 35 272 41 271 13992 12133 36 275 37 263 33 265 12133 10473 37 271 40 265 36 264 10473 8990 35 266 37 270 37 266 8990 7665 35 263 27 272 34 265 7665 6486 32 268 22 263 30 253 6486 5443 28 269 23 259 32 252 5443 4530 29 270 19*261 20 253 4530 3733 27 279 10*269 10 229 3733 3026 15*284 9 275 8 250 3026 2401 13*286 9 279 6 264 2401 1879 13 286 8 281 5 279 1879 1477 12 286 8 283 5 294 1477 1201 12 286 8 285 4 303 1201 1033 11 286 7 285 4*311 1033 938 9 287 6 285 2*313 938 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