DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/17 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 - - - 45.0 - - 53.8 - - 59.4 - - 52.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 13 - - 57 - - 5 - - -55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 169 - - 1032 - - 2218 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 919 - - 920 - - 920 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1058 - - 1921 - - 3107 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 313 - - 566 - - 1407 - - 2039 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 56 - - 163 - - 112 - - 17 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 8 - - 17 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 175 - - 142 - - 146 - - 134 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 3 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -882 - - -1889 - - -2489 - - -2818 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1940 - - 3810 - - 5596 - - 3754 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10135 - - -8819 - - -8556 - - -10123 ODpotential blCL - - - 11193 - - 10740 - - 11663 - - 11059 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 93 - - 94 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 45.0 - - 53.8 - - 59.4 - - 52.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 39.9 - - 40.4 - - 38.1 - - 39.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 45.1 - - 53.5 - - 59.7 - - 55.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.3 - - 39.3 - - 37.4 - - 39.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 13 - - 57 - - 5 - - -55 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 169 - - 1032 - - 2218 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 29 - - 73 - - 77 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 97078 29 090 29 076 26 100 17 095 97078 89900 24 093 17 072 20 087 12 066 89900 84277 17 079 16 098 7 087 8 055 84277 79559 12 065 17 104 7 119 5 034 79559 75489 7 080 13 094 7 071 3 057 75489 71902 7 351 6 050 4 335 1 038 71902 68653 10 291 12 313 7 277 6 302 68653 65660 10 302 15 294 9 297 9 285 65660 62875 21 281 24 276 18 285 11 307 62875 60166 26 268 29 274 30 284 27 304 60166 57330 35 265 44 281 37 279 33 280 57330 54392 47 277 56 270 49 282 39 289 54392 51603 63 267 60 266 60 275 60 277 51603 49125 63 267 65 271 63 273 66 268 49125 46931 75 280 71 275 68 276 65 280 46931 44933 88 282 77 277 71 281 79 285 44933 43087 94 281 84 278 87 280 95 278 43087 41392 98 277 94 277 97 277 105 268 41392 39839 103 274 102 274 110 272 113 263 39839 38407 97 271 99 272 116 271 124 262 38407 37062 89 269 88 271 116 269 123 261 37062 35759 91 268 77 265 111 268 118 260 35759 34432 91 270 79 262 97 266 113 258 34432 33052 86 272 84 265 87 267 104 257 33052 31622 82 275 86 268 86 268 94 259 31622 30128 79 279 80 271 87 267 83 261 30128 28557 71 279 73 270 88 266 74 259 28557 26910 58 275 67 267 81 267 68 257 26910 25187 52 269 62 270 64 270 63 257 25187 23392 49 270 61 274 51 265 55 255 23392 21524 56 265 58 274 48 265 54 258 21524 19581 60 268 47 264 52 262 51 256 19581 17563 49 272 43 262 55 254 33 243 17563 15511 39 281 38 264 43 254 35 254 15511 13532 31 279 33 264 36 228 45 251 13532 11726 30 264 28 265 26 216 44 246 11726 10117 33 257 25 265 12 226 29 231 10117 8686 29 255 24 255 11 203 22 223 8686 7411 23 252 23 237 17 204 21 215 7411 6281 18 216 21 222 21 210 22 196 6281 5283 19 193 16 189 27 189 28 185 5283 4409 17 186 18 182 27 173 33 181 4409 3641 13 168 18 174 23*162 33 167 3641 2956 10 148 15 160 19*149 33 156 2956 2351 6 126 12*150 19 147 32 152 2351 1846 3 155 9*143 18 146 30 147 1846 1458 12 188 8 142 17 145 26 142 1458 1191 11*181 8 142 15 144 20 137 1191 1029 8*176 7 142 14 144 17 136 1029 936 6 175 6 141 10 143 10*134 936 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