DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/01 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 90.3 - - 90.8 - - 87.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 207 - - 116 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3697 - - 3967 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3217 - - 3151 - - 923 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4586 - - 4856 - - 939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1421 - - 1665 - - 5347 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 388 - - 335 - - 32 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 21 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 223 - - 221 - - 221 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -6 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -797 - - -614 - - -3280 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5383 - - 5470 - - 4220 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4573 - - -4345 - - -6621 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9159 - - 9201 - - 7560 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 66 - - 84 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1860 - - 2070 - - 2450 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 90.3 - - 90.8 - - 87.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.6 - - 69.8 - - 71.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.2 - - 90.2 - - 88.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.5 - - 68.8 - - 70.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 207 - - 116 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3697 - - 3967 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 36 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 17 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] 99459 29 106 26 093 33 082 99459 91914 24 099 23 106 25 073 91914 86115 23 098 18 098 19 085 86115 81294 25 088 19 084 21 096 81294 77140 23 088 14 085 21 098 77140 73479 17 083 14 110 11 098 73479 70189 9 052 13 091 8 108 70189 67175 5 093 7 043 9 080 67175 64377 7 122 4 198 8 317 64377 61672 5 155 11 154 9 250 61672 58866 8 254 9 229 8 212 58866 55997 14 233 17 238 15 235 55997 53316 15 199 20 214 22 226 53316 50932 14 211 22 190 24 210 50932 48782 18 232 21 210 23 223 48782 46811 25 234 29 234 31 241 46811 44991 27 229 31 234 36 239 44991 43302 29 235 31 229 36 234 43302 41724 31 232 31 226 37 228 41724 40242 33 228 31 227 35 225 40242 38840 33 229 33 227 32 223 38840 37477 29 235 34 226 31 228 37477 36087 28 242 36 225 33 236 36087 34639 31 247 36 225 35 238 34639 33141 34 240 36 229 37 238 33141 31573 33 235 36 232 36 235 31573 29924 30 232 34 234 35 234 29924 28195 32 235 33 234 32 238 28195 26391 34 240 31 238 26 240 26391 24513 36 241 29 247 29 246 24513 22566 37 245 33 251 31 251 22566 20544 38 248 35 252 31 251 20544 18440 40 244 35 253 29 252 18440 16295 41 240 37 252 30 255 16295 14225 44 237 40 249 33 251 14225 12338 45 236 42 245 37 246 12338 10657 42 234 42 243 38 243 10657 9160 38 232 39 241 36 241 9160 7828 34 230 34 237 33 240 7828 6645 30 231 28 233 30 235 6645 5597 26 233 24*226 29 225 5597 4671 21*229 22*222 27 223 4671 3851 20*224 22 221 26 224 3851 3115 19 223 22 221 25 224 3115 2464 19 223 21 221 24 223 2464 1920 18 222 21 220 22 223 1920 1502 18 222 20 220 19 222 1502 1214 17 222 19 220 16 222 1214 1039 16 222 17 220 13*221 1039 939 13 222 14 220 9*221 939 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