DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/02 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.1 - - 52.5 - - 51.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 122 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6274 - - 6586 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4781 - - 5031 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7163 - - 7475 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2988 - - 2688 - - 8197 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 378 - - 387 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 15 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 317 - - 287 - - 240 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 15 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1303 - - 1143 - - -4556 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5860 - - 6332 - - 5492 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 445 - - 44 - - -5585 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6718 - - 7431 - - 6521 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 50 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.1 - - 52.5 - - 51.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 27.7 - - 27.9 - - 30.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.3 - - 51.8 - - 52.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.5 - - 26.8 - - 29.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 122 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6274 - - 6586 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 29 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 97654 16 236 12 246 20 239 97654 90238 17 224 21 252 18 265 90238 84542 11 192 16 234 13 271 84542 79803 8 207 11 207 12 261 79803 75726 6 226 7 203 10 244 75726 72116 6 239 6 243 8 233 72116 68813 14 224 20 245 13 245 68813 65754 22 209 26 232 23 247 65754 62905 18 200 26 215 21 234 62905 60135 16 258 18 244 19 251 60135 57244 27 257 24 253 23 247 57244 54242 25 248 25 255 23 256 54242 51373 26 261 27 264 23 272 51373 48789 29 264 33 270 27 277 48789 46477 28 263 35 264 30 275 46477 44385 28 265 27 261 26 272 44385 42473 26 265 26 273 26 289 42473 40716 28 280 26 288 29 296 40716 39099 32 280 30 300 31 299 39099 37600 28 283 31 303 32 306 37600 36206 27 296 31 314 36 317 36206 34881 27 311 36 331 38 322 34881 33562 31 328 47 340 44 329 33562 32209 35 335 55 342 52 332 32209 30815 37 340 56 343 55 332 30815 29361 36 343 55 347 55 337 29361 27834 32 345 52 350 53 337 27834 26234 24 338 50 352 48 341 26234 24560 15 335 49 353 43 337 24560 22818 16 340 41 352 38 332 22818 21005 19 342 32 335 37 334 21005 19113 21 340 26 319 36 335 19113 17138 24 339 26 320 34 337 17138 15125 26 337 27 325 31 338 15125 13188 26 334 25 329 28 335 13188 11429 24 334 25 328 28 331 11429 9876 22 329 22 315 28 314 9876 8503 22 329 23*315 26 306 8503 7281 21*328 21*310 22 293 7281 6192 17*324 19 300 20 286 6192 5225 15 320 17 290 18 277 5225 4371 14 318 15 282 17 270 4371 3615 13 316 14 278 16 265 3615 2938 12 315 14 276 15 260 2938 2338 12 315 13 274 15 255 2338 1838 11 314 13 273 14 251 1838 1454 11 314 12 272 13 248 1454 1189 10 313 12 271 11 245 1189 1028 10 313 11 271 9 242 1028 936 8 313 9 271 6*240 936 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