DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/07 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 - - - - - - 36.5 - - 37.3 - - 38.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - 34 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 490 - - 316 - - 150 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1379 - - 1205 - - 1039 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 788 - - 737 - - 827 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 130 - - 90 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 226 - - 200 - - 179 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 444 - - 270 - - 104 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 935 - - 935 - - 935 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 369 - - 211 - - -164 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1010 - - 994 - - 1203 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 36.5 - - 37.3 - - 38.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.9 - - 37.1 - - 38.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 36.1 - - 37.2 - - 39.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.5 - - 36.8 - - 38.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - 34 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 490 - - 316 - - 150 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 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] 96213 48 259 49 267 42 269 96213 89052 23 267 28 267 25 263 89052 83564 19 267 19 269 15 266 83564 78999 12 259 19 254 18 256 78999 75068 12 297 15 254 18 244 75068 71595 21 297 20 298 17 251 71595 68429 29 269 26 269 21 273 68429 65485 28 271 30 265 32 280 65485 62718 41 271 41 265 33 276 62718 60009 50 260 47 271 45 269 60009 57183 41 268 45 273 45 271 57183 54250 44 281 48 273 52 281 54250 51447 53 281 47 277 59 271 51447 48930 60 275 55 278 57 268 48930 46674 61 272 60 278 55 274 46674 44631 60 274 66 279 61 277 44631 42781 63 280 70 277 67 278 42781 41096 65 282 71 271 71 279 41096 39542 64 284 68 270 70 276 39542 38094 66 285 65 270 63 274 38094 36738 70 283 58 277 56 275 36738 35435 75 277 57 281 52 275 35435 34115 74 271 56 280 44 273 34115 32745 69 274 54 275 38 269 32745 31328 66 278 54 270 34 268 31328 29849 66 281 54 266 34 268 29849 28293 67 284 53 271 35 269 28293 26657 68 283 55 272 36 263 26657 24942 72 282 58 273 42 281 24942 23155 73 281 57 276 48 284 23155 21298 69 282 59 278 50 282 21298 19364 66 282 61 278 51 282 19364 17353 58 284 53 280 48 279 17353 15309 45 289 44 281 47 279 15309 13350 38 291 36 279 49 281 13350 11578 40 289 34 275 47 278 11578 9998 35 288 36 271 44 278 9998 8589 35 290 32 270 33 272 8589 7336 38 289 31 265 32 259 7336 6222 32 297 30 258 30 245 6222 5237 26 286 22 259 34 230 5237 4369 21 275 19 256 34 229 4369 3601 20 270 18 257 33 222 3601 2915 20 267 14 256 33 217 2915 2312 15 257 12 230 30 208 2312 1816 10 229 11 206 25 192 1816 1440 10*227 10*202 19 182 1440 1182 9*227 9*201 16*180 1182 1025 8 226 7 200 13*179 1025 935 7 225 6 200 8 179 935 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