DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/10 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.8 - - 75.7 - - 65.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 33 - - -22 - - -61 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1030 - - 49 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 921 - - 921 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1919 - - 938 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 730 - - 3278 - - 145 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 156 - - 34 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 9 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 180 - - 169 - - 152 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2495 - - -4579 - - -2778 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4414 - - 5517 - - 3716 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7894 - - -8554 - - -10006 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9813 - - 9492 - - 10944 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 62 - - 42 - - 46 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.8 - - 75.7 - - 65.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.9 - - 55.0 - - 52.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.8 - - 76.6 - - 68.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.6 - - 53.6 - - 51.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 33 - - -22 - - -61 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1030 - - 49 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 9 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] 97658 31 276 31 265 32 287 97658 90473 19 277 21 286 19 270 90473 84854 11 241 18 293 11 275 84854 80153 11 250 17 278 16 310 80153 76122 10 250 19 256 19 294 76122 72576 9 266 17 241 16 262 72576 69349 19 283 13 256 12 251 69349 66370 27 275 18 273 18 282 66370 63623 31 259 26 269 29 285 63623 60987 35 248 36 263 37 273 60987 58257 36 243 41 256 38 256 58257 55437 37 244 44 250 38 244 55437 52747 39 247 43 242 40 242 52747 50322 40 247 41 235 41 237 50322 48139 38 248 38 236 40 231 48139 46146 34 249 36 235 36 225 46146 44308 31 251 34 236 32 230 44308 42600 29 252 29 238 31 233 42600 41004 25 247 20 236 29 218 41004 39516 39 231 25 234 25 214 39516 38127 52 221 36 221 26 221 38127 36787 52 215 36 209 28 206 36787 35421 48 230 37 216 31 197 35421 33998 29 238 37 230 26 208 33998 32521 16 217 16 240 17 247 32521 30981 15 190 8 234 8 167 30981 29367 14 166 7 185 10 157 29367 27678 13 151 11 159 8 155 27678 25911 11 141 10 139 13 148 25911 24070 8 124 10 129 10 133 24070 22160 2 103 3 113 6 106 22160 20171 2 278 1 261 3 081 20171 18093 5 258 1 228 4 083 18093 15977 6 221 4 187 5 108 15977 13941 6 205 6 179 7 119 13941 12082 9 205 6 210 1 308 12082 10425 11 216 7 222 4 307 10425 8952 13 217 8 214 2 256 8952 7643 15 204 16 201 7 201 7643 6481 21 192 22 198 16 204 6481 5454 22 192 27 198 22 192 5454 4550 22 198 30 191 26 180 4550 3752 25 198 29 185 27 177 3752 3038 29 191 26 178 26 176 3038 2408 29*188 24 175 26 172 2408 1882 25*183 22 173 27 165 1882 1479 20 180 19 171 26 161 1479 1201 18 179 16 170 22 157 1201 1033 16 178 13*169 18*155 1033 938 12 178 9*169 8*152 938 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