DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/29 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.7 - - 78.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - 39 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3524 - - 3553 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2820 - - 1916 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4413 - - 4442 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1849 - - 1676 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 320 - - 236 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 200 - - 189 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 12 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -8 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -509 - - 146 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4922 - - 4296 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5479 - - -3161 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9892 - - 7603 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 98 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.7 - - 78.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.4 - - 62.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.0 - - 77.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.0 - - 61.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - 39 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3524 - - 3553 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 68 - - 91 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - - 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] 99192 22 092 13 115 99192 91767 19 111 10 097 91767 86017 7 091 9 095 86017 81218 4 102 9 083 81218 77087 6 105 5 111 77087 73453 5 084 4 200 73453 70158 8 077 6 182 70158 67113 4 034 2 024 67113 64293 3 335 7 332 64293 61580 9 300 11 280 61580 58760 11 301 15 305 58760 55828 20 321 19 310 55828 53040 31 322 29 315 53040 50570 38 303 26 290 50570 48370 33 294 27 293 48370 46371 32 321 44 326 46371 44555 47 315 56 305 44555 42899 49 318 51 297 42899 41363 53 324 48 301 41363 39913 50 317 49 300 39913 38534 47 323 45 295 38534 37193 44 322 42 290 37193 35822 46 312 40 288 35822 34393 46 308 36 290 34393 32908 42 302 32 298 32908 31352 38 299 31 301 31352 29714 40 298 32 297 29714 27996 45 296 32 296 27996 26196 49 291 30 294 26196 24317 49 285 29 294 24317 22365 43 278 37 298 22365 20333 40 275 38 300 20333 18217 38 274 37 307 18217 16062 37 268 36 306 16062 13987 31 264 43 293 13987 12102 25 263 45 277 12102 10434 18 265 35 252 10434 8958 7 261 18 207 8958 7651 5 222 13 190 7651 6494 8 216 17 199 6494 5469 12 219 21 200 5469 4567 13*215 22*194 4567 3769 14*206 20*192 3769 3054 14 202 19 191 3054 2421 14 200 18 190 2421 1892 14 198 15 188 1892 1485 14 198 13 186 1485 1205 13 197 12 185 1205 1036 12 196 11 184 1036 938 10 196 9 184 938 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