DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/04 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.1 - - 77.6 - - 72.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 267 - - 137 - - -48 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7635 - - 9749 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6357 - - 7578 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8524 - - 10638 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1239 - - 2296 - - 11770 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 527 - - 466 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 27 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 255 - - 247 - - 231 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -515 - - 1003 - - -5988 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9039 - - 9636 - - 6925 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3455 - - -792 - - -7591 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11979 - - 11430 - - 8528 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 62 - - 62 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 60 - - 310 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.1 - - 77.6 - - 72.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.1 - - 37.9 - - 44.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.9 - - 77.0 - - 74.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.9 - - 36.7 - - 44.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 267 - - 137 - - -48 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7635 - - 9749 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 31 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 7 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] 97827 7 216 14 258 11 272 97827 90380 10 215 10 239 9 250 90380 84640 17 235 12 260 6 245 84640 79854 16 206 17 245 12 256 79854 75729 8 197 10 223 12 232 75729 72069 14 228 10 239 8 243 72069 68724 11 232 14 224 16 254 68724 65642 12 260 14 262 15 265 65642 62784 17 248 25 251 22 266 62784 60021 21 258 24 257 25 264 60021 57140 25 267 27 268 24 278 57140 54141 31 271 35 269 35 279 54141 51284 36 271 36 262 44 272 51284 48734 36 273 37 267 47 273 48734 46475 40 283 42 272 51 274 46475 44447 49 278 43 277 52 268 44447 42602 50 273 47 282 49 267 42602 40912 49 275 53 274 51 272 40912 39365 48 277 54 265 56 272 39365 37939 51 280 47 272 50 266 37939 36609 52 278 49 282 45 272 36609 35327 51 276 51 277 45 272 35327 34025 48 274 47 268 48 269 34025 32674 45 277 46 270 49 268 32674 31278 43 279 49 277 47 264 31278 29819 44 276 48 275 46 264 29819 28286 46 272 47 268 50 267 28286 26681 46 269 48 264 53 269 26681 25000 44 264 49 262 54 268 25000 23245 44 260 45 260 50 264 23245 21416 43 260 40 260 48 260 21416 19507 40 260 41 262 45 259 19507 17517 37 259 42 266 41 263 17517 15496 36 258 43 268 37 265 15496 13557 33 261 44 266 35 267 13557 11791 34 258 38*260 34 266 11791 10212 28 263 31*251 31 263 10212 8801 29*267 30 249 31 261 8801 7539 28*266 29 249 30 258 7539 6413 28 265 28 248 30 255 6413 5410 25 259 27 247 30 253 5410 4523 24 254 26 246 30 250 4523 3736 23 251 26 245 29 248 3736 3030 22 248 25 245 29 245 3030 2404 21 247 24 245 28 243 2404 1881 21 245 23 244 26 241 1881 1479 20 245 23 244 23 238 1479 1202 19 244 21 244 18 235 1202 1034 18 244 20 243 15 234 1034 937 15 244 16 243 9*231 937 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