DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/13 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 - - - - - - 68.7 - - 71.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - -35 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1225 - - 49 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 921 - - 922 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2114 - - 938 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1213 - - 1910 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 162 - - 37 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 9 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 215 - - 204 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 728 - - -2482 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1386 - - 3420 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 365 - - -4831 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1749 - - 5769 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 93 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1700 - - 830 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.7 - - 71.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.4 - - 59.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.3 - - 73.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.8 - - 58.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - -35 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1225 - - 49 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 70 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 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] 96573 23 294 32 283 96573 89290 35 277 32 290 89290 83785 33 272 30 289 83785 79267 32 276 29 293 79267 75379 27 282 30 284 75379 71926 29 286 26 276 71926 68762 30 271 18 284 68762 65809 29 246 26 266 65809 63063 27 250 29 252 63063 60408 33 256 27 252 60408 57613 37 259 36 261 57613 54692 50 255 52 254 54692 51911 58 249 56 256 51911 49432 58 254 60 257 49432 47225 61 261 60 258 47225 45238 64 266 74 264 45238 43443 80 265 83 259 43443 41805 80 262 82 256 41805 40288 74 263 78 256 40288 38863 68 263 78 256 38863 37514 67 264 78 255 37514 36202 69 264 75 256 36202 34867 72 264 71 257 34867 33478 71 264 67 256 33478 32040 69 261 65 254 32040 30534 67 257 62 252 30534 28951 65 255 60 251 28951 27292 63 256 56 251 27292 25556 61 257 52 252 25556 23744 59 257 49 248 23744 21857 53 248 48 247 21857 19891 49 245 46 252 19891 17844 35 248 46 255 17844 15758 25 253 49 257 15758 13752 21 238 48 257 13752 11933 22 239 40 255 11933 10317 25 241 27 251 10317 8879 25 245 22 249 8879 7597 25 239 18 242 7597 6454 28 231 16 239 6454 5439 24 230 16 238 5439 4543 18 233 16 238 4543 3749 19 227 17 237 3749 3038 19 221 17 234 3038 2409 18*220 18 227 2409 1884 15*216 20 218 1884 1480 14 216 19 212 1480 1203 13 215 16 207 1203 1034 12 214 13*206 1034 938 9 214 9*204 938 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