DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/25 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 74.5 - - 72.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 85 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4102 - - 4012 - - 1778 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3388 - - 3027 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4991 - - 4901 - - 2667 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2311 - - 3779 - - 4809 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 367 - - 311 - - 95 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 303 - - 295 - - 321 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -2 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 942 - - 420 - - -1017 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4049 - - 4481 - - 3685 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -356 - - -1009 - - -2777 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5347 - - 5910 - - 5444 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 76 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 200 - - 270 - - 150 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 74.5 - - 72.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.4 - - 58.0 - - 59.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.2 - - 74.0 - - 73.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.1 - - 56.7 - - 58.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 85 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4102 - - 4012 - - 1778 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 17 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 10 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] 99247 26 104 20 095 24 079 99247 91715 26 102 24 094 25 089 91715 85897 26 088 22 097 26 083 85897 81091 22 081 22 094 21 078 81091 76969 17 089 16 091 13 096 76969 73317 14 075 13 097 9 119 73317 69999 7 049 7 094 3 136 69999 66938 4 215 1 046 3 135 66938 64091 0 195 2 304 6 314 64091 61343 11 282 10 305 16 318 61343 58498 14 287 21 269 25 286 58498 55548 18 290 18 263 24 269 55548 52727 36 293 35 298 34 291 52727 50196 45 274 48 279 44 280 50196 47939 39 279 43 273 43 282 47939 45896 50 288 49 288 55 296 45896 44050 67 286 78 291 80 285 44050 42378 74 284 86 278 84 280 42378 40832 89 292 80 280 86 280 40832 39383 111 295 89 294 88 279 39383 38014 108 288 99 289 87 280 38014 36683 107 286 103 283 85 282 36683 35324 107 286 102 282 83 283 35324 33907 107 287 98 284 81 284 33907 32436 106 286 96 286 80 284 32436 30897 103 285 95 288 77 284 30897 29278 100 294 91 291 74 284 29278 27580 83 293 81 291 63 286 27580 25803 69 284 70 287 57 283 25803 23950 66 277 70 278 62 282 23950 22028 62 274 69 281 60 285 22028 20028 60 271 59 286 51 288 20028 17949 55 277 52 283 41 288 17949 15834 43 283 45 282 34 291 15834 13800 31 286 34 277 28 296 13800 11954 25 282 27 273 25 302 11954 10321 22 284 21 277 17 306 10321 8876 21 289 17 304 10 306 8876 7592 19 291 15 308 10 296 7592 6449 18 291 11 296 12 283 6449 5435 17*291 10*290 10 287 5435 4540 14*295 9*291 7 297 4540 3748 13 301 9 293 6 307 3748 3038 12 303 9 294 6*312 3038 2409 12 305 9 295 6*316 2409 1884 12 305 8 296 5 319 1884 1481 11 306 8 297 5 322 1481 1203 11 306 8 297 5 323 1203 1034 10 307 7 297 4 324 1034 938 8 306 6 298 3 324 938 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