DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/03 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.3 - - 62.2 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - 11 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2257 - - 2827 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1747 - - 920 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3146 - - 3716 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 903 - - 552 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 253 - - 167 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 151 - - 171 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -329 - - 275 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3475 - - 3441 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7462 - - -7456 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10608 - - 11172 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 81 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.3 - - 62.2 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.6 - - 50.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.8 - - 62.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.3 - - 49.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - 11 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2257 - - 2827 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 23 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 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] 97831 25 220 27 232 97831 90512 13 231 21 228 90512 84867 11 225 14 236 84867 80186 9 234 8 249 80186 76149 8 254 7 262 76149 72572 10 274 13 272 72572 69346 12 261 16 262 69346 66390 14 267 20 273 66390 63646 20 273 22 266 63646 60976 29 285 22 259 60976 58186 34 272 33 264 58186 55307 45 255 48 260 55307 52574 53 258 53 260 52574 50112 67 264 64 261 50112 47907 79 261 78 258 47907 45908 80 259 83 256 45908 44077 78 257 81 257 44077 42387 75 260 78 258 42387 40819 72 263 76 259 40819 39354 71 263 75 257 39354 37975 71 261 76 256 37975 36641 69 261 73 257 36641 35283 66 261 68 259 35283 33870 62 262 64 259 33870 32406 60 262 59 258 32406 30877 57 265 48 259 30877 29270 50 268 40 261 29270 27583 45 271 36 262 27583 25816 43 270 33 261 25816 23968 40 271 34 260 23968 22046 38 268 36 266 22046 20046 34 266 34 270 20046 17962 28 264 31 269 17962 15841 25 272 28 273 15841 13800 24 288 26 278 13800 11943 22 301 20 284 11943 10289 18 310 12 291 10289 8818 12 311 8 276 8818 7511 8 317 6 259 7511 6354 2 134 6 191 6354 5338 9 158 13 180 5338 4453 12 168 15*178 4453 3677 14*160 13*173 3677 2985 13*154 12 172 2985 2372 13 151 12 171 2372 1860 12 151 11 171 1860 1466 12 150 10 170 1466 1196 11 149 10 170 1196 1031 10 150 9 170 1031 937 8 149 7 170 937 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