DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 12/18 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 - - - - - - 46.5 - - 34.5 - - 30.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -92 - - -22 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 47 - - 46 - - 1712 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 919 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 936 - - 935 - - 2601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 786 - - 1727 - - 704 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 53 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 12 - - 31 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 180 - - 264 - - 264 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 1177 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 936 - - 935 - - 1424 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3787 - - -1348 - - 456 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4723 - - 2283 - - 2145 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 97 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 150 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 46.5 - - 34.5 - - 30.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.5 - - 33.3 - - 27.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 50.5 - - 35.9 - - 31.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.3 - - 33.1 - - 26.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -92 - - -22 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 47 - - 46 - - 1712 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 89 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 3 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] 96160 21 273 26 288 14 268 96160 89192 13 262 18 250 18 275 89192 83736 12 261 16 261 14 236 83736 79156 18 246 20 253 18 246 79156 75180 17 257 16 249 22 267 75180 71630 20 266 18 257 20 271 71630 68381 18 245 21 249 21 273 68381 65389 14 257 21 240 22 276 65389 62616 17 282 18 238 22 263 62616 59920 25 273 16 251 11 240 59920 57098 38 254 25 258 15 263 57098 54140 40 247 32 249 28 260 54140 51290 48 249 41 235 41 242 51290 48719 52 244 44 220 50 222 48719 46401 59 237 48 235 44 217 46401 44284 59 230 50 236 45 223 44284 42350 63 218 66 232 48 233 42350 40577 59 208 76 229 44 239 40577 38942 57 216 76 226 47 244 38942 37417 72 220 75 218 59 240 37417 35987 87 212 80 218 67 229 35987 34613 91 205 91 213 69 221 34613 33234 92 202 93 203 78 213 33234 31829 94 198 100 203 89 208 31829 30408 93 197 106 203 109 199 30408 28947 94 199 104 204 127 195 28947 27420 92 200 92 202 128 191 27420 25823 87 201 90 203 118 190 25823 24152 82 205 89 204 109 187 24152 22403 80 211 85 204 111 188 22403 20584 76 213 80 203 114 196 20584 18697 71 212 74 199 103 203 18697 16742 75 213 65 195 80 208 16742 14760 78 204 58 197 62 207 14760 12860 73 197 70 211 49 208 12860 11138 64 200 64 225 38 220 11138 9612 65 205 51 230 41 236 9612 8258 68 208 41 232 47 236 8258 7056 65 211 38 235 47 236 7056 5991 62 213 34 242 45 236 5991 5049 63 212 32 253 41 239 5049 4220 66 207 35 271 39 251 4220 3491 64 202 40 280 36 262 3491 2844 60 196 40 281 36*265 2844 2273 54 191 36 278 36*265 2273 1796 47 186 31 274 35 264 1796 1429 41 184 25 269 32 264 1429 1176 33 182 20 267 28 263 1176 1023 28*181 17 266 25 263 1023 935 18*180 12*264 17 263 935 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