DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/12 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.1 - - 78.4 - - 78.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 35 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1402 - - 1856 - - 739 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 922 - - 922 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2291 - - 2745 - - 1628 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 965 - - 1497 - - 2810 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 163 - - 182 - - 52 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 9 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 225 - - 291 - - 067 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 808 - - 1171 - - 92 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1483 - - 1574 - - 1536 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 242 - - 411 - - -901 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2049 - - 2334 - - 2529 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2430 - - 2860 - - 2710 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.1 - - 78.4 - - 78.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 73.9 - - 73.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.9 - - 78.2 - - 78.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.4 - - 73.1 - - 73.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 35 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1402 - - 1856 - - 739 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 93 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 18 - - 18 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] 99443 21 100 19 098 22 086 99443 91926 16 108 18 098 19 085 91926 86120 19 106 11 091 16 063 86120 81312 19 096 12 097 11 098 81312 77148 13 082 10 086 11 106 77148 73459 13 096 4 080 5 029 73459 70133 10 054 9 113 3 081 70133 67077 13 338 8 040 8 018 67077 64254 14 293 12 323 11 331 64254 61545 12 294 15 292 17 309 61545 58733 16 304 17 274 23 286 58733 55817 32 318 20 309 24 290 55817 53053 51 301 46 304 39 301 53053 50592 54 280 54 288 46 296 50592 48402 51 276 51 291 57 294 48402 46420 54 298 63 297 62 291 46420 44606 67 300 71 298 64 295 44606 42930 72 296 77 300 73 298 42930 41364 69 292 81 300 79 299 41364 39888 67 291 81 298 81 299 39888 38489 64 290 76 296 79 299 38489 37132 63 291 70 293 75 301 37132 35749 62 294 67 290 72 300 35749 34312 60 296 65 289 67 296 34312 32822 55 290 58 288 63 293 32822 31265 54 276 53 286 60 290 31265 29630 56 275 52 285 55 290 29630 27916 53 280 54 282 55 292 27916 26124 51 276 56 285 55 295 26124 24259 50 281 53 289 51 300 24259 22326 44 285 48 297 46 305 22326 20315 39 291 43 301 41 305 20315 18223 39 293 28 292 34 304 18223 16097 40 292 24 311 31 298 16097 14053 25 289 24 321 24 310 14053 12194 16 313 17 334 20 321 12194 10537 18 320 15 343 12 327 10537 9059 19 302 11 332 9 343 9059 7742 20 281 10 302 7 326 7742 6568 18 272 11 288 11 292 6568 5528 15 263 13 283 12 298 5528 4611 10 252 12 286 8 325 4611 3802 7 239 10 289 4 351 3802 3079 5 224 9*291 3 358 3079 2439 4*232 8*292 2 006 2439 1903 4*228 7 292 1*036 1903 1492 4 224 7 291 1*054 1492 1209 4 224 6 290 1 067 1209 1037 4 224 6 290 1 070 1037 938 4 223 5 288 1 082 938 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