DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/29 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 - - - - - - 20.1 - - 18.1 - - 15.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 15 - - 2 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2022 - - 2072 - - 1450 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 917 - - 917 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2911 - - 2961 - - 2339 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1457 - - 1307 - - 1446 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 135 - - 86 - - 50 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 30 - - 27 - - 26 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 316 - - 312 - - 313 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 18 - - 16 - - 18 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1006 - - 1038 - - 532 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1905 - - 1923 - - 1807 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 453 - - 502 - - 66 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2458 - - 2459 - - 2273 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 20.1 - - 18.1 - - 15.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 15.3 - - 13.4 - - 11.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 20.1 - - 18.3 - - 15.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 14.6 - - 12.8 - - 10.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 15 - - 2 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2022 - - 2072 - - 1450 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 103 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 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] 95393 40 279 51 282 49 272 95393 88326 36 283 48 272 55 264 88326 82889 34 288 42 265 53 264 82889 78368 29 278 38 255 48 254 78368 74450 21 267 34 253 40 254 74450 70948 30 288 31 261 40 257 70948 67741 38 274 39 268 45 263 67741 64764 42 261 50 266 46 267 64764 61980 46 259 53 255 49 266 61980 59266 50 258 54 253 47 264 59266 56430 48 264 52 253 49 268 56430 53483 54 268 46 257 53 274 53483 50666 50 273 46 261 61 273 50666 48129 51 273 53 270 62 274 48129 45854 55 274 59 271 68 275 45854 43791 59 272 60 272 68 274 43791 41906 58 268 58 274 61 277 41906 40174 57 272 56 277 60 282 40174 38576 55 278 56 280 59 285 38576 37093 53 286 56 281 56 287 37093 35710 54 290 54 279 49 288 35710 34389 57 291 50 282 44 300 34389 33069 52 290 48 294 49 313 33069 31722 47 298 54 305 57 313 31722 30344 47 311 58 309 59 308 30344 28911 51 319 58 313 58 307 28911 27403 57 328 59 316 59 307 27403 25820 61 329 59 317 59 307 25820 24158 59 325 59 316 58 310 24158 22420 57 323 58 315 56 314 22420 20609 57 321 57 313 55 317 20609 18717 54 320 58 310 58 318 18717 16743 49 316 57 310 59 321 16743 14731 50 307 51 311 55 323 14731 12801 53 304 48 313 49 322 12801 11053 51 306 48 318 45 323 11053 9507 49 310 48 326 44 329 9507 8141 46 316 43 333 44 334 8141 6936 42 326 40 335 41 336 6936 5871 37 337 37 335 39 336 5871 4935 38 336 35 332 39 336 4935 4121 38 330 34 326 39 332 4121 3415 36*323 32*317 36 322 3415 2786 35*320 31*315 34*319 2786 2231 33 318 30 313 32*316 2231 1768 31 316 28 312 30 314 1768 1412 29 314 26 311 26 312 1412 1167 26 313 23 310 23 310 1167 1018 22 312 20 309 19 310 1018 934 17 312 15 308 14 309 934 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