DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/14 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 32.3 - - 37.0 - - 35.5 - - 33.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 85 - - 196 - - 36 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1713 - - 2503 - - 2155 - - 321 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 918 - - 2276 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2602 - - 3392 - - 3044 - - 1210 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 867 - - 768 - - 1413 - - 1664 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 218 - - 324 - - 177 - - 32 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 10 - - 12 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - 113 - - 124 - - 135 - - 097 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 2 - - 5 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -649 - - 109 - - 1182 - - -406 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3251 - - 3283 - - 1862 - - 1616 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11143 - - -3709 - - 748 - - -10718 ODpotential blCL - - - 13745 - - 7101 - - 2296 - - 11928 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 97 - - 101 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 32.3 - - 37.0 - - 35.5 - - 33.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.6 - - 26.1 - - 31.0 - - 29.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 31.8 - - 36.0 - - 35.5 - - 34.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.4 - - 25.0 - - 30.4 - - 29.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 85 - - 196 - - 36 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1713 - - 2503 - - 2155 - - 321 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 85 - - 88 - - 102 - - 77 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96369 5 204 3 245 10 204 17 257 96369 89189 3 128 8 167 10 247 11 287 89189 83628 5 277 4 300 11 223 15 279 83628 78996 6 310 6 256 9 281 9 285 78996 74979 15 299 13 280 15 285 7 289 74979 71403 19 277 20 268 18 285 18 283 71403 68163 17 249 20 241 20 278 21 292 68163 65185 28 271 27 276 29 284 33 295 65185 62416 33 269 43 270 37 273 41 281 62416 59705 30 291 43 281 38 281 37 282 59705 56859 59 301 54 284 55 288 50 283 56859 53921 71 285 66 276 64 278 60 280 53921 51136 71 279 65 272 66 273 68 275 51136 48647 67 284 66 278 68 274 67 272 48647 46421 74 290 73 284 71 281 67 277 46421 44399 90 288 87 286 81 286 78 280 44399 42553 103 281 100 279 92 280 85 276 42553 40870 109 277 105 274 99 274 86 274 40870 39336 114 272 107 271 95 270 91 274 39336 37919 116 269 107 268 89 268 93 272 37919 36590 113 269 105 266 84 274 89 270 36590 35306 110 275 99 269 85 282 85 270 35306 33998 110 280 95 274 87 279 84 269 33998 32635 111 281 97 275 88 273 83 270 32635 31222 110 280 99 277 86 273 79 272 31222 29745 107 281 95 278 83 275 76 272 29745 28191 101 282 87 280 80 279 72 266 28191 26563 95 283 83 283 78 284 66 257 26563 24857 90 281 81 282 75 281 62 257 24857 23076 89 278 80 278 72 277 59 259 23076 21222 87 273 76 271 69 276 56 261 21222 19288 86 272 75 266 62 271 51 262 19288 17271 81 279 73 265 58 266 48 261 17271 15214 74 281 67 268 55 263 47 263 15214 13233 63 274 54 271 54 260 50 265 13233 11430 59 269 47 272 48 261 45 256 11430 9834 39 295 42 269 43 257 37 238 9834 8425 25 294 21 287 40 243 33 232 8425 7182 20 275 15 271 26 235 33 215 7182 6086 15 275 14 262 10 238 27 193 6086 5118 7 284 7 256 5 168 21 170 5118 4269 1 194 5 186 11 142 23 153 4269 3524 7 128 9*132 13*140 25 137 3524 2865 11*112 10*128 13*138 24 125 2865 2285 11*112 10 126 12 136 22 114 2285 1803 10 113 10 124 12 135 20 103 1803 1433 10 113 10 123 11 134 18*099 1433 1178 9 113 9 122 11 133 16*098 1178 1023 9 113 9 122 10 133 14 097 1023 935 7 113 8 122 8 133 10 096 935 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