DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/28 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 - - - 23.2 - - 28.5 - - 29.5 - - 28.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 43 - - 173 - - 36 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 716 - - 2662 - - 3399 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 918 - - 2321 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1605 - - 3551 - - 4288 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1422 - - 988 - - 563 - - 4122 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 128 - - 314 - - 206 - - 13 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 14 - - 10 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 308 - - 306 - - 305 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -865 - - 352 - - 801 - - -1986 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2470 - - 3199 - - 3487 - - 2921 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2433 - - -4235 - - 329 - - -2442 ODpotential blCL - - - 4038 - - 7786 - - 3959 - - 3377 blCL maxRH - - - 78 - - 88 - - 98 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 23.2 - - 28.5 - - 29.5 - - 28.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 16.2 - - 18.1 - - 17.9 - - 19.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 23.1 - - 27.6 - - 29.5 - - 29.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 15.7 - - 17.0 - - 17.0 - - 18.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 43 - - 173 - - 36 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 716 - - 2662 - - 3399 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 10 - - 51 - - 93 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96060 35 045 21 041 18 026 16 007 96060 89012 24 041 21 041 12 036 16 010 89012 83492 15 044 11 041 8 040 13 006 83492 78869 7 012 5 339 9 330 14 348 78869 74866 6 305 6 268 9 299 6 326 74866 71301 12 297 9 284 14 289 9 312 71301 68041 11 297 12 260 17 276 10 294 68041 65022 14 299 14 275 17 284 16 291 65022 62212 26 279 26 275 25 278 26 279 62212 59483 24 267 26 282 25 279 27 277 59483 56628 21 288 31 291 32 284 34 281 56628 53660 35 296 40 281 44 282 46 284 53660 50838 43 292 45 275 51 279 53 277 50838 48319 46 290 46 281 51 279 56 273 48319 46083 48 295 51 285 56 281 56 276 46083 44061 57 300 55 285 61 283 57 283 44061 42210 65 296 59 287 63 284 69 282 42210 40509 65 295 65 291 67 285 74 274 40509 38940 67 305 72 292 71 284 69 277 38940 37479 85 300 77 289 76 288 82 288 37479 36125 93 295 84 287 96 288 102 285 36125 34838 96 297 86 285 105 283 100 280 34838 33540 99 298 83 285 101 284 98 290 33540 32196 96 298 78 285 100 289 105 292 32196 30803 92 303 74 287 102 292 102 289 30803 29344 94 308 74 290 102 293 98 288 29344 27805 95 311 76 292 98 295 95 294 27805 26185 92 312 78 293 91 296 92 295 26185 24490 90 314 71 294 83 294 85 294 24490 22723 88 315 69 299 72 296 74 294 22723 20889 84 317 68 301 63 302 58 294 20889 18981 79 315 64 304 61 303 50 298 18981 16993 71 314 61 306 59 305 54 302 16993 14962 56 316 55 309 53 305 55 305 14962 13002 44 318 44 310 47 308 49 303 13002 11225 38 320 34 310 39 307 39 307 11225 9655 34 321 30 314 28 304 30 310 9655 8271 30 324 26 318 23 306 21 307 8271 7051 27 326 23 319 20 307 16 307 7051 5975 24 324 22 319 17 310 13 302 5975 5034 21 322 19 314 14*306 10 292 5034 4213 20 319 17*312 11*305 8 287 4213 3491 20 325 15*308 11 305 6 282 3491 2844 23 329 15 307 10 305 6 276 2844 2272 23 327 14 306 10 305 5 267 2272 1794 19*318 14 305 9 304 4 257 1794 1427 15*310 13 305 9 304 4 247 1427 1175 14 308 12 305 8 304 3 237 1175 1022 12 307 11 304 8 304 3*224 1022 935 9 306 10 303 6 303 2*215 935 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