DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/28 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.8 - - 48.9 - - 41.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -12 - - -5 - - 14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 47 - - 47 - - 693 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 920 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 936 - - 936 - - 1582 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 293 - - 430 - - 1440 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 93 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 26 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 319 - - 309 - - 280 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 646 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 936 - - 936 - - 936 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5310 - - -5731 - - 226 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6246 - - 6667 - - 1356 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 230 - - 170 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.8 - - 48.9 - - 41.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.8 - - 48.8 - - 40.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.9 - - 49.7 - - 41.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.9 - - 49.4 - - 40.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -12 - - -5 - - 14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 47 - - 47 - - 693 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 103 - - 101 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 5 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] 95495 30 298 39 294 42 315 95495 88630 27 296 28 292 36 296 88630 83251 27 304 23 301 24 286 83251 78752 27 294 25 293 20 298 78752 74849 23 282 27 289 27 303 74849 71374 21 289 31 282 28 279 71374 68220 23 277 30 253 30 271 68220 65298 24 301 28 259 31 249 65298 62547 41 277 38 256 41 285 62547 59877 44 252 44 262 52 263 59877 57108 34 252 56 263 52 256 57108 54207 50 257 59 254 53 258 54207 51399 66 258 67 246 58 248 51399 48858 79 257 80 244 73 254 48858 46582 83 253 76 243 88 248 46582 44541 86 254 81 252 90 242 44541 42692 102 253 106 254 95 242 42692 40995 114 251 126 248 111 241 40995 39419 110 248 123 241 124 235 39419 37946 112 251 119 242 127 230 37946 36564 118 251 125 243 121 226 36564 35237 112 247 126 241 115 228 35237 33902 100 243 125 241 122 230 33902 32526 89 238 124 241 137 231 32526 31104 82 231 117 242 143 231 31104 29614 77 227 108 241 139 232 29614 28050 75 226 101 239 126 232 28050 26414 74 227 94 238 111 230 26414 24709 75 230 88 237 106 227 24709 22937 74 236 81 237 106 229 22937 21100 71 242 73 234 100 231 21100 19196 68 245 71 231 90 230 19196 17215 64 245 69 231 82 228 17215 15198 58 243 61 231 73 228 15198 13252 56 238 60 232 66 230 13252 11478 54 234 50 235 58 234 11478 9898 52 229 47 239 48 238 9898 8495 49 221 43 236 44 242 8495 7249 46 213 36 230 46 243 7249 6142 44 206 29 225 41 247 6142 5165 43 200 23 220 34 268 5165 4309 42 197 17 215 34 284 4309 3560 40 193 12 212 36 292 3560 2893 36 188 8 202 37 289 2893 2307 30 182 5 147 36 285 2307 1818 21 177 7 098 35*283 1818 1442 11 178 7 084 31*281 1442 1183 3 188 2 029 28 280 1183 1026 1 251 4 321 24 279 1026 936 3*319 4*309 18 279 936 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