DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/07 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 - - - 51.2 - - 57.5 - - 60.8 - - 49.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 47 - - 154 - - 3 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1060 - - 2241 - - 3452 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 920 - - 1985 - - 920 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1949 - - 3130 - - 4341 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 655 - - 1411 - - 3760 - - 100 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 156 - - 289 - - 114 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 20 - - 22 - - 22 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 288 - - 282 - - 277 - - 272 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 13 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -4 - - -3 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -502 - - -1601 - - -1727 - - -2465 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2451 - - 4732 - - 6068 - - 3401 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5159 - - -4566 - - -3023 - - -5643 ODpotential blCL - - - 7108 - - 7696 - - 7364 - - 6579 blCL maxRH - - - 77 - - 65 - - 89 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 51.2 - - 57.5 - - 60.8 - - 49.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 43.5 - - 39.8 - - 37.1 - - 38.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 51.1 - - 56.8 - - 61.0 - - 52.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 42.7 - - 39.1 - - 36.7 - - 37.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 47 - - 154 - - 3 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1060 - - 2241 - - 3452 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 10 - - 0 - - 57 - - 69 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 96635 13 055 10 085 8 018 5 034 96635 89386 10 088 7 040 3 066 3 001 89386 83780 7 349 5 003 1 011 3 317 83780 79119 12 316 9 272 10 268 7 258 79119 75096 13 285 14 291 19 304 12 321 75096 71537 22 279 26 267 34 269 26 299 71537 68328 22 270 23 262 31 273 38 291 68328 65381 25 295 33 289 35 279 38 275 65381 62623 33 296 38 287 31 269 36 269 62623 59918 40 291 36 280 33 269 40 277 59918 57081 46 285 37 275 38 277 47 278 57081 54127 56 276 45 274 47 278 52 277 54127 51302 55 262 53 269 55 272 57 273 51302 48764 55 259 59 261 55 263 58 267 48764 46497 57 261 55 258 55 258 53 262 46497 44440 59 263 55 263 53 261 48 260 44440 42551 59 264 56 262 49 262 44 264 42551 40808 57 268 57 262 48 262 44 274 40808 39192 63 271 61 262 49 268 48 280 39192 37692 72 264 64 257 55 274 45 279 37692 36291 69 255 62 249 57 264 41 279 36291 34952 68 250 60 248 53 254 35 286 34952 33607 69 247 62 251 48 248 30 301 33607 32225 73 247 66 251 45 249 28 332 32225 30808 72 244 67 249 48 253 32 350 30808 29339 68 240 64 246 51 256 36 359 29339 27803 65 242 63 245 53 257 37 005 27803 26200 69 246 63 247 51 258 36 007 26200 24529 71 247 58 251 48 256 33 359 24529 22792 61 250 49 256 43 251 29 339 22792 20993 43 253 45 259 41 252 28 319 20993 19122 39 257 42 260 38 255 31 302 19122 17171 40 262 38 258 36 264 33 285 17171 15179 40 264 34 263 38 273 32 278 15179 13258 38 265 33 276 36 278 34 279 13258 11512 37 268 36 281 32 279 33 280 11512 9961 37 272 37 281 32 288 34 284 9961 8578 36 280 36 283 36 298 32 280 8578 7344 33 286 36 288 37 298 30 279 7344 6245 31 290 36 290 34 294 25 282 6245 5271 31 295 36 294 29 284 22 283 5271 4410 31 298 35 294 26*278 22 283 4410 3646 31 299 34*292 25*277 22 284 3646 2962 30 301 27*285 24 277 21 285 2962 2356 29*298 23 282 23 277 21 286 2356 1849 24*290 22 281 22 277 19 286 1849 1459 22 288 21 281 20 277 17 285 1459 1191 20 287 19 280 18 277 14 281 1191 1029 17 286 17 281 16 277 12*278 1029 936 13 286 14 280 12 276 5*272 936 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