DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/29 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.1 - - 58.0 - - 56.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 189 - - 170 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1797 - - 1831 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1768 - - 1735 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2686 - - 2720 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 898 - - 855 - - 1507 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 289 - - 278 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 20 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 205 - - 189 - - 198 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2829 - - -4309 - - -5821 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5515 - - 7029 - - 6759 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11160 - - -12143 - - -13720 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13846 - - 14863 - - 14657 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 85 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.1 - - 58.0 - - 56.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.5 - - 30.7 - - 30.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.1 - - 57.3 - - 58.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.2 - - 29.7 - - 29.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 189 - - 170 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1797 - - 1831 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 52 - - 41 - - 47 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 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] 96425 21 241 25 247 28 277 96425 89157 15 253 17 272 15 255 89157 83540 20 270 18 289 13 267 83540 78890 18 278 20 283 22 284 78890 74925 18 317 12 264 25 276 74925 71439 19 301 16 282 21 286 71439 68277 24 295 27 292 23 270 68277 65355 34 297 34 289 32 296 65355 62649 43 289 42 288 46 295 62649 60033 46 287 48 288 48 285 60033 57277 52 287 57 281 50 286 57277 54394 63 284 63 278 60 286 54394 51640 72 282 70 281 70 285 51640 49160 78 281 78 283 77 284 49160 46931 81 279 83 281 82 282 46931 44911 78 280 82 277 82 279 44911 43071 78 282 77 277 79 279 43071 41392 79 282 76 277 77 284 41392 39853 74 279 73 275 75 286 39853 38430 67 280 72 276 72 285 38430 37097 65 285 70 277 72 282 37097 35809 64 284 69 277 72 278 35809 34496 64 279 70 278 70 277 34496 33130 71 279 72 281 66 276 33130 31715 70 279 74 279 65 276 31715 30234 61 281 74 278 63 277 30234 28676 57 282 69 278 59 278 28676 27040 56 283 62 280 55 281 27040 25324 56 284 58 281 52 285 25324 23533 56 284 56 281 51 288 23533 21669 57 283 56 283 50 289 21669 19728 56 284 56 284 48 283 19728 17702 50 279 58 276 46 272 17702 15628 44 271 57 269 48 273 15628 13622 37 268 45 271 40 287 13622 11792 31 267 34 273 34 287 11792 10162 33 260 36 274 30 278 10162 8714 38 247 36 276 25 282 8714 7431 31 234 37 262 26 278 7431 6298 25 229 34 252 28 259 6298 5301 27 231 28 245 30 233 5301 4428 27 226 25 231 31 214 4428 3658 27 225 25 221 29 209 3658 2969 24*219 23*208 27 208 2969 2360 20*207 21*191 24 207 2360 1851 19 205 21 189 21 206 1851 1461 18 204 20 188 18 204 1461 1193 18 203 19 188 14 202 1193 1029 16 203 18 187 10*201 1029 937 13 203 14 187 5*198 937 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