DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/30 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.8 - - 51.2 - - 43.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - 130 - - 14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5649 - - 3497 - - 1094 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4087 - - 2782 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6538 - - 4386 - - 1983 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1887 - - 1678 - - 1228 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 332 - - 316 - - 109 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 025 - - 077 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 4 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - 21 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1486 - - 228 - - -765 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5052 - - 4158 - - 2748 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 854 - - -342 - - -3488 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5684 - - 4728 - - 5471 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.8 - - 51.2 - - 43.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.9 - - 36.2 - - 34.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.2 - - 50.5 - - 43.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.7 - - 35.4 - - 33.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - 130 - - 14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5649 - - 3497 - - 1094 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 89 - - 99 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 97298 12 248 21 257 15 261 97298 89910 10 215 14 263 11 266 89910 84291 8 210 7 222 11 274 84291 79638 8 222 8 196 6 274 79638 75630 0 212 4 222 3 326 75630 72071 7 031 6 217 5 277 72071 68821 2 016 6 227 8 252 68821 65804 3 296 7 246 12 248 65804 62986 7 260 12 243 14 262 62986 60241 14 229 18 240 25 251 60241 57360 14 247 22 237 19 246 57360 54356 26 265 28 261 23 259 54356 51478 31 267 32 275 32 274 51478 48883 41 260 43 274 41 275 48883 46567 37 258 44 269 46 274 46567 44477 32 266 44 265 49 273 44477 42566 39 279 47 268 51 274 42566 40802 48 279 51 274 56 275 40802 39166 54 277 56 277 60 274 39166 37644 57 275 62 277 62 274 37644 36225 58 274 66 273 66 275 36225 34870 60 276 65 271 70 274 34870 33512 64 278 66 273 74 272 33512 32121 69 279 71 276 75 271 32121 30703 72 280 75 277 78 271 30703 29240 71 283 73 279 78 271 29240 27714 71 286 64 281 70 272 27714 26121 67 286 57 279 60 272 26121 24458 61 288 52 275 52 271 24458 22724 55 290 49 275 49 271 22724 20919 52 287 48 278 51 270 20919 19040 52 283 47 281 52 268 19040 17078 49 282 48 276 49 266 17078 15075 43 290 42 265 42 264 15075 13148 34 279 35 251 32 268 13148 11400 28 263 30 250 32 264 11400 9844 23 262 27 249 34 261 9844 8462 20 263 23 243 29 265 8462 7232 17*264 17 238 20 276 7232 6140 15*264 10 236 16 287 6140 5173 11 265 3*267 12 293 5173 4321 10 267 6*018 7 311 4321 3571 9 270 10 025 4 014 3571 2901 9 274 12 026 7 065 2901 2311 9 278 12 026 9*077 2311 1820 8 281 12 026 10*078 1820 1443 8 283 12 026 9 078 1443 1183 8 283 12 026 9 077 1183 1026 7 283 12 026 8 077 1026 935 7 284 10 026 6 077 935 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