DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/16 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.4 - - 69.9 - - 65.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 59 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1150 - - 1545 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 921 - - 921 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2039 - - 2434 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 694 - - 692 - - 1440 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 165 - - 192 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 055 - - 072 - - 065 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -484 - - -311 - - -833 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2523 - - 2745 - - 1770 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6537 - - -6441 - - -7135 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8576 - - 8875 - - 8072 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 50 - - 110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.4 - - 69.9 - - 65.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.8 - - 61.2 - - 60.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.1 - - 69.5 - - 65.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.1 - - 60.5 - - 60.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 59 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1150 - - 1545 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 98 - - 88 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 12 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] 99148 16 089 7 084 15 081 99148 91792 13 107 7 118 11 041 91792 86077 9 117 5 099 8 069 86077 81299 8 129 5 163 5 039 81299 77183 1 111 8 140 3 337 77183 73540 5 221 6 144 7 190 73540 70220 10 241 6 222 5 243 70220 67160 14 245 11 241 9 255 67160 64348 19 239 14 250 17 263 64348 61663 18 234 23 251 22 254 61663 58890 24 233 29 248 26 254 58890 56051 31 247 35 249 34 254 56051 53389 36 251 38 243 36 255 53389 51010 38 253 37 238 36 259 51010 48874 37 260 36 246 38 253 48874 46924 46 268 44 263 40 252 46924 45128 57 263 54 265 44 259 45128 43460 58 261 52 258 49 258 43460 41892 57 259 48 251 51 249 41892 40409 56 251 48 247 52 244 40409 39000 52 244 47 244 50 245 39000 37630 47 240 47 244 49 248 37630 36233 45 240 47 245 48 252 36233 34783 43 242 49 245 46 259 34783 33277 39 243 48 248 46 260 33277 31699 38 247 45 252 47 258 31699 30037 40 251 42 259 45 256 30037 28294 40 251 43 260 41 249 28294 26469 37 250 42 252 36 258 26469 24565 35 259 33 252 32 253 24565 22582 36 266 27 262 33 243 22582 20519 22 265 28 267 32 249 20519 18372 22 240 20 261 26 249 18372 16191 26 242 18 249 18 236 16191 14099 24 252 21 258 16 241 14099 12199 21 266 26 255 15 250 12199 10511 22 266 27 251 14 252 10511 9011 18 267 24 249 12 239 9011 7682 13 261 19 248 11 227 7682 6503 9 230 13 239 12 225 6503 5460 7 214 12 229 12 225 5460 4543 6 227 6 216 10 223 4543 3735 5 240 2 114 7 203 3735 3018 1 213 8*078 7 120 3018 2389 8*058 10*072 15 079 2389 1869 8*056 10 072 15 071 1869 1472 8 055 9 073 13 069 1472 1198 7 055 9 073 11 067 1198 1033 7 054 8 073 9 066 1033 937 6 054 7 072 6*065 937 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