DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/10 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 - - - - - - 60.1 - - 61.7 - - 60.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 365 - - 213 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8779 - - 8740 - - 5378 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 7416 - - 7059 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 9668 - - 9629 - - 6267 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 826 - - 2230 - - 5446 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 602 - - 504 - - 104 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 315 - - 305 - - 302 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1052 - - 369 - - -2282 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8617 - - 9261 - - 8550 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 511 - - -250 - - -3714 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9157 - - 9879 - - 9981 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 90 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 20 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.1 - - 61.7 - - 60.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.2 - - 24.0 - - 26.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.3 - - 60.6 - - 61.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.0 - - 22.8 - - 25.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 365 - - 213 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8779 - - 8740 - - 5378 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 38 - - 61 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 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] 97949 7 168 9 181 8 283 97949 90518 15 171 6 203 6 218 90518 84793 7 167 10 183 2 225 84793 80043 8 178 6 179 5 198 80043 75940 5 114 5 194 2 256 75940 72314 4 309 10 202 10 282 72314 69038 4 252 9 220 12 245 69038 66008 7 268 7 280 5 246 66008 63179 14 253 15 285 11 310 63179 60443 16 254 20 266 22 283 60443 57588 16 276 18 251 23 254 57588 54612 34 287 25 293 29 291 54612 51770 48 270 45 282 42 283 51770 49225 52 261 53 269 47 274 49225 46953 52 262 56 265 52 271 46953 44891 55 268 58 264 55 270 44891 42999 60 272 59 266 58 272 42999 41251 68 273 61 269 60 274 41251 39636 74 269 67 271 63 276 39636 38137 75 264 72 271 65 275 38137 36741 71 265 75 267 68 274 36741 35411 71 269 75 266 70 271 35411 34076 70 269 77 268 68 271 34076 32703 71 269 80 269 66 274 32703 31287 72 268 78 270 68 275 31287 29809 72 268 73 269 69 274 29809 28254 71 269 68 269 67 273 28254 26622 68 267 66 270 66 272 26622 24912 66 268 66 270 65 273 24912 23127 65 272 66 270 64 274 23127 21269 65 272 67 272 63 276 21269 19337 62 272 65 276 59 279 19337 17329 58 274 60 279 52 283 17329 15292 52 277 50 282 45 287 15292 13337 45 284 41 290 41 291 13337 11572 37 290 27 294 33 289 11572 10011 21*302 21*298 29 288 10011 8619 19*308 20*299 23 288 8619 7378 19 310 19 300 22 289 7378 6272 18 313 17 302 17*292 6272 5290 18 315 16 304 15*296 5290 4423 17 317 15 306 13 299 4423 3655 17 318 14 307 13 301 3655 2968 16 319 13 309 12 303 2968 2359 16 320 13 310 11 305 2359 1852 15 321 12 311 11 306 1852 1461 14 321 12 312 10 307 1461 1193 14 321 11 312 9 307 1193 1030 13 322 10 313 8 308 1030 937 11 322 9 313 6 307 937 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