DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/27 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 - - - - - - 91.9 - - 96.0 - - 90.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 131 - - 75 - - -49 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2891 - - 5187 - - 51 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2440 - - 3795 - - 923 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3780 - - 6076 - - 940 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2623 - - 2398 - - 4341 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 313 - - 328 - - 32 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 22 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 234 - - 241 - - 236 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -333 - - -332 - - -3078 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4114 - - 6408 - - 4018 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2295 - - -2591 - - -5449 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6075 - - 8667 - - 6389 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 82 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 4330 - - 2940 - - 3990 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 91.9 - - 96.0 - - 90.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 76.2 - - 70.6 - - 75.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 91.0 - - 95.5 - - 92.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 75.3 - - 69.6 - - 74.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 131 - - 75 - - -49 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2891 - - 5187 - - 51 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 89 - - 30 - - 13 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 19 - - 15 - - 19 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] 99625 40 088 35 106 26 088 99625 92054 30 099 23 086 30 072 92054 86237 26 103 22 091 25 075 86237 81433 23 097 24 097 18 083 81433 77298 18 095 19 097 18 095 77298 73634 19 096 19 092 13 091 73634 70324 19 075 16 085 8 101 70324 67293 15 031 15 070 10 105 67293 64488 7 359 11 032 8 028 64488 61786 5 339 14 335 8 343 61786 58998 8 348 12 326 11 321 58998 56128 19 335 19 318 10 311 56128 53391 29 323 30 313 27 324 53391 50939 43 322 49 316 47 319 50939 48752 51 323 55 314 59 319 48752 46766 61 324 59 317 63 312 46766 44933 66 322 62 321 59 310 44933 43222 69 323 65 325 62 316 43222 41619 75 325 70 326 68 319 41619 40111 82 326 77 325 74 319 40111 38689 86 325 83 324 77 319 38689 37316 87 327 85 322 77 319 37316 35923 85 328 84 322 76 318 35923 34479 77 326 80 326 75 316 34479 32987 68 323 74 326 72 316 32987 31431 59 323 67 319 66 319 31431 29801 47 319 60 314 60 315 29801 28095 42 312 51 310 55 311 28095 26315 44 309 49 307 48 309 26315 24461 45 310 44 310 45 308 24461 22534 40 312 43 315 43 308 22534 20528 32 313 37 314 42 313 20528 18438 30 312 30 307 39 314 18438 16307 28 305 28 300 37 310 16307 14252 25 301 27 299 38 306 14252 12379 25 286 26 284 39 300 12379 10711 27 274 27 288 32 297 10711 9225 26 274 30 286 29 295 9225 7897 24 278 29 268 31 287 7897 6709 22 278 26*255 31 279 6709 5652 20 273 24*248 30 273 5652 4716 19 260 24 244 30 269 4716 3886 18*247 23 242 29 266 3886 3142 17*236 22 240 28 262 3142 2483 17 234 21 239 27 258 2483 1932 16 233 21 238 24 253 1932 1509 16 233 20 238 21 248 1509 1218 15 232 19 237 16 241 1218 1041 14 232 17 237 13*239 1041 940 11 232 13 237 8*236 940 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