DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - - - - - 33.9 - - 41.6 - - 35.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 4 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 578 - - 673 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 918 - - 919 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1467 - - 1562 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 363 - - 520 - - 388 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 114 - - 73 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 246 - - 245 - - 224 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -369 - - -367 - - -67 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1836 - - 1929 - - 1002 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9066 - - -6861 - - -7951 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10533 - - 8423 - - 8886 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 81 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 33.9 - - 41.6 - - 35.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.4 - - 36.7 - - 34.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 33.9 - - 41.8 - - 37.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.5 - - 35.9 - - 35.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 4 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 578 - - 673 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 33 - - 25 - - 50 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 94478 43 291 42 296 56 327 94478 87760 53 293 51 303 55 323 87760 82568 53 286 53 306 50 315 82568 78240 49 285 51 303 43 311 78240 74460 41 283 45 297 39 307 74460 71051 32 290 36 293 38 306 71051 67907 33 292 34 293 40 302 67907 64985 35 295 30 295 40 299 64985 62263 37 297 30 296 38 293 62263 59615 41 290 31 301 34 289 59615 56821 42 278 37 301 32 294 56821 53889 31 285 39 289 38 298 53889 51073 36 292 46 291 47 292 51073 48546 48 293 53 288 52 290 48546 46293 54 289 55 289 52 296 46293 44260 54 283 57 292 57 301 44260 42413 53 286 58 289 62 300 42413 40727 55 293 59 297 60 301 40727 39174 63 301 65 304 62 310 39174 37731 73 301 71 303 70 311 37731 36385 81 295 72 299 70 307 36385 35096 82 289 68 299 64 305 35096 33794 77 291 66 303 59 306 33794 32447 75 299 65 308 57 313 32447 31055 77 305 65 311 58 320 31055 29604 79 309 63 312 57 319 29604 28080 80 311 64 310 57 317 28080 26477 79 312 67 306 55 312 26477 24791 78 311 69 306 53 306 24791 23030 70 309 68 309 53 305 23030 21205 63 305 63 313 49 304 21205 19305 56 298 57 315 47 304 19305 17322 52 298 49 314 40 302 17322 15300 47 302 44 307 36 301 15300 13349 44 300 40 303 32 299 13349 11569 40 298 36 302 28 297 11569 9985 38 300 35 301 24 293 9985 8576 34 302 34 303 23 290 8576 7321 30 300 30 303 22 291 7321 6209 28 296 27 292 21 279 6209 5226 26 294 28 286 24 274 5226 4361 25 291 28 287 26 280 4361 3596 25 287 29 286 26 288 3596 2914 26 283 27 283 24 290 2914 2314 24 274 24 275 21 276 2314 1819 21*261 17*251 22 248 1819 1441 15*247 15*247 21 236 1441 1182 14 246 14 245 17 230 1182 1025 12 246 12 244 15*227 1025 935 10 246 9 243 7*224 935 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