DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/02 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 18.2 - - 20.9 - - 21.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 59 - - 23 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 676 - - 1091 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 917 - - 917 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1565 - - 1980 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 844 - - 754 - - 2029 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 139 - - 120 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 11 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 261 - - 244 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 294 - - 593 - - -476 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1271 - - 1387 - - 1410 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 213 - - 443 - - -816 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1352 - - 1537 - - 1750 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 18.2 - - 20.9 - - 21.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 16.2 - - 18.4 - - 18.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 17.8 - - 20.8 - - 21.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 15.9 - - 18.1 - - 18.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 59 - - 23 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 676 - - 1091 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96315 12 051 13 045 7 055 96315 89137 8 049 8 034 7 038 89137 83581 9 354 8 325 7 341 83581 78959 12 315 12 278 8 323 78959 74948 20 275 17 265 20 281 74948 71384 19 253 21 253 22 268 71384 68130 21 281 17 269 21 277 68130 65117 22 265 23 273 28 281 65117 62318 23 287 26 265 31 274 62318 59606 31 292 26 267 34 274 59606 56776 38 282 33 279 37 272 56776 53843 42 271 42 285 39 277 53843 51046 42 269 51 282 48 278 51046 48532 43 271 55 274 56 275 48532 46283 44 277 53 268 55 266 46283 44236 47 281 47 266 53 263 44236 42355 48 283 47 274 59 266 42355 40622 56 290 52 278 66 269 40622 39021 67 287 60 276 69 272 39021 37536 74 276 59 276 74 277 37536 36153 68 271 66 282 80 282 36153 34832 60 273 72 281 86 282 34832 33509 52 275 71 279 90 282 33509 32150 48 280 73 282 90 282 32150 30748 47 291 77 283 84 283 30748 29287 59 303 74 285 76 283 29287 27757 69 305 69 288 66 279 27757 26156 65 302 63 289 60 279 26156 24480 58 297 57 289 52 280 24480 22726 53 291 55 291 52 276 22726 20897 51 288 54 296 50 274 20897 18986 51 291 47 300 42 277 18986 16992 48 301 44 300 36 278 16992 14958 42 304 42 299 32 279 14958 13000 31 297 33 304 29 276 13000 11224 25 291 23 293 26 271 11224 9655 22 295 21 281 27 277 9655 8273 18 293 20 276 24 285 8273 7050 15 285 20 274 22 275 7050 5971 13 277 19 267 21 264 5971 5021 9 265 18 258 20 259 5021 4187 9 244 16 245 20 263 4187 3455 10 232 16 243 21 263 3455 2811 10 245 16 249 18 246 2811 2249 10 259 14*248 17 230 2249 1779 9*261 13*246 16 226 1779 1419 8*261 12 245 15 222 1419 1171 8 261 11 244 12 219 1171 1020 7 261 10 243 10*217 1020 934 6 261 8 242 7*215 934 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