DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/06 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.5 - - 54.1 - - 52.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 256 - - 120 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7502 - - 7699 - - 6650 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6202 - - 5819 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8391 - - 8588 - - 7539 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1480 - - 1783 - - 2825 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 509 - - 400 - - 112 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 16 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 262 - - 279 - - 292 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 9 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 2 - - 9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1847 - - 966 - - -60 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6544 - - 7623 - - 7599 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 1050 - - 270 - - -1078 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7341 - - 8318 - - 8617 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 40 - - 20 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.5 - - 54.1 - - 52.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 27.9 - - 23.6 - - 21.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.1 - - 53.6 - - 52.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.7 - - 22.5 - - 21.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 256 - - 120 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7502 - - 7699 - - 6650 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 90 - - 98 - - 96 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 97976 7 207 10 250 15 307 97976 90561 9 228 11 227 14 256 90561 84839 12 226 9 206 14 256 84839 80079 16 218 10 234 9 267 80079 75964 15 221 12 250 10 261 75964 72307 16 237 15 240 13 262 72307 68989 20 251 25 260 22 269 68989 65940 25 252 29 256 26 258 65940 63103 26 262 29 262 31 262 63103 60343 36 264 39 267 42 265 60343 57458 44 258 45 259 48 257 57458 54464 48 258 50 257 51 256 54464 51608 59 261 56 261 54 260 51608 49039 68 257 68 258 61 262 49039 46738 73 254 74 255 69 260 46738 44654 76 251 76 254 76 258 44654 42749 75 250 78 251 80 255 42749 40992 78 253 81 250 83 254 40992 39359 87 257 84 250 84 254 39359 37832 96 257 88 252 88 256 37832 36402 107 254 95 254 93 255 36402 35031 109 253 99 253 97 253 35031 33649 105 252 99 251 97 253 33649 32231 98 253 94 251 100 254 32231 30784 91 254 91 254 103 252 30784 29294 94 255 90 253 101 252 29294 27745 92 247 90 253 103 253 27745 26130 90 251 89 251 104 251 26130 24442 89 252 88 250 104 251 24442 22679 82 251 86 248 92 250 22679 20856 70 256 80 247 74 247 20856 18971 64 255 67 249 66 247 18971 17013 60 259 61 251 60 257 17013 15018 55 257 57 250 49 261 15018 13099 45 260 43 255 41 263 13099 11359 32 259 27 260 29 259 11359 9823 18 260 18*264 17 270 9823 8462 12*257 18*265 18*278 8462 7248 12*256 18 269 19*284 7248 6167 12 258 17 276 19 289 6167 5206 11 260 17 279 20 291 5206 4356 11 261 17 282 20 293 4356 3604 11 263 16 285 20 294 3604 2930 11 263 16 286 20 294 2930 2333 11 265 16 288 20 295 2333 1835 11 265 15 288 20 295 1835 1452 10 265 15 289 19 295 1452 1188 10 266 14 289 17 295 1188 1028 9 266 13 289 15 295 1028 936 8 267 11 290 11 295 936 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