DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/17 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 - - - - - - 13.4 - - 14.6 - - 14.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 14 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2742 - - 1684 - - 158 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 917 - - 917 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3631 - - 2573 - - 1047 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 955 - - 1806 - - 2922 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 219 - - 121 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 18 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 250 - - 256 - - 255 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -4 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1399 - - 693 - - -495 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2232 - - 1880 - - 1542 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 635 - - 38 - - -902 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2996 - - 2535 - - 1949 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 13.4 - - 14.6 - - 14.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 7.1 - - 10.0 - - 11.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 13.2 - - 14.8 - - 14.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 6.1 - - 9.3 - - 10.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 14 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2742 - - 1684 - - 158 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 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] 96333 60 028 54 037 41 029 96333 89378 46 026 45 027 37 023 89378 83920 28 019 31 018 27 017 83920 79295 12 002 22 345 19 346 79295 75268 3 294 26 304 19 318 75268 71675 7 288 23 295 21 312 71675 68390 15 295 20 288 24 303 68390 65349 22 288 18 280 29 290 65349 62515 25 284 21 280 30 279 62515 59750 26 278 26 275 30 271 59750 56836 28 270 31 270 34 271 56836 53781 33 260 39 270 40 270 53781 50848 38 257 49 265 42 267 50848 48209 41 256 51 257 44 262 48209 45849 42 252 49 250 45 260 45849 43717 40 249 46 248 44 256 43717 41775 37 252 44 247 44 256 41775 39991 39 254 42 246 42 259 39991 38339 44 249 40 247 39 261 38339 36798 45 242 36 249 36 262 36798 35358 40 240 32 251 32 256 35358 33983 36 247 29 255 26 249 33983 32605 35 254 26 256 22 250 32605 31193 36 249 27 261 17 263 31193 29752 39 235 31 257 17 293 29752 28272 38 228 31 244 21 307 28272 26743 29 225 26 237 22 317 26743 25169 20 227 15 221 18 311 25169 23542 20 223 8 198 12 310 23542 21857 17 226 5 189 7 313 21857 20105 16 237 3 183 7 358 20105 18278 18 237 2 206 13 003 18278 16372 19 231 3 242 15 006 16372 14431 18 223 4 229 21 014 14431 12562 16 210 6 219 20 004 12562 10869 7 188 6 043 18 353 10869 9374 9 106 13 038 17 357 9374 8051 10 090 17 037 16 004 8051 6874 8 063 17 030 17 003 6874 5830 5 340 13 358 19 342 5830 4912 14 276 13 292 21 312 4912 4111 21*256 21 259 24 286 4111 3409 22*251 22 256 26 273 3409 2782 22 251 22*256 26 267 2782 2228 21 250 21*256 25 264 2228 1766 21 250 20 256 23 261 1766 1411 20 250 18 256 20 259 1411 1167 18 249 17 256 17*257 1167 1018 16 249 14 256 15*256 1018 934 13 249 11 255 10 255 934 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