DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/06 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 42.5 - - 41.6 - - 43.4 - - 38.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 119 - - 72 - - 75 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2523 - - 2876 - - 4989 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2062 - - 1945 - - 3521 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3412 - - 3765 - - 5878 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1911 - - 3570 - - 2727 - - 6452 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 279 - - 250 - - 308 - - 23 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 16 - - 24 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 318 - - 303 - - 307 - - 324 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 11 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -8 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1120 - - 949 - - 2442 - - -1514 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2292 - - 2816 - - 3436 - - 2449 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 704 - - -175 - - 1105 - - -2171 ODpotential blCL - - - 2708 - - 3940 - - 4773 - - 3106 blCL maxRH - - - 98 - - 97 - - 100 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 30 - - 70 - - 120 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 42.5 - - 41.6 - - 43.4 - - 38.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.1 - - 32.9 - - 31.9 - - 31.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 42.0 - - 41.4 - - 43.1 - - 39.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.9 - - 31.7 - - 30.7 - - 30.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 119 - - 72 - - 75 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2523 - - 2876 - - 4989 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 92 - - 89 - - 99 - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96357 19 234 22 237 30 249 30 257 96357 89068 16 270 18 236 24 251 26 263 89068 83508 12 280 18 256 14 268 20 267 83508 78899 11 237 21 247 18 271 19 271 78899 74924 5 291 10 253 20 263 24 270 74924 71403 11 267 10 272 19 240 27 243 71403 68180 19 263 24 292 19 276 18 272 68180 65201 23 268 33 280 31 272 30 281 65201 62447 21 248 32 268 32 266 37 276 62447 59764 32 290 38 280 39 274 39 269 59764 56930 45 281 44 278 44 279 41 276 56930 53956 49 274 48 275 54 284 48 285 53956 51110 53 273 53 275 60 279 58 286 51110 48561 55 270 56 269 60 272 64 280 48561 46290 55 281 54 266 60 273 64 274 46290 44236 66 288 56 282 61 273 62 274 44236 42359 73 285 65 285 60 280 64 280 42359 40638 76 283 74 285 72 285 69 278 40638 39052 85 282 85 283 81 282 71 284 39052 37589 94 277 91 280 84 282 81 294 37589 36231 93 273 93 283 87 287 95 298 36231 34932 87 277 98 290 94 292 105 297 34932 33620 88 290 112 294 104 296 108 294 33620 32261 103 299 119 294 109 297 105 295 32261 30854 113 299 117 293 110 295 104 296 30854 29383 104 295 113 294 108 294 104 295 29383 27838 95 295 109 294 105 295 100 295 27838 26222 91 294 102 294 99 295 93 295 26222 24533 89 293 95 292 92 291 87 294 24533 22773 86 291 89 292 86 290 83 293 22773 20942 83 291 84 293 81 293 78 292 20942 19032 76 292 80 294 80 292 76 291 19032 17040 73 293 76 296 81 292 77 292 17040 15009 72 297 73 298 78 294 76 292 15009 13055 61 301 66 301 71 299 69 293 13055 11286 48 302 53 302 57 302 56 296 11286 9723 39 304 44 302 43 305 41 304 9723 8348 35 306 34 304 29 302 28 300 8348 7141 31 306 28 308 27 303 24 304 7141 6072 24 308 26 310 27*304 24 312 6072 5125 21 315 25 311 26*306 24 318 5125 4289 21 319 24*310 26 307 25 323 4289 3550 21*319 21*308 25 307 25 325 3550 2888 20*319 18 305 24 308 25 325 2888 2303 20 318 16 302 24 308 24 325 2303 1814 19 317 15 301 23 308 23 325 1814 1439 18 317 15 301 22 308 20 325 1439 1181 17 317 14 300 21 308 17 325 1181 1025 16 317 13 300 18 308 14 324 1025 935 12 316 10 300 14 308 9*324 935 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