DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/24 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 - - - - - - 76.4 - - 77.5 - - 75.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 273 - - 182 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5622 - - 5458 - - 3884 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4781 - - 4454 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6511 - - 6347 - - 4773 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 597 - - 865 - - 1816 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 477 - - 416 - - 120 W* B/S - - - - - - 15 - - 10 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 157 - - 203 - - 204 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -13 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -449 - - -2412 - - -1307 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6960 - - 8759 - - 6081 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8469 - - -12872 - - -8711 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14980 - - 19219 - - 13484 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 66 - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.4 - - 77.5 - - 75.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.2 - - 42.4 - - 52.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.8 - - 76.4 - - 75.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.0 - - 41.2 - - 51.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 273 - - 182 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5622 - - 5458 - - 3884 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 27 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 8 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] 99672 40 093 39 098 27 087 99672 92129 30 093 29 085 29 077 92129 86320 22 091 23 080 26 075 86320 81504 23 088 20 079 21 070 81504 77366 23 078 18 085 16 072 77366 73718 19 072 15 082 14 079 73718 70419 14 049 16 087 12 096 70419 67382 6 027 13 045 17 066 67382 64572 6 030 7 020 9 022 64572 61864 8 003 7 344 9 337 61864 59054 14 306 13 294 15 298 59054 56162 16 309 18 286 24 303 56162 53429 26 309 26 298 31 299 53429 50984 38 298 37 301 40 298 50984 48793 42 295 43 296 44 290 48793 46797 44 301 43 293 46 283 46797 44952 56 309 53 302 48 293 44952 43231 66 309 65 303 61 299 43231 41621 64 307 63 300 64 297 41621 40112 59 301 59 295 58 296 40112 38695 55 297 56 294 55 294 38695 37332 44 293 52 294 48 292 37332 35945 40 284 46 295 45 293 35945 34501 41 281 41 302 42 293 34501 33003 41 286 40 311 40 297 33003 31435 41 292 37 313 36 301 31435 29786 36 287 34 307 32 300 29786 28056 36 282 37 300 29 297 28056 26245 35 285 39 299 31 299 26245 24357 36 293 36 305 33 308 24357 22396 33 306 31 316 30 317 22396 20353 26 314 25 324 21 319 20353 18222 21 315 21 316 19 318 18222 16050 17 309 17 296 17 298 16050 13965 17 306 14 289 17 286 13965 12076 17 303 16 300 14 307 12076 10400 21 291 17 299 13 323 10400 8918 20 288 15 296 12 309 8918 7610 6*300 3 293 9 284 7610 6456 5*144 4*201 6 237 6456 5439 5 147 6*200 7*216 5439 4542 6 151 7 203 7*209 4542 3749 6 157 7 204 7 208 3749 3039 6 160 8 204 7 205 3039 2410 6 163 8 204 7 203 2410 1885 7 165 8 204 7 203 1885 1481 6 167 8 204 7 201 1481 1203 6 167 8 204 7 201 1203 1035 6 168 7 205 6 200 1035 938 5 169 6 204 5 200 938 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