DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/04 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 - - - - - - 25.2 - - 27.9 - - 27.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - 7 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1067 - - 830 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1956 - - 1719 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 701 - - 1165 - - 1414 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 148 - - 76 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 12 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 154 - - 180 - - 149 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -204 - - 399 - - -236 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2160 - - 1320 - - 1170 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14492 - - 136 - - -816 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16448 - - 1583 - - 1750 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 100 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 25.2 - - 27.9 - - 27.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 19.4 - - 25.8 - - 25.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 24.8 - - 28.2 - - 28.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 18.5 - - 25.5 - - 25.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - 7 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1067 - - 830 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 48 - - 101 - - 93 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95791 57 259 50 265 50 247 95791 88739 29 270 33 268 34 270 88739 83296 22 279 31 257 35 281 83296 78755 23 279 28 256 31 276 78755 74822 25 276 21 271 25 276 74822 71335 26 285 25 292 25 288 71335 68157 31 289 32 288 29 293 68157 65211 32 284 34 280 33 284 65211 62469 31 283 33 282 33 292 62469 59801 34 288 37 282 36 294 59801 57005 37 279 44 280 43 288 57005 54095 46 287 51 281 51 279 54095 51319 58 282 57 284 60 278 51319 48820 58 284 63 283 56 281 48820 46569 62 291 66 284 61 284 46569 44527 62 288 65 287 66 286 44527 42665 64 293 70 291 74 285 42665 40959 76 289 80 286 79 283 40959 39389 81 282 86 276 79 284 39389 37937 80 287 82 273 81 286 37937 36591 93 286 81 277 85 282 36591 35306 98 284 79 278 82 275 35306 34009 93 285 77 275 72 271 34009 32662 80 286 67 273 65 274 32662 31263 69 285 64 275 63 272 31263 29798 64 284 68 276 62 271 29798 28254 62 282 71 276 54 272 28254 26631 63 281 70 278 47 277 26631 24932 64 277 69 279 47 285 24932 23156 57 278 61 283 51 287 23156 21306 52 284 54 284 57 280 21306 19376 47 288 46 280 57 270 19376 17362 44 290 42 280 53 265 17362 15306 41 294 38 282 48 264 15306 13326 39 299 36 282 44 267 13326 11526 37 301 32 284 38 265 11526 9929 32 300 28 282 32 255 9929 8511 25 297 25 274 29 247 8511 7252 23 282 24 270 29 245 7252 6135 19 278 22 261 28 242 6135 5146 14 279 22 234 27 237 5146 4278 8 255 20 225 26 232 4278 3517 7 182 21 213 25 222 3517 2848 10 169 21 194 24 199 2848 2270 10*170 19 186 23 175 2270 1793 8*158 17*183 22 164 1793 1426 8 155 15*181 20 160 1426 1174 7 153 13 180 16 154 1174 1022 7 152 11 180 14 152 1022 934 6 151 9 180 9*149 934 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