DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/21 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.5 - - 69.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 98 - - -29 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1106 - - 362 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 921 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1995 - - 1251 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 558 - - 2077 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 207 - - 76 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 195 - - 231 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1165 - - -3035 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3160 - - 4287 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6887 - - -7232 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8882 - - 8483 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 73 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 70 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.5 - - 69.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.8 - - 53.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 59.1 - - 70.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.5 - - 52.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 98 - - -29 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1106 - - 362 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 51 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - - 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] 96446 13 239 19 225 96446 89358 12 212 13 252 89358 83904 9 253 15 228 83904 79344 5 236 16 211 79344 75378 5 280 12 216 75378 71848 10 278 6 300 71848 68654 16 293 16 306 68654 65734 12 288 17 272 65734 63032 8 311 18 298 63032 60416 21 322 27 297 60416 57662 30 321 28 288 57662 54769 45 319 40 304 54769 51993 56 315 41 300 51993 49492 59 313 56 300 49492 47244 62 312 63 304 47244 45198 67 311 69 307 45198 43325 77 310 79 307 43325 41612 86 307 84 303 41612 40045 87 306 83 305 40045 38601 84 310 82 313 38601 37254 87 318 89 319 37254 35951 87 320 91 319 35951 34622 81 319 90 319 34622 33239 74 318 83 318 33239 31806 67 315 77 317 31806 30309 62 312 75 317 30309 28738 55 308 71 317 28738 27093 53 305 65 312 27093 25373 50 303 61 307 25373 23579 47 306 58 306 23579 21712 44 302 53 306 21712 19768 40 299 50 302 19768 17747 39 306 44 300 17747 15691 38 308 38 312 15691 13707 38 309 45 322 13707 11897 39 313 42 325 11897 10285 35 297 30 316 10285 8847 35 279 32 290 8847 7564 32 279 42 283 7564 6420 30 278 41 278 6420 5405 33 270 39 272 5405 4509 33 252 37 265 4509 3720 32 237 34 256 3720 3015 30 223 32 239 3015 2393 25*210 28 233 2393 1874 18*197 26 232 1874 1475 17 195 22*232 1475 1200 16 194 19*231 1200 1033 14 194 16 231 1033 937 12 193 12 231 937 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