DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/16 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 - - - - - - 69.2 - - 70.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 82 - - 147 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2416 - - 5952 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1881 - - 4740 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3305 - - 6841 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 5863 - - 2849 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 261 - - 408 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 25 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 238 - - 267 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 303 - - 992 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3002 - - 5850 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1117 - - -439 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4422 - - 7280 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 71 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1780 - - 180 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.2 - - 70.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.7 - - 47.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.9 - - 69.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.4 - - 46.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 82 - - 147 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2416 - - 5952 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 7 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - - 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] 98836 23 109 21 098 98836 91330 22 103 17 089 91330 85557 19 089 17 094 85557 80757 20 093 18 079 80757 76614 13 074 15 083 76614 72945 7 048 13 067 72945 69633 6 035 4 074 69633 66588 2 134 5 063 66588 63754 8 359 4 313 63754 61008 11 350 6 235 61008 58127 21 306 11 291 58127 55131 18 279 27 287 55131 52277 23 299 29 275 52277 49706 36 280 29 283 49706 47397 34 266 33 285 47397 45299 28 277 36 285 45299 43373 31 288 40 292 43373 41599 37 290 45 292 41599 39960 47 286 52 294 39960 38441 54 283 57 290 38441 37023 60 283 59 289 37023 35661 67 281 62 289 35661 34286 70 276 61 289 34286 32864 67 269 60 295 32864 31402 61 271 62 301 31402 29882 57 271 61 306 29882 28297 50 271 60 305 28297 26653 45 278 55 300 26653 24952 44 275 49 295 24952 23187 42 269 46 295 23187 21354 39 267 43 289 21354 19445 35 265 41 283 19445 17456 35 262 38 279 17456 15425 36 255 34 275 15425 13467 35 251 32 270 13467 11687 36 249 29 271 11687 10107 35 245 24 277 10107 8703 33 244 23 277 8703 7453 32 246 24*274 7453 6339 31 247 25*270 6339 5349 30 247 26 269 5349 4473 29 245 26 268 4473 3698 28*243 26 267 3698 3001 27*241 26 266 3001 2385 25 239 26 266 2385 1869 24 238 26 265 1869 1472 23 237 25 265 1472 1199 21 236 23 265 1199 1033 19 235 21 264 1033 937 15 235 16 264 937 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