DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/23 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 - - 1000z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 66.1 - - 65.6 - - 70.2 - - 70.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 91 - - 10 - - 86 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1442 - - 1832 - - 2719 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 921 - - 921 - - 1956 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2331 - - 2721 - - 3608 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1922 - - 2531 - - 2294 - - 4552 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 218 - - 124 - - 256 - - 15 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 8 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 3 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 203 - - 250 - - 183 - - 180 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 3 - - -8 - - 2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -609 - - -384 - - -492 - - -3982 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2940 - - 3105 - - 4101 - - 4920 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2452 - - -1676 - - -1809 - - -5960 ODpotential blCL - - - 4783 - - 4397 - - 5417 - - 6898 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 97 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - 750 - - 500 - - 950 - - 630 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.1 - - 65.6 - - 70.2 - - 70.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 56.5 - - 55.3 - - 55.5 - - 52.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 65.6 - - 65.6 - - 69.6 - - 71.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 55.2 - - 54.3 - - 54.8 - - 51.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 91 - - 10 - - 86 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1442 - - 1832 - - 2719 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 100 - - 89 - - 77 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 9 - - 9 - - 9 - - 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] 97629 13 123 14 130 6 310 4 076 97629 90248 9 106 6 102 12 178 1 130 90248 84573 9 095 8 130 12 160 3 109 84573 79846 10 109 7 160 10 154 3 066 79846 75758 9 121 5 179 5 169 3 325 75758 72138 3 070 2 228 2 220 9 277 72138 68861 7 317 8 293 7 312 6 275 68861 65836 5 227 16 265 17 280 13 284 65836 63022 11 302 12 251 19 281 16 290 63022 60308 21 288 15 275 22 271 26 272 60308 57476 25 282 20 270 25 261 20 243 57476 54521 27 267 30 271 24 282 31 289 54521 51707 30 264 34 275 45 279 42 279 51707 49196 37 270 50 263 50 263 43 268 49196 46959 38 263 50 246 42 252 40 259 46959 44936 29 254 33 237 37 252 40 265 44936 43096 30 268 25 267 40 265 48 276 43096 41418 49 276 51 281 52 272 60 271 41418 39885 60 274 70 277 60 271 65 260 39885 38466 61 268 75 276 64 272 58 257 38466 37135 55 264 70 276 65 272 54 266 37135 35851 50 265 65 272 62 269 53 271 35851 34543 47 267 60 264 55 266 54 273 34543 33180 47 272 64 256 50 261 53 273 33180 31766 49 276 63 256 52 257 51 270 31766 30289 47 273 49 256 55 255 45 259 30289 28738 38 262 36 254 49 253 38 260 28738 27114 37 252 30 258 41 252 36 266 27114 25411 40 252 29 264 41 248 39 267 25411 23629 42 254 29 270 38 248 38 267 23629 21771 38 253 32 268 29 255 33 267 21771 19831 31 260 33 256 28 268 31 280 19831 17804 28 282 27 241 31 278 28 282 17804 15736 20 298 29 240 29 277 24 289 15736 13742 13 287 34 242 29 268 19 276 13742 11925 13 258 36 243 31 261 17 261 11925 10305 17 264 33 244 30 253 18 262 10305 8862 15 264 29 242 29 247 21 259 8862 7576 15 263 24 246 27 243 21 252 7576 6433 21 268 17 228 23 242 18 238 6433 5419 24 262 12 209 18 234 18 221 5419 4525 24 241 8 202 13 208 18 210 4525 3735 21 218 6 201 12*189 18 205 3735 3028 17 204 4*209 12*185 16 200 3028 2401 14*201 4*225 12 184 13 194 2401 1879 13*202 3 244 12 183 12 191 1879 1477 12 203 3 259 11 181 11 188 1477 1201 11 203 3 265 11 181 9 186 1201 1033 11 204 3 268 10 180 7*184 1033 938 9 204 2 270 8 180 4*180 938 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