DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/12 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 - - - - - - 72.8 - - 70.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 223 - - -86 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3730 - - 49 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3245 - - 921 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4619 - - 938 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1915 - - 7923 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 390 - - 29 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 27 - - 15 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 234 - - 231 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 17 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 13 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3194 - - -6295 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7814 - - 7234 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5969 - - -7850 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10588 - - 8788 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.8 - - 70.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.7 - - 42.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.9 - - 72.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.5 - - 41.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 223 - - -86 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3730 - - 49 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 5 - - 102 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 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] 98095 6 109 6 311 98095 90667 7 050 9 196 90667 84931 8 348 2 291 84931 80177 7 329 2 001 80177 76066 5 316 2 001 76066 72423 6 331 6 334 72423 69132 6 307 6 277 69132 66094 12 327 11 316 66094 63265 16 301 16 288 63265 60536 22 299 19 292 60536 57698 28 286 22 290 57698 54750 29 274 27 284 54750 51925 36 291 32 296 51925 49376 48 288 47 282 49376 47106 49 280 49 276 47106 45064 46 285 48 278 45064 43220 51 287 51 282 43220 41546 58 288 60 281 41546 40014 64 285 67 276 40014 38592 65 284 68 271 38592 37252 64 286 66 270 37252 35953 63 288 63 270 35953 34630 62 287 62 269 34630 33253 65 287 64 270 33253 31825 67 289 65 272 31825 30332 62 292 65 271 30332 28763 54 291 64 269 28763 27117 54 287 66 265 27117 25393 56 284 66 262 25393 23592 58 284 66 263 23592 21715 60 282 65 266 21715 19762 63 278 63 272 19762 17729 57 264 52 274 17729 15661 53 241 48 271 15661 13666 47 237 52 264 13666 11845 47 239 54 259 11845 10229 48 245 50 250 10229 8799 52 250 50 248 8799 7529 54 252 49 243 7529 6399 50 251 47 237 6399 5396 42*248 45 235 5396 4510 33*241 43 234 4510 3725 29 236 41 233 3725 3021 28 234 39 233 3021 2397 26 233 37 233 2397 1877 25 232 34 233 1877 1476 24 232 30 233 1476 1201 23 231 26 232 1201 1033 20 231 21*232 1033 938 16 231 15*231 938 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