DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/19 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 - - - - - - 71.4 - - 75.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 239 - - 163 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4311 - - 6091 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3730 - - 4890 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5200 - - 6980 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1588 - - 1795 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 424 - - 421 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 309 - - 272 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 8 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -907 - - -135 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6107 - - 7115 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3931 - - -2345 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9131 - - 9325 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 57 - - 65 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.4 - - 75.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.8 - - 47.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.1 - - 74.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.6 - - 46.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 239 - - 163 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4311 - - 6091 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 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] 98983 22 087 22 085 98983 91465 23 078 17 072 91465 85673 16 076 17 082 85673 80880 12 091 19 076 80880 76760 12 095 11 074 76760 73122 8 086 6 088 73122 69825 5 122 5 133 69825 66788 4 115 7 157 66788 63970 4 253 3 218 63970 61241 11 259 11 264 61241 58390 9 269 14 290 58390 55440 23 261 22 248 55440 52608 26 279 21 278 52608 50049 48 288 41 289 50049 47775 55 272 55 285 47775 45713 53 259 62 276 45713 43822 50 261 64 273 43822 42076 56 283 78 272 42076 40467 79 285 87 268 40467 38977 94 280 89 267 38977 37578 98 281 93 273 37578 36233 107 284 102 278 36233 34874 114 285 109 280 34874 33469 114 285 110 281 33469 32016 110 286 109 282 32016 30497 106 286 105 282 30497 28900 103 287 101 284 28900 27233 98 290 97 288 27233 25494 89 294 91 290 25494 23679 81 297 84 287 23679 21789 81 300 78 290 21789 19822 60 300 74 296 19822 17776 39 281 52 304 17776 15697 36 270 37 304 15697 13693 27 273 37 296 13693 11868 26 276 37 293 11868 10250 26 285 27 293 10250 8816 27 296 25 299 8816 7542 28 306 21*292 7542 6410 26 311 14*274 6410 5404 20*310 14 274 5404 4516 14*309 13 272 4516 3730 13 308 12 272 3730 3024 13 308 12 271 3024 2400 12 309 11 271 2400 1879 12 309 11 271 1879 1477 11 309 10 270 1477 1201 11 308 10 270 1201 1034 10 309 9 270 1034 937 9 309 8 270 937 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