DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/19 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 11.0 - - 14.8 - - 12.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 132 - - 42 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1292 - - 1152 - - 44 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1120 - - 917 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2181 - - 2041 - - 933 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 296 - - 386 - - 1089 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 226 - - 149 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 8 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 295 - - 253 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -143 - - -52 - - -635 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2324 - - 2093 - - 1568 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -16443 - - -17251 - - -17970 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 18624 - - 19292 - - 18903 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 88 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 11.0 - - 14.8 - - 12.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 4.3 - - 9.2 - - 9.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 10.4 - - 14.5 - - 13.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 3.4 - - 8.4 - - 9.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 132 - - 42 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1292 - - 1152 - - 44 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 23 - - 51 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96246 31 252 33 243 34 257 96246 89139 11 264 19 234 19 260 89139 83641 14 249 21 232 19 239 83641 79072 16 234 19 231 22 234 79072 75115 18 247 18 236 24 241 75115 71596 19 256 16 242 21 251 71596 68380 16 246 18 249 17 259 68380 65399 14 225 26 260 20 277 65399 62627 14 256 29 252 21 265 62627 59925 28 269 26 243 34 276 59925 57088 26 249 39 273 43 270 57088 54151 40 273 54 266 42 284 54151 51333 61 267 48 269 50 290 51333 48791 59 270 45 275 66 283 48791 46540 43 285 68 289 71 286 46540 44512 42 302 82 292 79 281 44512 42652 65 307 87 294 81 284 42652 40937 91 300 95 294 89 289 40937 39353 103 295 99 290 103 290 39353 37881 102 294 95 289 102 288 37881 36504 97 295 94 290 95 287 36504 35181 89 298 92 292 92 289 35181 33841 88 311 88 298 92 291 33841 32455 106 318 92 308 95 293 32455 31026 118 316 99 310 98 293 31026 29537 119 312 98 307 100 293 29537 27977 124 312 96 300 98 291 27977 26349 124 318 96 303 95 289 26349 24649 107 317 91 299 89 285 24649 22868 91 304 90 294 84 281 22868 21009 84 301 88 294 84 288 21009 19071 83 304 83 297 73 289 19071 17058 75 304 69 298 68 292 17058 15010 65 309 62 295 61 293 15010 13037 64 312 55 295 56 291 13037 11249 64 315 48 295 55 277 11249 9678 54 319 39 296 44 273 9678 8299 46 321 29 299 29 276 8299 7074 43 319 28 294 25 272 7074 5985 40 315 30 291 27 269 5985 5022 37 317 28 292 24 268 5022 4179 33 318 22 293 19 258 4179 3442 29 319 16 296 16 239 3442 2792 26 316 11 282 17 223 2792 2227 21*305 9*256 17 211 2227 1763 18*296 9*254 15 204 1763 1409 17 295 8 253 13 204 1409 1165 16 294 8 252 12 204 1165 1018 15 294 7 252 10 205 1018 933 12 294 6 252 6*207 933 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