DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/07 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 - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 14.3 - - 19.7 - - 23.4 - - 20.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 76 - - 164 - - 68 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1030 - - 1681 - - 2159 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 917 - - 1602 - - 917 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1919 - - 2570 - - 3048 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 651 - - 770 - - 1077 - - 2583 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 175 - - 265 - - 216 - - 12 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 16 - - 42 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 3 - - 1 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 016 - - 031 - - 206 - - 072 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - 0 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1195 - - -1187 - - -1331 - - -2456 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3114 - - 3757 - - 4379 - - 3390 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -19640 - - -17454 - - -16330 - - -16833 ODpotential blCL - - - 21559 - - 20024 - - 19378 - - 17767 blCL maxRH - - - 69 - - 70 - - 77 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 14.3 - - 19.7 - - 23.4 - - 20.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 4.5 - - 6.9 - - 7.9 - - 9.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 13.8 - - 18.8 - - 23.0 - - 22.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 3.5 - - 5.9 - - 6.8 - - 8.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 76 - - 164 - - 68 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1030 - - 1681 - - 2159 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 9 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 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] 96307 42 260 52 264 34 264 38 251 96307 89190 25 288 29 267 28 269 27 284 89190 83667 13 296 19 265 29 271 23 300 83667 79068 15 315 13 281 21 272 20 302 79068 75082 25 311 15 300 23 296 22 306 75082 71552 29 309 21 303 29 299 25 309 71552 68348 24 309 25 300 33 302 28 313 68348 65388 30 317 29 301 35 310 32 306 65388 62630 40 311 34 301 42 306 36 309 62630 59948 47 314 40 304 47 299 45 307 59948 57148 61 311 51 310 52 301 54 307 57148 54245 75 311 63 314 59 305 64 304 54245 51472 86 307 79 310 70 306 71 299 51472 48969 88 310 87 303 76 307 71 300 48969 46714 91 311 87 299 79 300 73 299 46714 44661 94 306 83 300 80 294 77 298 44661 42780 95 304 82 304 86 295 82 301 42780 41046 94 305 86 305 89 295 87 298 41046 39447 98 309 89 305 83 299 87 296 39447 37975 103 309 95 303 84 304 87 298 37975 36609 105 309 97 303 88 303 85 297 36609 35301 105 309 96 303 89 301 85 296 35301 33980 102 308 96 304 88 302 83 295 33980 32612 99 308 95 304 87 303 84 297 32612 31194 97 311 96 304 88 303 85 296 31194 29710 97 314 97 304 88 305 82 297 29710 28147 96 316 93 305 87 307 80 302 28147 26505 95 315 91 308 83 307 80 305 26505 24786 95 315 93 309 83 307 80 307 24786 22992 96 314 90 310 82 306 79 307 22992 21121 99 314 86 313 75 306 75 305 21121 19173 96 318 81 317 70 307 69 305 19173 17151 92 323 72 318 65 311 66 308 17151 15095 85 323 66 320 61 317 61 309 15095 13117 75 327 60 323 59 319 55 311 13117 11319 61 330 53 322 55 322 47 313 11319 9723 51 329 45 324 48 326 41 316 9723 8309 47 326 38 325 36 326 33 325 8309 7059 39 330 30 327 26 324 24 324 7059 5962 28 336 21 329 16 318 17 319 5962 5007 21 344 13 336 8 297 9 304 5007 4180 17 352 8 351 4 216 7 224 4180 3460 14 359 4 015 3*184 9 165 3460 2819 12 013 3*031 2*180 9 141 2819 2254 12*018 3*032 1 187 8 121 2254 1782 11*017 3 032 1 214 8 105 1782 1420 10 016 3 031 1 241 7 093 1420 1171 10 017 3 031 1 265 7 084 1171 1020 9 016 3 030 1 266 6*077 1020 934 8 015 3 029 1 273 4*072 934 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