DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/21 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 - - - 20.3 - - 21.8 - - 24.2 - - 19.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 15 - - 56 - - 13 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 170 - - 1342 - - 1949 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 917 - - 918 - - 918 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1059 - - 2231 - - 2838 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 493 - - 586 - - 699 - - 189 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 56 - - 174 - - 124 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 15 - - 21 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 286 - - 256 - - 250 - - 203 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 7 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -558 - - 774 - - 1028 - - -393 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1617 - - 1457 - - 1810 - - 1327 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6406 - - 471 - - 377 - - -3980 ODpotential blCL - - - 7465 - - 1760 - - 2461 - - 4914 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 98 - - 99 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 20.3 - - 21.8 - - 24.2 - - 19.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 16.8 - - 18.9 - - 19.7 - - 17.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 20.4 - - 21.7 - - 24.4 - - 21.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 16.5 - - 18.1 - - 19.1 - - 18.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 15 - - 56 - - 13 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 170 - - 1342 - - 1949 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 49 - - 92 - - 97 - - 79 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95306 26 267 43 254 37 265 43 268 95306 88353 40 289 31 285 27 266 33 273 88353 82958 33 285 25 274 33 271 35 263 82958 78416 35 287 29 267 36 272 35 274 78416 74443 38 288 35 281 41 277 40 280 74443 70903 46 288 47 287 49 282 53 291 70903 67686 50 277 48 274 51 278 57 284 67686 64702 45 265 47 263 54 271 56 266 64702 61902 42 266 43 263 50 262 46 258 61902 59142 50 280 46 267 50 262 42 264 59142 56228 65 279 53 267 55 267 66 282 56228 53225 73 270 61 264 70 272 83 269 53225 50394 70 261 67 265 79 265 79 259 50394 47840 70 261 73 267 79 261 73 261 47840 45540 76 264 81 267 79 261 74 264 45540 43455 80 262 85 260 78 260 78 267 43455 41552 79 261 85 255 76 262 84 268 41552 39808 77 261 85 257 83 269 89 268 39808 38203 72 261 88 259 92 269 94 267 38203 36715 73 266 93 258 98 266 101 264 36715 35326 87 267 96 257 103 262 108 260 35326 33998 98 264 98 258 106 258 110 256 33998 32661 107 261 103 258 104 257 106 254 32661 31282 113 259 111 254 102 258 100 257 31282 29866 114 257 109 250 102 258 102 262 29866 28403 112 256 99 251 100 260 107 264 28403 26879 104 257 95 254 103 263 110 265 26879 25294 95 258 93 254 107 264 114 266 25294 23645 88 259 92 252 106 263 115 265 23645 21933 78 260 94 253 100 262 110 265 21933 20163 71 258 93 256 89 260 96 264 20163 18333 64 258 83 262 78 261 82 261 18333 16438 59 261 65 261 68 267 71 256 16438 14517 55 261 60 260 56 272 62 254 14517 12675 52 261 54 262 52 272 53 255 12675 10999 47 262 49 263 50 272 48 259 10999 9506 43 261 46 264 46 270 50 270 9506 8180 41 263 42 264 45 266 58 268 8180 6999 40 267 40 264 44 265 60 262 6999 5948 34 265 39 265 41 262 55 256 5948 5018 32 269 36 268 39 261 49 251 5018 4200 32 272 33 270 37 260 43 244 4200 3479 22 266 30 267 33*255 38 240 3479 2833 15 280 26 263 26*248 34 237 2833 2263 20 294 20*258 24 249 30 234 2263 1788 21 291 18*256 22 250 26 229 1788 1422 18 289 17 256 20 252 22 224 1422 1172 14*288 15 255 17 252 17 216 1172 1020 11*287 14 255 15 252 14*212 1020 934 8 286 11 254 12 252 6*203 934 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