DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/17 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.4 - - 85.7 - - 78.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 137 - - 150 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2205 - - 6544 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1936 - - 5168 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3094 - - 7433 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1587 - - 2025 - - 5921 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 283 - - 417 - - 27 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 25 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 146 - - 196 - - 182 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 696 - - 682 - - -2680 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2398 - - 6751 - - 3618 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -102 - - -240 - - -4095 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3196 - - 7673 - - 5033 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 89 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1900 - - 1000 - - 1860 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.4 - - 85.7 - - 78.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.6 - - 59.1 - - 65.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.8 - - 85.0 - - 80.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.9 - - 58.4 - - 64.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 137 - - 150 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2205 - - 6544 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 96 - - 55 - - 28 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 10 - - 14 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] 97918 4 116 4 032 3 050 97918 90549 7 087 5 079 5 058 90549 84900 5 056 4 037 9 020 84900 80212 4 043 2 233 9 359 80212 76152 2 016 2 186 4 350 76152 72548 4 192 5 230 7 287 72548 69289 5 197 7 200 10 248 69289 66303 8 244 4 241 12 220 66303 63533 16 274 16 265 10 259 63533 60850 18 211 13 277 16 274 60850 58062 21 277 31 288 23 286 58062 55179 44 271 47 276 40 277 55179 52455 51 253 52 246 48 246 52455 50033 43 244 41 236 39 230 50033 47847 33 246 30 257 33 243 47847 45846 31 262 35 274 49 260 45846 44018 40 273 44 267 55 260 44018 42340 58 266 56 255 57 255 42340 40788 60 259 56 251 54 240 40788 39345 48 258 43 254 49 225 39345 37983 38 266 38 243 41 222 37983 36664 33 255 37 234 33 223 36664 35319 31 244 35 230 24 226 35319 33918 31 233 34 228 23 236 33918 32465 30 231 30 226 22 234 32465 30944 28 237 26 225 22 230 30944 29342 26 247 22 229 21 232 29342 27661 27 254 23 246 23 234 27661 25900 28 251 28 255 26 235 25900 24063 33 249 31 256 30 235 24063 22155 41 253 33 251 34 240 22155 20170 40 245 33 253 37 247 20170 18104 39 250 39 249 38 239 18104 16002 45 243 39 244 40 230 16002 13972 49 234 40 247 36 233 13972 12119 49 230 39 247 30 242 12119 10467 44 229 36 237 28 257 10467 8997 41 223 30 213 24 231 8997 7691 40 204 28*203 25 213 7691 6533 38 183 27*199 26 198 6533 5506 34 172 26 198 26 197 5506 4598 31 165 26 197 26 196 4598 3794 29*161 26 196 26 196 3794 3073 27*155 25 195 25 195 3073 2434 24 148 25 195 24 194 2434 1900 21 144 24 195 22 193 1900 1490 20 142 23 194 19 192 1490 1208 19 142 22 194 15 189 1208 1036 17 141 20 194 11 186 1036 938 13 140 16 194 7*182 938 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