DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/27 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 - - - - - - 61.6 - - 67.3 - - 64.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 375 - - 248 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3409 - - 4531 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3178 - - 3875 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4298 - - 5420 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 708 - - 704 - - 5388 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 442 - - 424 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 164 - - 169 - - 161 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2416 - - -3967 - - -6991 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6714 - - 9387 - - 7929 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9122 - - -11555 - - -13958 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13420 - - 16975 - - 14895 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 80 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.6 - - 67.3 - - 64.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.7 - - 29.6 - - 33.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 59.8 - - 66.0 - - 65.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.8 - - 28.5 - - 32.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 375 - - 248 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3409 - - 4531 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 59 - - 18 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 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] 97601 9 147 11 199 5 297 97601 90244 6 189 7 189 1 053 90244 84571 10 176 3 172 2 213 84571 79886 4 113 2 267 6 270 79886 75869 2 319 4 302 5 297 75869 72320 2 291 4 275 8 313 72320 69096 7 305 11 310 15 328 69096 66117 18 306 19 298 18 307 66117 63334 22 294 19 291 20 314 63334 60619 19 297 27 294 31 300 60619 57789 30 293 32 285 36 289 57789 54855 33 289 35 290 37 289 54855 52054 39 296 41 285 43 287 52054 49545 46 293 45 283 45 285 49545 47310 49 288 44 290 45 282 47310 45296 52 287 46 296 46 283 45296 43476 52 290 51 294 48 285 43476 41823 52 291 51 294 49 289 41823 40300 48 293 49 299 52 290 40300 38876 45 296 47 301 51 291 38876 37529 46 298 45 300 50 294 37529 36222 47 294 43 301 49 296 36222 34889 45 291 41 302 48 295 34889 33502 43 291 40 299 44 296 33502 32063 43 291 38 295 41 295 32063 30559 43 293 38 295 37 293 30559 28976 41 294 38 299 34 291 28976 27314 39 292 36 294 31 291 27314 25574 39 288 36 289 30 290 25574 23757 38 290 34 290 32 287 23757 21865 32 291 29 286 33 283 21865 19888 26 287 24 281 28 276 19888 17827 20 286 22 271 22 275 17827 15723 17 282 15 272 17 259 15723 13694 19 269 14 270 11 255 13694 11847 18 251 16 249 11 238 11847 10208 10 217 14 243 12 212 10208 8758 6 188 10 224 8 214 8758 7472 7 195 11 198 13 211 7472 6339 11 175 15*183 20 198 6339 5342 17 167 15*170 20 191 5342 4464 16*164 16 169 20 185 4464 3687 16*163 16 168 19 181 3687 2992 15 164 16 168 19 176 2992 2376 15 163 16 169 18 172 2376 1862 15 164 15 169 17 168 1862 1468 14 164 15 169 16 166 1468 1196 13 164 14 169 14 163 1196 1031 12 164 13 168 11 162 1031 937 11 164 11 169 8*161 937 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