DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/16 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 - - - - - - 22.2 - - 22.9 - - 20.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 101 - - 48 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2486 - - 2325 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1910 - - 917 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3375 - - 3214 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3203 - - 2324 - - 4563 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 261 - - 202 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 33 - - 30 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 322 - - 317 - - 311 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 18 - - 16 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1540 - - 1402 - - -1106 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1835 - - 1813 - - 2040 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 820 - - 690 - - -1494 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2555 - - 2524 - - 2428 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 22.2 - - 22.9 - - 20.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 17.5 - - 18.4 - - 14.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 22.0 - - 22.9 - - 20.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 16.3 - - 17.4 - - 14.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 101 - - 48 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2486 - - 2325 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 102 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 96600 12 260 8 258 25 258 96600 89407 14 279 8 260 11 278 89407 83836 2 209 8 243 13 305 83836 79206 4 233 7 252 8 296 79206 75194 4 155 2 221 3 294 75194 71614 9 347 6 323 9 300 71614 68356 9 290 5 289 7 276 68356 65335 6 269 12 278 12 291 65335 62504 11 272 23 260 20 264 62504 59750 17 262 24 259 22 249 59750 56854 24 255 22 251 21 237 56854 53816 33 247 23 253 19 249 53816 50895 38 241 30 255 24 261 50895 48265 37 237 34 253 25 263 48265 45912 36 232 35 248 26 264 45912 43778 35 227 32 242 27 261 43778 41825 32 223 28 238 28 260 41825 40023 29 221 24 237 28 258 40023 38354 28 225 20 238 26 257 38354 36800 29 229 19 237 24 257 36800 35345 30 230 20 233 21 255 35345 33949 30 229 21 231 19 257 33949 32544 34 224 24 237 19 261 32544 31102 40 219 25 239 19 266 31102 29630 43 215 27 235 19 275 29630 28119 36 214 29 229 21 285 28119 26575 26 214 23 234 25 272 26575 25001 16 232 24 258 24 245 25001 23372 15 288 21 278 16 252 23372 21673 19 296 19 300 17 271 21673 19908 22 304 30 326 22 279 19908 18080 18 296 36 321 28 297 18080 16195 20 321 40 319 36 310 16195 14291 39 317 41 323 38 303 14291 12468 45 325 42 328 33 297 12468 10814 52 339 43 326 30 303 10814 9345 60 340 41 333 29 312 9345 8038 56 344 41 339 28 319 8038 6874 47 343 41 340 26 320 6874 5844 42 337 37 333 32 316 5844 4938 41 333 35 321 34 316 4938 4141 39 327 35 319 35 316 4141 3435 39*326 34*319 34 316 3435 2803 38*324 34*318 34 315 2803 2244 37 323 33 317 32 314 2244 1777 35 322 31 317 29 313 1777 1417 33 321 29 316 27 312 1417 1170 30 321 27 316 23 311 1170 1020 26 320 23 315 20*311 1020 934 20 320 18 315 15*311 934 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