DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 12/25 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.4 - - 37.2 - - 36.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 38 - - 29 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1168 - - 963 - - 350 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 919 - - 919 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2057 - - 1852 - - 1239 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 844 - - 846 - - 1058 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 147 - - 126 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 11 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 082 - - 082 - - 101 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 690 - - 543 - - 294 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1367 - - 1309 - - 945 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 490 - - 355 - - 73 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1567 - - 1497 - - 1166 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.4 - - 37.2 - - 36.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.0 - - 35.1 - - 35.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 38.3 - - 37.1 - - 36.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.5 - - 34.7 - - 35.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 38 - - 29 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1168 - - 963 - - 350 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 94885 74 279 66 280 77 274 94885 88057 58 282 57 286 64 283 88057 82744 52 284 55 291 56 290 82744 78310 51 286 55 287 53 292 78310 74493 45 288 49 285 49 291 74493 71130 43 304 46 291 43 296 71130 68072 49 301 47 294 46 300 68072 65243 49 302 53 305 55 300 65243 62614 59 303 63 298 52 299 62614 60053 67 294 64 291 48 297 60053 57363 71 296 65 294 48 299 57363 54554 84 297 79 298 69 297 54554 51868 90 291 89 289 87 289 51868 49456 88 293 94 286 95 286 49456 47299 85 295 92 287 97 284 47299 45347 88 297 91 291 95 284 45347 43571 92 298 95 293 94 286 43571 41939 96 298 99 293 90 285 41939 40419 98 297 98 294 85 282 40419 38989 99 298 94 295 81 280 38989 37637 96 299 88 294 78 280 37637 36322 90 298 85 292 76 282 36322 34980 89 296 84 291 75 283 34980 33579 88 297 82 291 74 283 33579 32126 83 301 81 291 73 284 32126 30605 74 302 75 294 71 284 30605 29007 70 292 67 297 67 284 29007 27331 67 291 58 298 61 287 27331 25573 61 300 54 296 57 287 25573 23738 54 293 53 295 51 282 23738 21829 52 293 49 294 46 285 21829 19842 50 298 46 290 45 281 19842 17773 44 301 43 283 42 271 17773 15662 39 301 37 282 36 271 15662 13625 31 299 29 285 28 273 13625 11769 25 288 24 276 23 259 11769 10121 15 275 20 260 22 250 10121 8662 5 228 15 230 21 236 8662 7370 6 151 14 200 21 217 7370 6226 9 135 17 164 22 197 6226 5218 12 126 20 155 28 169 5218 4340 15 117 21 152 30 164 4340 3571 20 099 22 142 26 162 3571 2889 19 089 18 122 27 140 2889 2297 17*085 14*092 27 112 2297 1810 16*083 13*085 25 104 1810 1436 15 083 12 082 22*102 1436 1180 14 082 11 081 18*101 1180 1024 12 081 10 080 16 101 1024 935 9 081 8 079 11 100 935 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