DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/14 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 - - - - - - 64.1 - - 67.4 - - 65.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 346 - - 241 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5043 - - 5536 - - 3752 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4422 - - 4638 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5932 - - 6425 - - 4641 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1130 - - 1125 - - 1977 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 493 - - 451 - - 95 W* B/S - - - - - - 83 - - 35 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 218 - - 233 - - 152 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -12 - - -4 - - 7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2138 - - -2475 - - -3512 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8070 - - 8900 - - 8153 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11583 - - -10899 - - -12212 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17515 - - 17324 - - 16853 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 51 - - 56 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.1 - - 67.4 - - 65.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.9 - - 31.5 - - 33.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.3 - - 65.9 - - 66.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.6 - - 30.3 - - 32.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 346 - - 241 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5043 - - 5536 - - 3752 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 98159 4 138 6 230 7 093 98159 90734 4 129 8 173 3 142 90734 85004 3 165 11 173 7 273 85004 80239 6 143 7 176 8 287 80239 76128 6 102 6 192 6 279 76128 72489 4 083 6 213 7 257 72489 69190 3 002 5 236 7 245 69190 66154 7 328 7 287 2 288 66154 63345 9 323 11 295 8 321 63345 60632 14 308 14 318 11 324 60632 57796 16 314 19 320 17 316 57796 54853 22 322 27 309 25 313 54853 52058 27 307 29 300 26 314 52058 49557 26 319 27 317 28 319 49557 47326 40 325 37 325 37 313 47326 45325 50 321 52 319 44 313 45325 43527 63 324 59 322 43 326 43527 41894 72 321 62 327 42 330 41894 40382 67 323 61 320 41 321 40382 38964 62 335 52 322 42 318 38964 37619 62 342 43 340 43 315 37619 36310 61 337 42 348 41 316 36310 34974 60 334 40 338 39 315 34974 33582 53 341 41 329 36 314 33582 32135 51 348 40 325 37 316 32135 30620 50 347 38 329 41 320 30620 29024 50 340 36 332 45 327 29024 27349 49 335 36 320 41 322 27349 25594 49 331 40 319 39 308 25594 23763 52 330 42 323 40 306 23763 21857 51 332 40 327 35 311 21857 19872 49 332 38 332 31 323 19872 17808 47 332 33 335 30 318 17808 15703 46 334 30 336 27 312 15703 13670 40 340 28 336 23 312 13670 11818 28 344 22 336 19 312 11818 10179 21 348 16 341 14 310 10179 8731 15 359 10 333 9 306 8731 7453 8 009 4*270 9 265 7453 6328 1*341 3*241 8 229 6328 5335 1*214 3 237 6*201 5335 4460 1 204 3 236 6*175 4460 3685 1 212 2 232 7 166 3685 2990 1 216 2 230 7 155 2990 2376 1 218 2 228 7 148 2376 1862 1 223 2 226 8 143 1862 1468 1 228 2 225 8 140 1468 1196 1 233 2 223 7 138 1196 1031 1 230 2 223 7 137 1031 937 1 226 1 223 5 135 937 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