DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/28 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.0 - - 83.2 - - 80.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 185 - - 109 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3198 - - 4706 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2794 - - 3623 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4087 - - 5595 - - 939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1054 - - 806 - - 3795 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 355 - - 343 - - 28 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 134 - - 159 - - 175 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 527 - - 1241 - - -1646 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3560 - - 4354 - - 2586 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -410 - - 142 - - -2827 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4497 - - 5453 - - 3766 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 90 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 450 - - 700 - - 2220 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.0 - - 83.2 - - 80.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.3 - - 67.0 - - 71.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.8 - - 82.4 - - 81.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.1 - - 65.9 - - 71.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 185 - - 109 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3198 - - 4706 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 63 - - 62 - - 37 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 17 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] 99251 31 082 22 092 26 062 99251 91711 27 079 22 087 23 064 91711 85923 18 081 21 077 19 072 85923 81141 20 085 18 071 16 075 81141 77027 15 079 14 078 12 082 77027 73391 10 088 11 091 13 072 73391 70095 11 073 9 104 8 050 70095 67071 2 064 5 087 5 070 67071 64275 3 252 4 294 2 019 64275 61571 4 257 6 259 4 213 61571 58756 2 355 9 250 9 272 58756 55850 18 253 16 264 22 266 55850 53111 24 250 30 258 29 252 53111 50686 31 260 30 270 24 264 50686 48527 35 270 40 277 28 296 48527 46559 34 283 36 269 44 283 46559 44753 33 289 30 278 51 259 44753 43088 44 298 29 277 49 234 43088 41535 59 304 27 265 36 223 41535 40072 60 305 22 293 31 238 40072 38686 53 304 21 302 30 253 38686 37337 45 305 22 304 28 258 37337 35957 38 304 27 308 26 263 35957 34520 32 306 32 306 24 268 34520 33028 26 310 33 304 25 285 33028 31470 30 317 34 302 31 305 31470 29835 34 321 34 300 33 308 29835 28120 37 314 30 293 32 310 28120 26326 38 314 27 294 31 311 26326 24453 34 309 35 293 27 309 24453 22507 26 278 33 289 30 303 22507 20486 27 278 26 270 30 306 20486 18390 21 297 25 280 28 319 18390 16253 17 311 20 298 30 322 16253 14187 14 303 18 300 29 308 14187 12300 12 288 16 293 29 286 12300 10617 11 272 13 278 26 274 10617 9117 10 255 11 266 16 272 9117 7781 9 228 10 254 10 255 7781 6594 9 210 8*204 9 212 6594 5543 10 192 9*164 13 178 5543 4623 10*153 9 163 25 178 4623 3813 10*140 9 160 27 176 3813 3087 10 136 8 159 25 173 3087 2444 10 135 8 157 24 174 2444 1907 10 133 7 157 22 174 1907 1494 9 131 7 155 18 175 1494 1210 9 131 6 155 15 175 1210 1037 8 130 6 154 12*175 1037 939 7 130 5 154 8*175 939 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