DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/25 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.2 - - 60.3 - - 51.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 299 - - 287 - - 42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2141 - - 2632 - - 1465 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2157 - - 2506 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3030 - - 3521 - - 2354 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 465 - - 683 - - 486 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 352 - - 372 - - 161 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 043 - - 054 - - 050 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 3 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 41 - - -1487 - - -977 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2989 - - 5009 - - 3331 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6825 - - -7514 - - -9125 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9855 - - 11035 - - 11479 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 66 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.2 - - 60.3 - - 51.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.3 - - 41.7 - - 40.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.6 - - 58.7 - - 51.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.6 - - 41.0 - - 40.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 299 - - 287 - - 42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2141 - - 2632 - - 1465 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 73 - - 0 - - 7 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 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] 97190 21 234 32 245 29 241 97190 89864 28 242 22 238 20 238 89864 84266 22 232 14 248 10 261 84266 79600 10 206 13 253 10 290 79600 75553 2 112 10 239 10 284 75553 71966 8 003 6 216 11 267 71966 68724 9 318 6 288 9 276 68724 65749 7 295 9 301 10 299 65749 62987 13 287 13 285 16 286 62987 60299 12 269 8 270 18 256 60299 57475 15 284 9 265 18 229 57475 54526 19 250 17 267 15 243 54526 51691 24 246 28 253 20 264 51691 49134 26 231 32 242 28 260 49134 46854 22 227 31 244 31 259 46854 44806 27 255 34 254 30 265 44806 42944 37 255 37 252 29 265 42944 41239 37 248 35 251 31 267 41239 39670 28 249 30 260 31 266 39670 38219 29 279 31 279 32 273 38219 36870 41 283 36 279 34 269 36870 35583 40 274 39 275 36 263 35583 34283 32 273 34 276 35 260 34283 32932 32 277 29 286 31 264 32932 31530 33 275 27 292 27 266 31530 30066 22 275 25 285 21 272 30066 28525 14 297 15 263 18 273 28525 26908 12 325 7 260 17 270 26908 25210 10 301 8 261 14 260 25210 23434 10 254 12 257 12 250 23434 21584 7 235 11 229 15 223 21584 19653 4 218 10 208 17 205 19653 17634 4 185 10 200 15 204 17634 15567 1 187 8 207 14 212 15567 13568 2 271 7 220 12 199 13568 11745 2 282 7 259 8 205 11745 10123 2 340 5 278 6 141 10123 8683 3 346 5 356 7 064 8683 7406 6 359 10 027 10 037 7406 6273 10 002 14 016 16 038 6273 5273 14 348 19 031 19 047 5273 4396 15 357 21 050 17 050 4396 3623 13*031 15*054 19 041 3623 2937 12*044 13*055 18*042 2937 2336 12 044 13 054 16*047 2336 1836 12 043 13 054 16 049 1836 1452 12 043 12 055 15 051 1452 1188 12 042 12 054 14 051 1188 1028 11 042 11 054 13 051 1028 936 9 042 10 054 10 051 936 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