DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/20 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.3 - - 57.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 47 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1079 - - 1591 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 920 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1968 - - 2480 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 427 - - 648 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 210 - - 183 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 316 - - 343 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -40 - - 755 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2008 - - 1725 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5170 - - 210 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7138 - - 2270 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.3 - - 57.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.5 - - 52.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.7 - - 56.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.2 - - 51.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 108 - - 47 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1079 - - 1591 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 44 - - 99 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - - 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] 96476 3 230 4 233 96476 89417 2 294 10 233 89417 83923 4 235 9 205 83923 79327 9 309 7 262 79327 75356 4 228 6 295 75356 71833 11 004 8 295 71833 68640 17 329 9 315 68640 65704 19 300 16 319 65704 62984 16 300 19 308 62984 60319 15 308 25 284 60319 57506 21 313 26 275 57506 54571 46 327 34 318 54571 51760 60 319 47 311 51760 49229 62 317 60 313 49229 46971 75 320 71 319 46971 44949 80 317 83 323 44949 43121 80 321 94 322 43121 41455 93 326 99 322 41455 39921 107 325 99 327 39921 38493 106 323 109 332 38493 37151 102 323 110 330 37151 35853 99 323 99 325 35853 34530 96 324 94 322 34530 33153 95 326 93 323 33153 31725 94 325 91 325 31725 30232 94 325 88 327 30232 28662 90 324 83 325 28662 27016 87 318 80 321 27016 25293 86 315 80 320 25293 23497 85 315 77 319 23497 21628 81 314 71 319 21628 19683 76 314 65 317 19683 17657 69 312 64 311 17657 15590 62 308 61 307 15590 13595 52 306 55 305 13595 11778 47 302 45 308 11778 10163 41 298 40 304 10163 8727 39 297 37 308 8727 7450 37 303 34 316 7450 6316 34 311 28 320 6316 5314 32 315 23 320 5314 4431 32 320 21 321 4431 3654 31 325 19 329 3654 2964 28 326 14*342 2964 2356 23*323 13*343 2356 1849 16*317 13 343 1849 1460 15 316 13 343 1460 1193 14 316 12 343 1193 1030 13 315 11 343 1030 937 11 315 9 342 937 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