DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/09 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 - - - - - - 69.6 - - 70.6 - - 63.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 153 - - 152 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8153 - - 8301 - - 3593 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6410 - - 6511 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 9042 - - 9190 - - 4482 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1564 - - 3260 - - 4204 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 451 - - 451 - - 111 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 28 - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 272 - - 313 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 16 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 20 - - 19 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -93 - - 708 - - -2419 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9135 - - 8483 - - 6902 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3010 - - -173 - - -4548 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12052 - - 9363 - - 9030 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 87 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 70 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.6 - - 70.6 - - 63.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.2 - - 36.2 - - 36.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.9 - - 70.1 - - 64.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.0 - - 35.0 - - 35.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 153 - - 152 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8153 - - 8301 - - 3593 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 81 - - 50 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 97621 3 194 3 201 1 268 97621 90282 4 180 2 207 3 291 90282 84617 9 164 9 203 5 224 84617 79868 9 182 7 186 4 246 79868 75760 9 186 6 200 5 304 75760 72138 3 238 6 253 9 312 72138 68853 8 290 11 269 9 295 68853 65811 9 295 11 275 9 302 65811 62985 15 273 18 290 19 298 62985 60259 18 243 18 269 18 276 60259 57402 17 298 18 296 23 294 57402 54424 36 281 37 280 34 272 54424 51587 40 273 36 267 33 272 51587 49036 41 275 39 283 42 279 49036 46759 42 283 51 284 53 280 46759 44710 55 285 64 282 62 278 44710 42850 67 285 71 278 69 275 42850 41146 80 286 74 272 72 273 41146 39577 89 286 75 271 75 275 39577 38127 94 286 78 278 80 272 38127 36775 99 288 85 281 83 265 36775 35475 102 288 87 281 79 269 35475 34157 103 289 89 282 82 274 34157 32788 102 290 90 283 82 273 32788 31367 100 291 91 283 81 273 31367 29880 99 292 92 283 79 273 29880 28315 93 292 93 284 79 274 28315 26674 86 291 92 284 79 276 26674 24954 82 289 89 284 78 280 24954 23159 79 285 84 283 75 284 23159 21298 73 281 80 282 73 285 21298 19369 67 276 76 282 71 284 19369 17369 63 273 70 282 65 284 17369 15338 59 279 63 279 57 285 15338 13388 51 282 56 278 48 282 13388 11619 49 279 42 277 41 280 11619 10049 41*271 36*274 36 272 10049 8652 28*268 32*271 33 269 8652 7406 27 268 30 271 28 275 7406 6297 25 269 30 271 26 283 6297 5311 23 270 29 272 24*295 5311 4442 22 271 28 272 24*309 4442 3672 21 273 27 272 24 311 3672 2982 21 274 27 273 24 313 2982 2370 20 275 26 273 24 315 2370 1859 20 276 25 273 23 315 1859 1466 19 276 25 273 22 316 1466 1195 18 276 23 273 20 316 1195 1031 16 277 21 273 17 316 1031 937 13 277 16 273 12 316 937 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