DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/05 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 - - - - - - 41.4 - - 45.1 - - 43.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 90 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3125 - - 4231 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2653 - - 3129 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4014 - - 5120 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1048 - - 543 - - 4296 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 331 - - 309 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 306 - - 289 - - 266 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1369 - - 1660 - - -825 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2645 - - 3461 - - 1762 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 629 - - 776 - - -1808 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3385 - - 4344 - - 2744 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 88 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.4 - - 45.1 - - 43.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.4 - - 33.5 - - 39.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.9 - - 44.7 - - 45.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.2 - - 32.3 - - 38.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 90 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3125 - - 4231 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 81 - - 51 - - 53 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96609 20 270 23 245 29 281 96609 89356 10 245 14 261 19 257 89356 83837 9 261 13 270 11 257 83837 79243 7 227 14 258 14 284 79243 75282 11 280 13 253 11 262 75282 71763 19 259 15 272 14 265 71763 68557 14 244 20 265 19 268 68557 65594 14 262 23 246 22 249 65594 62818 18 252 23 253 22 268 62818 60124 20 246 28 253 34 269 60124 57314 24 260 30 241 34 260 57314 54375 32 279 30 265 31 264 54375 51545 48 277 45 273 41 277 51545 48985 57 268 54 268 57 276 48985 46685 57 259 61 261 62 268 46685 44589 48 252 56 255 61 266 44589 42665 46 250 56 262 63 268 42665 40889 45 259 55 272 63 273 40889 39247 52 267 67 276 69 278 39247 37730 57 270 72 271 76 276 37730 36319 60 274 65 270 78 276 36319 34967 64 274 64 277 80 278 34967 33603 63 270 67 283 81 283 33603 32203 60 269 71 286 89 288 32203 30778 56 271 74 289 95 291 30778 29315 54 277 73 290 96 293 29315 27791 53 287 68 293 98 295 27791 26197 52 290 65 296 98 297 26197 24526 51 287 65 298 94 299 24526 22781 51 286 61 296 87 300 22781 20968 51 289 57 295 74 297 20968 19084 43 295 52 294 62 295 19084 17127 41 298 43 294 53 296 17127 15130 41 301 35 301 47 295 15130 13201 39 305 32 309 41 296 13201 11443 37 308 32 315 36 301 11443 9877 37 314 32 316 33 308 9877 8485 37 322 31 315 31 312 8485 7247 38 327 29 314 30 312 7247 6149 37 329 26 309 28 304 6149 5182 29 324 19*290 25 290 5182 4335 24*313 19*289 23 283 4335 3587 22*309 19 289 22 281 3587 2916 22 307 18 289 21 280 2916 2322 21 306 17 289 19 278 2322 1827 21 305 17 289 18 276 1827 1447 20 305 16 289 16 274 1447 1185 19 305 15 289 13 271 1185 1026 17 304 14 289 10*268 1026 936 13 304 11 289 6*266 936 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