DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/25 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 - - - - - - 76.2 - - 80.8 - - 77.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 68 - - 137 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2632 - - 5211 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1856 - - 4122 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3521 - - 6100 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4015 - - 3075 - - 7137 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 250 - - 378 - - 28 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 8 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 203 - - 176 - - 154 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -10 - - -17 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1274 - - -664 - - -4602 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4796 - - 6764 - - 5540 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2721 - - -2334 - - -6107 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6242 - - 8434 - - 7045 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 69 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 420 - - 150 - - 130 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.2 - - 80.8 - - 77.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.5 - - 54.5 - - 56.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.9 - - 79.8 - - 78.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.2 - - 53.1 - - 55.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 68 - - 137 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2632 - - 5211 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 73 - - 0 - - 9 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 10 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] 98654 16 099 15 078 7 056 98654 91182 17 100 14 102 11 082 91182 85410 15 098 14 109 13 074 85410 80622 12 084 9 070 15 077 80622 76511 10 062 7 063 15 043 76511 72894 6 070 6 070 8 028 72894 69624 6 110 4 041 4 050 69624 66610 4 140 2 339 1 010 66610 63806 4 180 5 267 6 293 63806 61089 8 253 10 229 7 277 61089 58250 13 254 14 228 14 250 58250 55303 19 232 18 243 20 230 55303 52501 24 238 22 253 23 254 52501 49999 30 249 35 250 37 259 49999 47781 41 247 42 242 48 249 47781 45800 48 244 50 243 56 245 45800 44004 56 243 59 242 66 244 44004 42347 64 240 67 240 70 241 42347 40802 67 236 70 238 71 241 40802 39351 61 238 65 239 68 242 39351 37981 59 242 61 243 63 245 37981 36654 61 242 56 248 61 245 36654 35300 55 245 54 253 54 247 35300 33890 48 251 50 255 51 257 33890 32428 46 258 47 260 51 268 32428 30901 42 260 45 265 49 271 30901 29300 40 273 41 267 47 271 29300 27623 35 271 38 272 45 274 27623 25867 34 269 34 274 39 274 25867 24034 36 264 29 278 35 278 24034 22127 36 259 29 273 33 283 22127 20137 28 251 30 273 32 287 20137 18058 24 266 30 283 28 287 18058 15941 21 290 24 282 24 298 15941 13907 22 303 20 294 24 310 13907 12058 20 307 16 306 22 305 12058 10414 18 301 15 292 21 303 10414 8954 10 277 10 290 14 277 8954 7656 8 194 9 243 13 234 7656 6502 10 176 11*216 13 222 6502 5478 8 190 10*208 13 205 5478 4574 5 212 10 194 14 188 4574 3773 5*216 9 179 15 177 3773 3057 5*209 8 171 15 170 3057 2422 6 204 8 165 16 165 2422 1893 6 202 8 161 16 163 1893 1486 6 201 8 157 15 160 1486 1206 5 200 8 156 13 158 1206 1035 5 200 7 154 10*155 1035 938 4 198 7 154 7*154 938 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