DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/08 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 57.2 - - 62.4 - - 66.2 - - 64.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 109 - - 277 - - 212 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1911 - - 4649 - - 7382 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1608 - - 4035 - - 6007 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2800 - - 5538 - - 8271 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2418 - - 3326 - - 2195 - - 9926 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 252 - - 450 - - 479 - - 19 W* B/S - - - 12 - - 13 - - 14 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 6 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 153 - - 164 - - 230 - - 257 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 4 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - -4 - - 2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3802 - - -1714 - - 586 - - -6656 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6603 - - 7252 - - 7686 - - 7593 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7038 - - -3859 - - -164 - - -7521 ODpotential blCL - - - 9838 - - 9397 - - 8435 - - 8458 blCL maxRH - - - 77 - - 89 - - 83 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 57.2 - - 62.4 - - 66.2 - - 64.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.5 - - 33.6 - - 35.3 - - 34.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.6 - - 60.8 - - 64.8 - - 66.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.3 - - 32.5 - - 34.2 - - 33.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 109 - - 277 - - 212 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1911 - - 4649 - - 7382 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 7 - - 56 - - 32 - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 97561 6 022 9 322 7 008 7 264 97561 90232 6 023 2 195 7 294 2 335 90232 84557 12 004 6 166 8 260 10 359 84557 79819 3 041 4 170 8 217 10 317 79819 75714 4 338 3 244 4 239 11 307 75714 72078 11 263 13 252 10 290 18 301 72078 68798 6 248 14 237 16 243 16 278 68798 65761 15 284 20 272 17 268 16 273 65761 62914 20 258 27 261 24 277 20 281 62914 60162 21 280 27 271 31 282 30 283 60162 57301 38 285 33 275 37 275 35 275 57301 54324 45 272 41 274 40 269 38 273 54324 51479 48 265 46 271 43 267 43 273 51479 48918 49 270 50 271 47 270 48 271 48918 46624 54 274 52 270 54 269 51 271 46624 44551 56 272 54 267 56 264 56 270 44551 42660 57 271 56 264 58 263 57 268 42660 40918 60 273 58 264 62 264 60 267 40918 39306 69 276 65 268 65 265 62 266 39306 37812 83 272 76 268 68 266 64 267 37812 36424 90 269 88 269 71 269 70 268 36424 35107 89 268 100 269 78 270 77 264 35107 33795 84 268 99 268 85 267 85 257 33795 32449 79 268 89 268 83 263 88 252 32449 31058 74 271 86 267 79 263 88 253 31058 29600 70 273 84 267 79 265 84 256 29600 28066 68 274 80 266 75 268 72 260 28066 26457 65 272 75 263 69 270 65 262 26457 24775 65 270 75 260 64 270 59 265 24775 23023 60 273 73 260 61 269 55 270 23023 21204 57 275 67 262 57 272 51 274 21204 19311 56 274 60 265 52 274 46 276 19311 17336 47 276 48 274 48 277 42 279 17336 15318 40 278 38 274 42 282 40 283 15318 13374 33 282 30 268 34 280 35 289 13374 11609 30 276 26 262 27 268 29 284 11609 10046 26 259 23 255 19 246 21 259 10046 8655 27 260 18 251 18*245 19 259 8655 7413 25 274 11 271 13*242 17 258 7413 6306 20 288 6*263 10 238 15 258 6306 5321 15 298 5*200 7 233 14 257 5321 4450 11 309 6 167 5 227 12 257 4450 3679 7 320 7 163 5 223 11 257 3679 2987 2*330 7 161 4 219 11 257 2987 2374 3*151 7 160 4 215 10 258 2374 1861 4 153 7 159 3 212 9 258 1861 1467 4 153 7 159 3 209 8 259 1467 1196 4 154 6 159 3 207 7 258 1196 1031 4 154 6 158 3 208 6*258 1031 937 3 153 5 157 2 205 4*257 937 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