DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/06 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 - - - - - - 39.7 - - 40.8 - - 39.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 30 - - 13 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 793 - - 721 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1682 - - 1610 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 601 - - 1177 - - 1475 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 121 - - 88 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 310 - - 303 - - 274 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 592 - - 601 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1090 - - 1009 - - 935 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 234 - - 229 - - -372 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1448 - - 1381 - - 1307 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.7 - - 40.8 - - 39.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.0 - - 39.4 - - 39.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 39.6 - - 40.9 - - 40.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.4 - - 39.1 - - 39.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 30 - - 13 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 793 - - 721 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 95 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 96129 47 261 56 260 59 274 96129 88956 26 268 28 270 31 275 88956 83477 23 269 21 290 18 262 83477 78920 20 277 20 285 8 278 78920 74978 20 283 28 288 21 308 74978 71492 25 268 36 286 33 302 71492 68327 23 279 37 284 40 298 68327 65393 34 293 31 288 40 287 65393 62644 43 282 49 282 42 275 62644 59959 42 263 46 268 43 281 59959 57131 35 266 46 282 52 287 57131 54158 52 282 57 276 61 278 54158 51297 64 275 60 266 62 272 51297 48724 61 265 59 267 63 269 48724 46440 56 260 62 272 60 266 46440 44381 59 266 67 276 54 270 44381 42491 67 271 73 277 57 278 42491 40736 75 273 79 272 65 277 40736 39099 83 271 80 266 71 273 39099 37567 84 268 73 264 74 271 37567 36135 82 268 66 268 73 270 36135 34767 81 266 65 273 68 269 34767 33401 82 265 69 277 70 272 33401 32006 84 264 75 276 72 272 32006 30583 84 264 73 273 65 274 30583 29118 75 264 59 270 61 280 29118 27602 55 265 42 268 61 280 27602 26031 44 263 31 272 52 275 26031 24392 46 267 35 273 43 269 24392 22681 46 268 42 276 42 279 22681 20899 45 268 45 280 45 287 20899 19039 44 270 40 282 46 286 19039 17093 38 277 38 281 43 282 17093 15102 38 275 41 282 39 281 15102 13180 33 279 39 283 36 278 13180 11426 39 300 35 289 34 278 11426 9861 37 301 35 294 33 280 9861 8466 34 306 34 296 31 279 8466 7229 36 307 32 306 28 285 7229 6132 36 297 37 313 29 303 6132 5163 29 289 34 308 32 314 5163 4314 21 286 27 295 29 302 4314 3565 14 288 19 294 29 292 3565 2896 11 300 15 303 25 289 2896 2306 15 312 14 307 20 284 2306 1816 15*311 13*306 18 282 1816 1441 14*310 11*304 16 280 1441 1182 13 310 10 303 13 277 1182 1025 11 310 9 303 11 276 1025 935 9 309 7 302 7*274 935 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