DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/19 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 - - - - - - -2.2 - - -0.7 - - -2.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 45 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1858 - - 1879 - - 43 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 916 - - 916 - - 916 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2747 - - 2768 - - 932 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 385 - - 515 - - 1977 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 224 - - 179 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 25 - - 25 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 290 - - 284 - - 274 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -4 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 787 - - 884 - - -978 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1960 - - 1884 - - 1911 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 526 - - 620 - - -1598 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2221 - - 2148 - - 2530 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 99 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - -2.2 - - -0.7 - - -2.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -7.1 - - -5.2 - - -7.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - -2.5 - - -0.7 - - -2.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -7.9 - - -6.0 - - -7.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 45 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1858 - - 1879 - - 43 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 90 - - 97 - - 73 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95915 17 321 3 319 13 255 95915 88837 22 260 23 284 25 296 88837 83349 23 257 28 261 29 268 83349 78714 23 260 22 270 23 270 78714 74653 26 273 36 276 34 278 74653 71030 38 260 40 263 36 270 71030 67729 41 260 39 271 37 271 67729 64672 47 263 42 271 35 265 64672 61805 47 256 47 270 43 270 61805 58998 50 259 55 266 53 269 58998 56065 55 255 63 262 65 272 56065 53037 57 257 73 263 76 264 53037 50155 65 259 78 260 73 259 50155 47555 68 259 76 257 67 265 47555 45224 70 262 73 259 74 272 45224 43120 73 266 72 266 80 273 43120 41203 76 269 75 270 82 271 41203 39443 79 271 80 270 83 271 39443 37814 82 270 82 268 83 271 37814 36299 83 269 82 267 83 271 36299 34884 83 267 81 265 83 271 34884 33527 83 266 79 266 82 272 33527 32160 82 267 78 268 83 274 32160 30757 83 270 81 271 84 275 30757 29323 88 271 86 273 85 276 29323 27845 94 271 89 272 85 275 27845 26316 95 271 91 272 84 276 26316 24743 95 272 91 272 82 277 24743 23127 90 275 89 274 83 278 23127 21460 83 278 84 276 83 280 21460 19735 77 281 79 280 81 282 19735 17939 73 285 74 283 76 285 17939 16069 68 289 69 285 67 287 16069 14166 62 293 63 288 58 287 14166 12336 57 296 54 293 53 286 12336 10671 50 300 47 295 48 287 10671 9194 44 301 43 295 44 288 9194 7886 40 300 38 296 41 290 7886 6729 36 301 36 297 39 291 6729 5707 35 303 34 296 36 293 5707 4807 34 306 32 296 34 295 4807 4019 33 307 33 297 32 297 4019 3328 32*303 31*289 33 293 3328 2718 27*291 28*285 31 286 2718 2182 27 290 27 284 29 282 2182 1735 26 289 26 284 26 281 1735 1392 25 289 25 284 23 279 1392 1157 23 289 22 283 18 277 1157 1014 20 288 19 283 16 276 1014 932 15 288 14 282 10*274 932 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