DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/18 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.9 - - 65.7 - - 63.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 60 - - 7 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2132 - - 994 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1310 - - 921 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3021 - - 1883 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 655 - - 670 - - 1077 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 227 - - 106 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 090 - - 096 - - 103 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -10 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -625 - - -954 - - -930 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3646 - - 2837 - - 1867 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8775 - - -8929 - - -8568 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11796 - - 10812 - - 9505 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 20 - - 170 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.9 - - 65.7 - - 63.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.3 - - 56.6 - - 58.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.6 - - 65.9 - - 64.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.9 - - 55.6 - - 57.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 60 - - 7 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2132 - - 994 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 97 - - 93 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 11 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] 98618 21 083 7 046 19 037 98618 91289 16 058 11 065 13 031 91289 85624 8 044 9 028 10 012 85624 80894 7 331 6 326 13 344 80894 76812 10 293 10 300 17 332 76812 73204 12 301 14 302 15 316 73204 69932 9 302 14 306 11 295 69932 66923 9 334 12 292 12 300 66923 64149 15 316 12 288 14 302 64149 61491 18 300 13 300 14 308 61491 58741 15 287 18 297 18 299 58741 55905 22 294 21 282 22 279 55905 53218 27 286 24 270 25 270 53218 50816 31 279 26 271 26 273 50816 48668 26 275 30 280 28 279 48668 46713 21 282 31 277 30 272 46713 44915 23 293 31 277 32 261 44915 43245 32 284 35 285 30 264 43245 41680 35 274 38 290 30 280 41680 40206 32 264 32 279 27 267 40206 38808 30 275 26 278 30 262 38808 37451 29 287 23 269 31 259 37451 36065 27 272 28 260 29 255 36065 34620 29 262 30 258 28 257 34620 33120 29 266 29 263 27 262 33120 31549 28 276 30 276 28 266 31549 29895 27 271 30 284 27 271 29895 28157 27 267 26 279 26 279 28157 26337 24 263 24 268 26 277 26337 24442 25 260 25 265 27 272 24442 22471 27 262 29 265 29 270 22471 20423 23 268 26 265 25 270 20423 18298 27 287 26 276 28 280 18298 16140 32 291 31 286 34 284 16140 14063 31 284 30 283 34 281 14063 12173 30 279 28 279 33 282 12173 10491 27 275 28 275 28 281 10491 8996 16 271 30 268 28 282 8996 7666 8 286 21 259 27 272 7666 6485 3 317 9 268 21 252 6485 5444 1 017 1 277 14 209 5444 4531 8 105 7 122 14 177 4531 3730 17*095 14 125 17 151 3730 3016 18*091 18 115 22 131 3016 2389 18 090 19*103 25 120 2389 1869 17 090 19*098 24 111 1869 1471 17 089 17 096 20 106 1471 1198 16 089 15 095 15 104 1198 1032 14 089 13 094 12*103 1032 937 11 090 9 094 7*103 937 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