DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/26 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.9 - - 53.2 - - 46.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 46 - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1019 - - 1482 - - 672 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 921 - - 920 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1908 - - 2371 - - 1561 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 426 - - 842 - - 1184 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 188 - - 174 - - 78 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 28 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 142 - - 016 - - 023 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 15 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 11 - - -10 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1348 - - -298 - - 409 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3256 - - 2669 - - 1152 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6991 - - -9273 - - -22 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8899 - - 11644 - - 1583 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 410 - - 20 - - 110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.9 - - 53.2 - - 46.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.4 - - 44.7 - - 44.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.6 - - 53.0 - - 46.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.2 - - 44.0 - - 44.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 46 - - 8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1019 - - 1482 - - 672 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 92 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 6 - - 6 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] 96272 22 252 30 243 32 252 96272 88993 20 238 27 263 27 258 88993 83444 26 234 32 252 31 271 83444 78886 32 241 35 247 34 261 78886 74968 29 251 28 256 31 259 74968 71490 37 267 31 265 29 262 71490 68336 37 266 33 277 36 276 68336 65467 48 263 35 267 38 276 65467 62825 49 259 26 258 39 287 62825 60248 42 262 42 297 53 290 60248 57555 46 278 58 284 61 283 57555 54759 58 278 63 280 66 283 54759 52070 70 284 69 285 73 283 52070 49629 79 286 78 284 78 281 49629 47414 83 287 80 281 80 279 47414 45383 83 287 82 281 82 281 45383 43516 82 288 86 283 85 283 43516 41809 82 290 87 285 88 285 41809 40254 81 290 84 286 89 285 40254 38817 81 290 83 285 88 282 38817 37464 85 289 88 285 83 277 37464 36155 91 287 93 286 78 272 36155 34822 90 286 92 284 77 271 34822 33435 89 287 90 281 78 272 33435 31996 88 288 89 278 77 273 31996 30489 87 288 91 276 75 270 30489 28901 84 286 89 270 75 263 28901 27233 78 282 84 267 78 258 27233 25483 76 282 82 266 79 259 25483 23655 80 283 77 263 79 263 23655 21753 77 276 74 261 81 266 21753 19769 73 273 74 261 80 269 19769 17697 70 271 73 258 74 265 17697 15585 70 266 68 253 76 259 15585 13554 70 259 56 249 62 254 13554 11709 64 255 43 251 49 252 11709 10071 59 253 39 262 45 255 10071 8616 56 250 40 270 43 261 8616 7326 51 249 35 267 26 279 7326 6195 44 252 26 265 13 339 6195 5211 30 261 14 316 25 360 5211 4352 18 248 28 014 35 358 4352 3596 14 226 34 018 36 003 3596 2920 14 204 33*018 35 007 2920 2324 14*174 32*017 31 014 2324 1828 13*147 30 017 26*020 1828 1448 12 143 28 016 23*022 1448 1186 11 141 26 015 20 023 1186 1027 10 140 23 015 17 023 1027 935 8 138 17 014 12 024 935 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