DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 12/27 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 - - - - - - 38.8 - - 41.3 - - 40.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 17 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 739 - - 856 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1628 - - 1745 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 739 - - 452 - - 1056 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 137 - - 102 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 152 - - 152 - - 145 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 587 - - 579 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1041 - - 1166 - - 935 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 364 - - 314 - - -125 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1264 - - 1431 - - 1060 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.8 - - 41.3 - - 40.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.6 - - 39.5 - - 40.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 38.6 - - 41.4 - - 40.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.2 - - 39.2 - - 40.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 17 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 739 - - 856 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 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] 95223 52 269 54 276 52 276 95223 88474 34 280 38 281 43 286 88474 83178 25 293 26 284 34 292 83178 78735 21 292 17 291 21 288 78735 74881 22 299 18 292 19 304 74881 71439 24 279 23 281 20 284 71439 68285 18 266 21 268 18 274 68285 65367 23 257 27 270 22 288 65367 62637 32 248 34 270 36 305 62637 59974 33 264 43 268 43 278 59974 57191 46 265 49 267 51 274 57191 54316 55 270 63 270 67 262 54316 51601 69 271 70 262 64 258 51601 49167 69 272 67 277 63 272 49167 46980 81 278 86 285 86 279 46980 44995 101 274 110 274 103 273 44995 43202 109 265 112 266 109 267 43202 41574 111 266 111 267 111 263 41574 40060 107 268 112 276 114 262 40060 38633 116 278 113 278 111 261 38633 37280 114 277 110 271 103 262 37280 35968 112 273 114 269 98 265 35968 34632 110 272 116 269 98 268 34632 33242 106 272 110 269 94 268 33242 31801 103 272 101 268 91 263 31801 30293 104 273 97 267 90 262 30293 28708 96 274 94 270 89 264 28708 27051 89 274 90 274 86 267 27051 25315 82 274 83 271 79 267 25315 23503 74 273 79 267 69 263 23503 21621 68 268 72 269 64 262 21621 19663 59 264 59 269 59 265 19663 17622 51 262 54 267 54 263 17622 15544 40 253 46 266 49 261 15544 13546 29 252 38 258 39 252 13546 11735 25 251 31 255 32 230 11735 10128 22 257 23 245 29 217 10128 8697 18 273 17 239 22 204 8697 7421 18 283 13 231 19 195 7421 6286 14 272 12 229 21 188 6286 5280 9 241 14 214 27 191 5280 4394 12 206 18 205 30 196 4394 3612 13 209 21 201 29 191 3612 2916 19 185 23 187 31 181 2916 2313 17 163 20 164 28 164 2313 1820 15*155 17*155 24 155 1820 1442 13*153 15*153 20 150 1442 1183 12 152 14 152 17 148 1183 1025 11 152 12 151 14 147 1025 935 8 151 9 150 10*145 935 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