DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/17 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.0 - - 71.5 - - 65.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 81 - - -5 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2510 - - 707 - - 269 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1937 - - 922 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3399 - - 1596 - - 1158 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2497 - - 2840 - - 978 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 263 - - 96 - - 30 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 18 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 174 - - 236 - - 188 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 9 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -8 - - 5 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1023 - - -283 - - 220 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2376 - - 1879 - - 938 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -27 - - -1693 - - -1688 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3426 - - 3289 - - 2846 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 100 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1900 - - 2520 - - 1150 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.0 - - 71.5 - - 65.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.3 - - 65.9 - - 64.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.8 - - 71.6 - - 66.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.1 - - 64.9 - - 64.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 81 - - -5 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2510 - - 707 - - 269 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 68 - - 100 - - 91 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 13 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] 96772 27 245 31 268 32 292 96772 89525 13 237 21 267 25 262 89525 84015 22 257 22 292 20 271 84015 79454 28 241 28 264 26 276 79454 75493 22 234 24 250 31 266 75493 71973 31 253 35 255 34 266 71973 68768 36 241 39 247 44 260 68768 65802 36 241 39 246 46 254 65802 63032 39 253 41 252 45 253 63032 60344 43 258 39 256 42 250 60344 57551 49 256 49 256 42 254 57551 54655 52 253 54 256 42 259 54655 51879 52 254 57 256 50 259 51879 49380 53 258 55 252 55 256 49380 47151 58 261 52 252 62 259 47151 45149 63 260 60 257 73 255 45149 43339 64 257 75 256 74 254 43339 41700 59 250 81 256 65 259 41700 40202 54 241 77 258 47 255 40202 38797 50 239 68 257 50 245 38797 37462 52 244 65 256 48 234 37462 36163 55 247 65 256 47 235 36163 34836 55 249 62 256 48 233 34836 33452 53 250 58 255 49 234 33452 32014 52 252 52 252 50 235 32014 30508 50 251 48 250 50 236 30508 28923 52 248 46 251 51 238 28923 27257 54 246 42 247 48 238 27257 25512 50 244 39 236 44 234 25512 23692 43 238 42 243 45 230 23692 21802 38 237 45 240 47 230 21802 19836 33 239 45 236 48 231 19836 17790 31 237 42 229 48 232 17790 15708 30 224 38 222 45 232 15708 13705 29 225 35 213 36 225 13705 11885 26 228 35 212 34 220 11885 10270 24 215 36 220 38 218 10270 8837 24 209 35 226 42 217 8837 7560 25 206 32 223 43 215 7560 6424 28 206 30 218 42 215 6424 5413 29 205 29 216 41 217 5413 4521 29 196 28 217 44 226 4521 3731 29*184 27 220 44 231 3731 3023 27*178 26 224 36 229 3023 2397 25 175 26 226 27 221 2397 1874 24 174 24*229 21 212 1874 1475 23 173 21*233 16 201 1475 1200 21 172 19 236 12*193 1200 1033 19 172 16 238 11*190 1033 938 15 172 12 239 8 187 938 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