DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/22 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 - - - - - - 35.1 - - 34.4 - - 34.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -34 - - -35 - - -45 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 46 - - 46 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 935 - - 935 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 868 - - 550 - - 569 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 21 - - 16 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 175 - - 166 - - 182 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1620 - - -835 - - -792 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2555 - - 1770 - - 1727 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14088 - - -13445 - - -13945 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15023 - - 14380 - - 14880 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 35.1 - - 34.4 - - 34.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 27.6 - - 30.4 - - 30.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 36.8 - - 36.5 - - 36.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.5 - - 29.8 - - 30.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -34 - - -35 - - -45 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 46 - - 46 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 95426 69 273 71 278 64 283 95426 88526 41 274 55 263 59 267 88526 83144 38 268 42 267 56 263 83144 78651 36 266 33 270 41 274 78651 74792 42 278 31 275 43 267 74792 71374 47 275 49 286 40 282 71374 68279 44 273 58 285 45 308 68279 65436 48 297 52 285 48 307 65436 62767 62 301 57 290 60 278 62767 60124 73 293 72 292 61 280 60124 57357 74 289 94 282 81 280 57357 54498 74 288 86 281 82 275 54498 51753 81 293 84 287 79 288 51753 49274 89 292 92 287 88 288 49274 47049 90 291 93 285 94 288 47049 45029 90 288 95 285 98 288 45029 43185 92 289 98 288 105 289 43185 41495 101 288 102 287 108 286 41495 39942 106 286 101 286 105 285 39942 38506 100 287 97 288 102 287 38506 37167 96 291 98 292 100 290 37167 35877 92 291 99 292 98 291 35877 34561 86 288 97 292 95 291 34561 33189 79 287 94 291 93 290 33189 31763 74 290 91 289 90 288 31763 30268 72 292 90 289 84 285 30268 28693 73 293 86 290 80 283 28693 27039 73 291 79 290 76 284 27039 25307 69 290 72 287 74 284 25307 23502 64 290 63 282 68 281 23502 21629 60 288 56 278 61 277 21629 19678 57 283 54 277 57 273 19678 17637 56 281 52 278 55 276 17637 15547 57 278 48 281 50 281 15547 13531 56 268 47 280 44 281 13531 11694 50 264 47 269 44 276 11694 10057 50 250 44 257 44 270 10057 8607 48 238 43 249 37 259 8607 7333 48 227 37 243 32 253 7333 6214 44 218 33 238 28 250 6214 5227 41 218 32 237 29 241 5227 4358 43 218 30 241 30 239 4358 3590 45 216 30 243 28 236 3590 2904 44 210 29 234 27 225 2904 2306 38 202 32 208 33 208 2306 1813 29 189 29 194 31 194 1813 1438 21 180 23 183 27 189 1438 1180 18 177 17 174 20 185 1180 1024 15*176 14*171 17*184 1024 935 9*175 8*166 9*182 935 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