DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 11/29 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 - - - - - - 27.3 - - 28.4 - - 27.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 4 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 994 - - 397 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1883 - - 1286 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1105 - - 1758 - - 1961 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 137 - - 49 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 131 - - 118 - - 130 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 568 - - 52 - - -141 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1315 - - 1234 - - 1075 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 264 - - -208 - - -721 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1619 - - 1494 - - 1655 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 97 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.3 - - 28.4 - - 27.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.2 - - 26.6 - - 26.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.3 - - 28.6 - - 28.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.8 - - 26.4 - - 26.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 4 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 994 - - 397 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 89 - - 94 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96065 50 044 53 043 67 046 96065 88977 30 030 34 034 42 037 88977 83439 16 024 18 017 23 009 83439 78831 10 014 13 003 13 328 78831 74831 11 333 11 338 12 329 74831 71266 14 304 12 306 18 311 71266 68028 17 284 14 289 21 290 68028 65035 21 283 21 287 19 290 65035 62240 28 266 32 285 31 285 62240 59516 31 263 42 272 40 282 59516 56659 40 263 47 260 50 267 56659 53691 42 258 48 255 48 259 53691 50858 42 258 52 259 44 261 50858 48313 48 261 56 264 46 263 48313 46040 54 260 57 262 49 265 46040 43987 56 257 53 258 56 264 43987 42117 57 260 53 258 65 258 42117 40403 66 257 62 250 62 250 40403 38822 72 249 61 246 52 245 38822 37355 79 240 64 240 53 245 37355 35984 89 237 79 232 61 240 35984 34670 88 233 81 227 64 231 34670 33359 79 229 79 217 52 219 33359 32024 75 225 74 219 50 205 32024 30649 67 232 72 227 47 203 30649 29212 60 237 72 226 46 205 29212 27698 56 240 71 221 47 206 27698 26103 48 241 66 217 49 208 26103 24428 42 238 56 219 53 210 24428 22673 46 236 46 223 54 213 22673 20842 53 235 42 221 52 216 20842 18929 57 232 45 222 51 223 18929 16934 58 235 47 216 50 228 16934 14899 43 223 43 201 46 213 14899 12947 29 197 33 192 31 188 12947 11186 26 219 23 209 21 182 11186 9634 34 217 28 229 16 231 9634 8264 36 211 35 219 27 238 8264 7052 32 200 31 201 38 218 7052 5983 26 188 33 187 44 193 5983 5043 23 179 35 175 44 177 5043 4218 27 166 37 161 43 166 4218 3492 30 158 35 147 42 154 3492 2843 28 152 32 138 39 151 2843 2270 21*138 26 128 33 143 2270 1792 20*134 25 125 29 139 1792 1427 17 131 21*121 24 135 1427 1175 15 129 18*119 20 132 1175 1022 14 128 16 118 17 132 1022 934 10 127 12 117 12*130 934 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