DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/05 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 - - - - - - 24.8 - - 29.7 - - 29.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - 0 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 603 - - 284 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1492 - - 1173 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 645 - - 2032 - - 1065 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 104 - - 32 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 10 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 216 - - 238 - - 199 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -493 - - -702 - - -438 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1985 - - 1875 - - 1373 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10820 - - -1478 - - -1979 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12312 - - 2651 - - 2914 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.8 - - 29.7 - - 29.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 19.6 - - 24.9 - - 27.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 24.9 - - 30.1 - - 31.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 18.9 - - 24.4 - - 27.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - 0 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 603 - - 284 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 102 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 95582 62 247 62 252 63 261 95582 88604 46 270 50 273 49 289 88604 83233 33 286 41 272 40 293 83233 78712 27 303 34 264 38 289 78712 74752 31 311 27 278 37 294 74752 71232 29 308 30 291 39 303 71232 68053 31 313 31 299 37 301 68053 65121 33 310 28 302 32 301 65121 62375 31 310 31 313 32 311 62375 59688 36 313 37 313 39 324 59688 56883 47 318 47 320 46 323 56883 53969 44 320 49 316 48 324 53969 51172 43 334 43 323 52 332 51172 48639 63 341 53 337 56 335 48639 46362 69 337 63 337 63 332 46362 44298 66 332 65 335 67 330 44298 42410 62 329 67 327 71 329 42410 40671 62 329 67 321 70 327 40671 39063 67 334 66 323 70 328 39063 37566 76 340 64 331 73 329 37566 36166 86 341 66 341 76 332 36166 34828 97 340 72 347 82 335 34828 33487 102 338 88 342 89 335 33487 32114 105 340 95 333 88 332 32114 30713 112 342 90 327 82 332 30713 29264 113 344 81 336 77 328 29264 27743 112 346 81 341 75 325 27743 26144 105 344 84 341 68 325 26144 24468 95 337 88 341 63 335 24468 22716 90 332 90 341 60 343 22716 20888 85 329 86 341 56 335 20888 18981 73 330 72 339 61 330 18981 16999 56 324 56 337 64 335 16999 14986 54 322 43 336 57 336 14986 13054 38 331 38 331 49 331 13054 11301 36 320 36 319 40 324 11301 9746 38 308 37 316 35 321 9746 8363 35 292 36 324 36 317 8363 7130 24 272 28 316 36 318 7130 6036 22 270 29 305 28 324 6036 5076 28 271 24 286 20 295 5076 4245 32 257 26 279 20 264 4245 3516 34 248 27 272 19 257 3516 2863 33 244 26 259 19 251 2863 2285 31 235 22 246 18 245 2285 1802 25*223 20 243 17 234 1802 1432 20*217 17 241 15 220 1432 1177 18 216 14*239 13 208 1177 1023 16 215 12*238 11*204 1023 935 12 215 9 237 6*199 935 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