DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/22 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.7 - - 69.0 - - 65.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 321 - - 236 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2180 - - 2489 - - 807 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2207 - - 2335 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3069 - - 3378 - - 1696 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 972 - - 899 - - 1742 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 363 - - 343 - - 62 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 19 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 095 - - 084 - - 068 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3232 - - -2933 - - -4419 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6301 - - 6311 - - 6115 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10011 - - -8753 - - -11349 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13080 - - 12131 - - 13045 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 91 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.7 - - 69.0 - - 65.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.6 - - 44.7 - - 42.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.1 - - 67.7 - - 65.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.6 - - 44.1 - - 41.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 321 - - 236 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2180 - - 2489 - - 807 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 38 - - 63 - - 56 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 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] 98319 11 130 15 088 13 082 98319 90897 6 069 4 122 6 036 90897 85185 12 079 4 234 5 062 85185 80428 11 092 7 165 1 225 80428 76328 8 060 8 100 4 170 76328 72716 2 171 5 079 2 334 72716 69447 8 198 4 210 4 317 69447 66422 7 251 9 224 7 258 66422 63619 16 278 6 231 7 241 63619 60905 18 233 11 243 10 245 60905 58071 22 230 19 239 16 236 58071 55127 23 246 25 241 20 243 55127 52324 37 237 33 241 31 245 52324 49823 35 239 38 233 34 239 49823 47608 42 248 40 233 40 241 47608 45626 52 241 54 232 48 238 45626 43832 65 225 63 225 58 234 43832 42193 63 223 64 221 72 220 42193 40668 63 228 69 221 84 214 40668 39233 70 228 76 224 76 206 39233 37874 71 227 81 224 71 206 37874 36551 71 225 73 224 66 208 36551 35199 69 227 64 223 60 209 35199 33790 63 234 57 222 57 210 33790 32326 50 242 49 222 54 218 32326 30795 36 243 46 223 47 222 30795 29184 33 233 44 222 38 215 29184 27494 35 215 37 219 36 210 27494 25723 29 213 27 215 32 209 25723 23873 25 219 21 211 26 216 23873 21952 25 206 18 199 24 222 21952 19958 26 215 20 211 15 216 19958 17894 26 227 20 210 11 195 17894 15793 21 211 17 191 11 189 15793 13767 10 191 14 167 10 173 13767 11921 7 146 13 158 11 164 11921 10280 9 141 12 151 10 156 10280 8824 14 137 13 157 11 157 8824 7530 19 130 15 154 16 153 7530 6383 19 123 16 135 18 145 6383 5369 19 112 19 116 23 126 5369 4480 21 103 22 107 25 111 4480 3696 22*104 22*098 25 100 3696 2996 20*099 20*088 24 091 2996 2377 18 096 20 085 23 083 2377 1863 18 094 19 084 18*072 1863 1468 17 093 19 083 16*069 1468 1196 16 093 18 083 15 068 1196 1032 15 092 16 083 13 068 1032 937 12 092 13 083 9 067 937 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