DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/18 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 - - - - - - 55.2 - - 60.6 - - 51.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 98 - - 69 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2744 - - 5286 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2150 - - 3587 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3633 - - 6175 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1574 - - 3804 - - 249 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 277 - - 299 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 25 - - 34 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 262 - - 238 - - 224 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 16 - - 18 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - 9 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1498 - - -3914 - - -6296 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5131 - - 10089 - - 7233 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6032 - - -6844 - - -9852 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9665 - - 13019 - - 10788 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 51 - - 37 - - 33 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.2 - - 60.6 - - 51.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.7 - - 18.8 - - 22.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.8 - - 60.5 - - 54.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.3 - - 17.8 - - 22.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 98 - - 69 - - -54 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2744 - - 5286 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 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] 97012 26 073 23 089 15 071 97012 89814 18 100 12 083 13 052 89814 84203 13 107 5 062 13 043 84203 79506 13 078 5 117 6 043 79506 75444 8 031 8 094 7 069 75444 71846 6 265 7 347 7 047 71846 68589 7 214 10 290 8 308 68589 65596 6 192 9 269 13 255 65596 62812 6 327 6 246 4 256 62812 60096 25 268 23 277 22 283 60096 57254 40 244 29 237 26 240 57254 54296 28 280 19 228 26 230 54296 51437 55 278 37 277 31 272 51437 48834 72 255 71 254 55 259 48834 46514 74 249 75 254 55 254 46514 44425 71 246 72 259 56 262 44425 42508 73 243 75 257 73 264 42508 40732 79 243 84 251 83 256 40732 39087 83 241 84 244 80 250 39087 37559 79 235 80 241 71 248 37559 36138 67 240 73 252 59 252 36138 34777 72 259 70 258 74 258 34777 33402 84 266 82 261 93 249 33402 31992 103 263 101 253 102 250 31992 30558 110 252 108 245 106 257 30558 29082 100 242 113 249 102 257 29082 27553 102 248 109 252 91 258 27553 25971 113 252 102 255 93 262 25971 24326 118 252 102 259 97 264 24326 22614 116 252 100 261 94 260 22614 20834 111 256 96 263 89 258 20834 18980 94 252 90 259 84 263 18980 17049 72 244 85 257 78 268 17049 15084 61 243 81 256 71 257 15084 13187 56 242 77 260 67 257 13187 11457 58 245 67 259 62 262 11457 9914 62 253 60 256 56 260 9914 8541 59 255 51 250 51 257 8541 7317 50 251 45 245 46 251 7317 6225 46 250 40*241 42 245 6225 5255 42 261 38*239 40 244 5255 4398 38*266 36 239 39 245 4398 3637 31*264 35 238 37 245 3637 2955 27 262 34 238 36 245 2955 2351 26 262 33 238 33 244 2351 1845 25 261 32 237 30 242 1845 1457 24 261 31 237 26 239 1457 1190 22 261 28 237 20 233 1190 1029 20 261 25 237 16 230 1029 936 15 260 19 236 8*224 936 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