DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 11/30 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 28.2 - - 29.4 - - 29.8 - - 19.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 33 - - -6 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1196 - - 2641 - - 927 - - 45 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2085 - - 3530 - - 1816 - - 934 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1301 - - 1307 - - 3219 - - 98 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 87 - - 186 - - 49 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 23 - - 24 - - 15 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 318 - - 325 - - 336 - - 293 Direction Wind Shear - - - 14 - - 14 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - -2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 584 - - 1241 - - -358 - - -773 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1502 - - 2289 - - 2174 - - 1707 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 265 - - 601 - - -983 - - -3498 ODpotential blCL - - - 1820 - - 2929 - - 2799 - - 4432 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 28.2 - - 29.4 - - 29.8 - - 19.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.2 - - 23.0 - - 24.0 - - 15.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 28.3 - - 29.4 - - 30.4 - - 23.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 24.8 - - 22.3 - - 23.4 - - 19.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 33 - - -6 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1196 - - 2641 - - 927 - - 45 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 102 - - 101 - - 10 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 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] 96243 43 036 40 042 44 028 40 034 96243 89150 40 035 34 042 38 024 40 039 89150 83607 38 043 31 044 31 028 33 034 83607 78945 37 027 32 038 29 031 33 035 78945 74877 23 349 20 018 20 032 26 023 74877 71256 10 298 13 319 17 354 21 348 71256 67970 14 306 14 301 20 296 25 319 67970 64946 24 281 17 293 26 276 31 296 64946 62139 24 279 25 279 33 270 36 282 62139 59412 38 267 32 275 37 267 38 277 59412 56553 40 254 42 267 43 266 43 273 56553 53570 40 255 48 262 46 264 46 271 53570 50721 45 267 54 265 51 267 52 272 50721 48166 54 273 61 266 58 268 61 269 48166 45889 60 272 65 266 67 268 65 269 45889 43834 66 267 69 267 71 269 68 271 43834 41961 71 263 74 266 75 270 74 273 41961 40244 76 260 76 265 77 270 79 274 40244 38658 79 259 76 264 78 271 81 275 38658 37184 78 259 78 267 78 274 82 276 37184 35807 78 260 82 268 82 276 83 278 35807 34490 78 262 83 267 82 277 85 279 34490 33163 77 262 83 267 85 278 87 280 33163 31798 76 262 85 266 85 275 88 281 31798 30393 76 262 86 265 80 276 89 281 30393 28930 78 263 87 264 80 279 89 282 28930 27395 81 265 85 265 81 281 87 286 27395 25789 80 266 80 267 80 280 83 287 25789 24113 73 269 73 269 73 279 77 287 24113 22367 66 272 66 271 64 281 66 289 22367 20559 55 276 58 272 55 283 58 294 20559 18679 45 279 48 273 47 285 51 302 18679 16722 40 283 39 276 42 290 47 309 16722 14735 38 287 31 283 38 292 42 306 14735 12831 31 283 24 303 27 295 35 305 12831 11106 22 319 26 311 26 306 31 310 11106 9580 23 329 24 311 24 311 28 308 9580 8233 26 330 24 329 19 324 17 299 8233 7041 30 332 25 332 19 001 15 306 7041 5983 25 329 26 327 23 009 16 340 5983 5047 20 334 27 332 24 003 16 356 5047 4224 25 339 28*333 24 355 17 356 4224 3497 28 336 28*331 24 353 17 351 3497 2848 29 329 26 327 23 350 17 347 2848 2273 29*323 25 325 21*344 16 342 2273 1794 28*321 23 323 19*339 15 335 1794 1427 25 319 22 322 17 337 14 325 1427 1174 23 317 20 321 15 334 13 309 1174 1021 19 316 18 320 13 333 11*303 1021 934 14 315 14 320 9 331 6*293 934 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