DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/21 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 21.4 - - 25.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 961 - - 618 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 917 - - 918 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1850 - - 1507 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 329 - - 507 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 178 - - 46 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 219 - - 215 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1051 - - -658 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2902 - - 2165 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9386 - - -7009 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11236 - - 8516 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 80 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 21.4 - - 25.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 12.5 - - 20.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 21.0 - - 26.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 11.5 - - 19.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 961 - - 618 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 19 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 95679 50 253 52 255 95679 88724 29 258 32 265 88724 83312 23 277 26 265 83312 78779 23 267 26 259 78779 74865 21 257 25 260 74865 71387 12 273 27 277 71387 68199 21 277 35 274 68199 65247 31 267 37 280 65247 62498 30 265 44 278 62498 59809 38 266 51 268 59809 56992 43 272 44 269 56992 54065 44 273 50 276 54065 51257 49 283 61 285 51257 48719 66 284 70 284 48719 46444 72 283 79 282 46444 44382 72 282 80 284 44382 42505 71 281 78 290 42505 40784 74 281 83 293 40784 39193 76 281 90 295 39193 37708 75 281 97 294 37708 36313 73 286 101 293 36313 34970 76 290 102 294 34970 33612 80 292 104 300 33612 32212 84 294 113 307 32212 30774 87 295 117 309 30774 29282 91 293 108 307 29282 27725 98 290 99 304 27725 26107 101 288 96 301 26107 24425 99 287 96 300 24425 22678 96 288 92 298 22678 20865 91 290 88 295 20865 18978 87 292 84 293 18978 17007 75 290 78 294 17007 14997 54 289 67 293 14997 13064 40 290 52 293 13064 11317 38 295 44 292 11317 9768 38 299 38 289 9768 8391 34 303 32 284 8391 7166 30 311 31 280 7166 6077 25 312 27 274 6077 5113 24 299 25 273 5113 4263 25 293 22 271 4263 3514 21 284 18 272 3514 2848 12 270 16 262 2848 2266 7*218 16 230 2266 1788 7*217 14*217 1788 1424 7 218 12*214 1424 1173 6 220 10 215 1173 1021 6 221 9 215 1021 934 5 220 7 214 934 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