DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/21 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 = 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 - - - - - - 29.9 - - 29.3 - - 27.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 142 - - 59 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2928 - - 2516 - - 1235 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2412 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3817 - - 3405 - - 2124 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 685 - - 1367 - - 2545 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 304 - - 216 - - 67 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 15 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 296 - - 295 - - 302 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 991 - - 985 - - 253 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2826 - - 2420 - - 1871 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 827 - - 786 - - -66 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2990 - - 2619 - - 2190 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 29.9 - - 29.3 - - 27.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 21.0 - - 22.3 - - 23.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 29.1 - - 29.2 - - 27.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 20.3 - - 21.8 - - 22.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 142 - - 59 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2928 - - 2516 - - 1235 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 103 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 96906 31 094 31 096 26 096 96906 89735 28 097 22 096 20 098 89735 84163 22 100 16 107 12 081 84163 79504 16 093 11 126 10 070 79504 75460 10 112 5 066 7 053 75460 71864 7 103 3 101 3 034 71864 68594 3 075 4 224 5 329 68594 65573 1 066 4 256 6 266 65573 62766 7 216 8 251 10 264 62766 60045 3 261 11 258 17 276 60045 57192 25 264 24 265 25 266 57192 54201 29 257 26 252 29 263 54201 51317 31 256 34 249 32 256 51317 48708 40 261 38 256 38 262 48708 46373 48 264 51 258 45 261 46373 44264 62 257 62 253 46 259 44264 42332 65 253 62 250 44 261 42332 40548 62 253 59 252 50 261 40548 38894 62 254 60 251 56 254 38894 37355 62 253 56 248 53 249 37355 35917 63 252 54 247 46 248 35917 34537 65 249 55 247 47 254 34537 33148 66 244 57 245 51 254 33148 31730 68 242 60 243 51 253 31730 30288 71 242 61 243 44 250 30288 28809 69 239 57 243 37 250 28809 27277 62 235 49 243 30 255 27277 25688 49 232 43 239 26 262 25688 24037 29 229 39 237 27 275 24037 22321 18 226 32 245 26 273 22321 20536 18 224 29 246 23 271 20536 18678 23 221 26 241 17 282 18678 16740 25 229 25 235 10 290 16740 14757 25 235 22 232 10 266 14757 12846 22 239 20 249 12 271 12846 11114 17 258 14 255 16 282 11114 9580 13 267 14 232 14 274 9580 8223 12 275 11 274 12 289 8223 7020 12 285 14 292 14 290 7020 5955 12 296 14 301 16 295 5955 5020 12 309 15 302 16 306 5020 4202 13*300 16 299 17 310 4202 3481 14*298 17*298 17 308 3481 2836 14 297 16*297 17 306 2836 2266 14 296 16 296 17*305 2266 1791 14 295 16 295 16*303 1791 1426 13 295 15 294 15 302 1426 1175 13 294 14 294 13 301 1175 1022 12 294 13 294 11 300 1022 934 10 294 10 294 8 299 934 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