DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/19 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 46.6 - - 52.8 - - 45.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 69 - - 52 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 701 - - 1498 - - 254 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 919 - - 920 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1590 - - 2387 - - 1143 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 505 - - 472 - - 504 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 154 - - 185 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 047 - - 096 - - 104 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -254 - - 141 - - 9 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1844 - - 2246 - - 1134 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6994 - - -5261 - - -7091 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8584 - - 7648 - - 8234 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 84 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 46.6 - - 52.8 - - 45.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 42.0 - - 46.3 - - 44.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 46.2 - - 52.6 - - 46.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.7 - - 45.1 - - 43.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 69 - - 52 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 701 - - 1498 - - 254 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 41 - - 34 - - 64 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] 96512 9 233 13 246 8 303 96512 89436 5 159 7 209 7 275 89436 83968 3 052 3 153 3 291 83968 79415 4 261 6 301 10 307 79415 75469 9 345 8 355 7 299 75469 71944 15 314 14 330 10 340 71944 68733 17 293 19 310 19 326 68733 65787 22 295 24 302 24 315 65787 63054 19 282 21 292 21 310 63054 60377 16 278 21 278 26 306 60377 57553 21 306 26 298 38 317 57553 54612 35 305 39 309 41 325 54612 51787 48 318 46 328 60 330 51787 49233 63 323 70 331 63 319 49233 46956 76 320 75 319 66 330 46956 44904 74 316 67 321 81 333 44904 43040 74 326 69 332 94 330 43040 41339 91 329 97 333 102 327 41339 39773 100 323 114 322 105 324 39773 38318 91 319 100 325 103 326 38318 36960 89 329 108 335 108 330 36960 35657 99 334 128 336 116 331 35657 34334 103 334 124 334 116 332 34334 32958 99 333 106 333 111 334 32958 31531 92 332 96 331 101 333 31531 30044 84 332 91 333 84 334 30044 28488 76 333 85 336 73 332 28488 26861 68 333 71 337 67 329 26861 25154 62 332 68 338 65 329 25154 23374 62 332 62 339 57 326 23374 21524 58 331 49 340 50 321 21524 19597 42 331 44 335 45 318 19597 17583 33 321 43 330 43 317 17583 15527 31 309 38 326 33 310 15527 13544 31 301 31 308 25 304 13544 11740 25 307 25 292 26 287 11740 10135 18 307 18 286 25 276 10135 8706 16 295 17 288 20 274 8706 7433 16 295 14 296 13 269 7433 6303 17 292 11 299 14 250 6303 5302 13 275 11 297 18 243 5302 4421 4 276 12 249 20 235 4421 3643 6 289 9 215 20 227 3643 2948 2 289 6*187 17 208 2948 2338 3 056 6*112 15 187 2338 1833 7*054 6 097 11 145 1833 1449 7*049 6 094 12 113 1449 1186 7 047 6 091 11*107 1186 1027 6 046 6 089 9*105 1027 936 6 045 5 088 6 103 936 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