DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/09 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 - - - 51.6 - - 61.9 - - 70.6 - - 61.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 4 - - 104 - - 80 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 312 - - 1562 - - 2992 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 920 - - 1316 - - 2107 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1201 - - 2451 - - 3881 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 521 - - 376 - - 894 - - 597 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 70 - - 234 - - 260 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 19 - - 20 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 218 - - 219 - - 224 - - 223 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 9 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -2 - - 9 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1900 - - -1513 - - -2487 - - -2270 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3101 - - 3964 - - 6368 - - 3207 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9875 - - -6637 - - -5911 - - -7048 ODpotential blCL - - - 11076 - - 9088 - - 9792 - - 7985 blCL maxRH - - - 62 - - 63 - - 60 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 51.6 - - 61.9 - - 70.6 - - 61.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 41.3 - - 47.6 - - 45.8 - - 50.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 51.7 - - 61.5 - - 70.3 - - 65.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 40.1 - - 46.4 - - 45.0 - - 50.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 4 - - 104 - - 80 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 312 - - 1562 - - 2992 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 - - 8 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] 96272 16 329 17 303 15 310 20 299 96272 89165 9 340 13 302 19 293 21 316 89165 83671 10 323 10 294 15 272 20 321 83671 79092 18 308 9 275 16 287 16 290 79092 75133 29 280 20 272 14 283 16 275 75133 71617 34 267 29 271 25 290 21 275 71617 68430 35 262 39 257 37 258 39 261 68430 65507 40 265 38 258 42 247 43 262 65507 62795 48 260 44 262 42 251 51 261 62795 60162 53 257 51 264 52 258 56 258 60162 57407 56 255 59 266 62 263 59 261 57407 54531 61 257 64 263 63 264 62 264 54531 51769 61 255 62 260 62 264 66 263 51769 49272 53 253 57 256 56 261 65 258 49272 47033 45 261 52 252 56 254 62 254 47033 45003 41 272 49 256 55 250 61 248 45003 43146 49 278 54 262 54 261 57 255 43146 41443 63 267 63 264 68 267 61 263 41443 39882 74 254 66 266 75 266 69 267 39882 38440 74 255 74 265 75 263 74 265 38440 37096 75 258 76 264 72 257 74 262 37096 35802 73 262 68 263 69 257 72 260 35802 34485 75 266 59 263 67 264 71 261 34485 33116 75 269 63 273 69 267 71 262 33116 31695 71 270 67 275 70 266 71 261 31695 30209 67 270 64 269 69 264 71 263 30209 28644 64 271 64 265 69 264 72 266 28644 27004 60 267 64 265 70 270 70 268 27004 25288 59 258 55 264 65 270 68 268 25288 23497 63 253 57 255 60 266 68 267 23497 21634 59 256 61 259 59 260 66 265 21634 19693 49 262 58 266 59 266 58 263 19693 17671 45 268 48 261 47 264 52 261 17671 15611 42 261 42 247 48 253 41 252 15611 13626 36 256 40 250 43 256 38 254 13626 11819 29 258 39 257 33 267 36 265 11819 10213 26 262 34 258 31 273 31 257 10213 8782 25 255 31 248 29 266 32 255 8782 7508 21 249 30 240 31 250 31 250 7508 6377 22 249 28 235 32 243 28 248 6377 5375 25 250 29 236 31 237 24 243 5375 4492 30 251 29 238 27*229 22 242 4492 3712 33 256 29 240 21*223 20 242 3712 3011 38 259 27*233 21 223 19 242 3011 2390 37 250 22*222 20 224 18 242 2390 1872 32 231 20 219 20 224 16 242 1872 1473 25*223 19 218 19 225 14 241 1473 1199 20*219 18 217 18 225 12 238 1199 1032 18 218 16 217 16 225 9*233 1032 937 13 217 13 217 13 225 5*223 937 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