DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/14 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 48.9 - - 53.1 - - 44.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 33 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 854 - - 1553 - - 47 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 919 - - 920 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1743 - - 2442 - - 936 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 855 - - 915 - - 1049 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 186 - - 160 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 312 - - 252 - - 198 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1238 - - -2624 - - -1616 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2981 - - 5066 - - 2552 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6161 - - -7115 - - -6982 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7904 - - 9557 - - 7918 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 82 - - 59 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 48.9 - - 53.1 - - 44.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.2 - - 34.4 - - 37.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 48.2 - - 52.9 - - 49.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.0 - - 33.2 - - 36.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 33 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 854 - - 1553 - - 47 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 29 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96719 34 068 35 073 27 065 96719 89597 30 084 25 074 21 068 89597 83993 29 088 14 079 17 056 83993 79309 23 070 9 090 9 050 79309 75269 11 046 9 051 10 053 75269 71689 5 350 7 358 10 019 71689 68439 11 304 12 315 10 346 68439 65445 17 308 17 312 15 316 65445 62664 24 300 26 309 25 303 62664 59969 31 287 35 294 36 295 59969 57155 36 286 38 285 41 287 57155 54223 39 288 39 282 42 285 54223 51415 39 287 43 282 47 283 51415 48887 39 283 46 283 50 279 48887 46621 43 288 48 283 55 277 46621 44565 54 290 52 279 59 273 44565 42687 57 283 58 278 58 274 42687 40962 63 281 69 278 63 275 40962 39382 71 280 75 275 73 268 39382 37934 75 274 76 266 79 263 37934 36594 83 271 74 270 92 259 36594 35309 99 264 82 267 112 253 35309 34003 100 262 88 260 118 251 34003 32646 92 262 91 254 111 255 32646 31239 87 262 91 257 94 260 31239 29768 85 264 83 266 68 262 29768 28222 84 266 74 270 63 259 28222 26601 84 268 73 270 56 260 26601 24901 85 270 72 269 54 269 24901 23124 73 279 71 270 52 273 23124 21273 59 291 63 275 46 269 21273 19349 43 296 40 285 29 272 19349 17352 31 285 26 281 24 261 17352 15318 26 275 25 265 23 261 15318 13362 21 282 20 265 16 275 13362 11586 17 279 16 266 14 276 11586 10005 19 272 17 270 14 282 10005 8599 20 275 18 286 15 301 8599 7348 19 285 19 296 17 309 7348 6236 18 296 19 299 18 308 6236 5252 17 305 16 301 14 307 5252 4385 14 304 12 305 9 304 4385 3621 11 293 9 299 5 296 3621 2939 9 288 5*276 5 254 2939 2337 7 300 3*254 6 223 2337 1836 5*311 3 252 6 205 1836 1452 4*312 3 252 5 195 1452 1188 3 313 3 251 4 197 1188 1028 3 312 3 250 3*197 1028 936 3 312 3 249 2*198 936 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