DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/16 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 70.6 - - 67.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 251 - - 50 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4073 - - 2872 - - 557 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3546 - - 1625 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4962 - - 3761 - - 1446 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2366 - - 2708 - - 4076 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 415 - - 232 - - 57 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 197 - - 215 - - 234 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 462 - - 842 - - -296 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4500 - - 2919 - - 1742 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -26 - - -407 - - -1040 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4988 - - 4168 - - 2486 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 94 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 390 - - 970 - - 1360 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 70.6 - - 67.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.2 - - 60.6 - - 62.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.6 - - 70.3 - - 68.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.5 - - 59.7 - - 62.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 251 - - 50 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4073 - - 2872 - - 557 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 75 - - 70 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 12 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] 98500 26 071 17 098 23 066 98500 91108 22 093 18 091 19 083 91108 85419 18 107 18 106 17 083 85419 80673 12 124 14 107 14 093 80673 76573 14 136 6 106 7 079 76573 72946 8 151 7 129 0 185 72946 69661 6 202 5 202 5 277 69661 66627 10 231 9 242 12 233 66627 63799 11 244 16 221 16 230 63799 61062 28 273 20 249 25 241 61062 58205 38 261 36 244 31 235 58205 55211 36 247 31 241 33 246 55211 52331 34 244 32 252 37 255 52331 49739 35 252 42 261 40 260 49739 47428 39 252 50 254 47 256 47428 45344 42 255 51 250 49 245 45344 43447 52 243 48 239 51 247 43447 41709 57 225 47 224 58 236 41709 40114 38 230 44 238 58 245 40114 38648 45 264 64 255 74 253 38648 37287 71 256 83 253 89 249 37287 35979 69 247 78 251 84 234 35979 34649 67 243 73 250 85 237 34649 33263 67 240 68 245 82 246 33263 31826 63 232 65 240 71 248 31826 30325 56 226 63 234 60 243 30325 28750 53 228 61 227 56 232 28750 27100 50 241 59 228 56 227 27100 25374 44 250 56 244 53 233 25374 23576 39 235 39 245 46 241 23576 21707 47 230 41 249 38 251 21707 19760 44 245 33 247 28 255 19760 17734 39 253 31 242 25 260 17734 15669 34 250 29 251 24 258 15669 13675 29 251 23 251 21 257 13675 11860 24 252 19 246 20 268 11860 10246 19 248 21 238 22 272 10246 8812 18 245 19 235 21 271 8812 7535 17 239 17 227 17 267 7535 6399 16 222 17 213 16 268 6399 5394 17*203 18 210 13 261 5394 4507 17*199 18*212 13 251 4507 3723 17 198 17*214 13 242 3723 3020 17 197 17 215 13 239 3020 2396 17 197 16 215 13 237 2396 1876 17 196 16 216 13 235 1876 1476 16 196 15 216 12*235 1476 1201 15 196 14 216 11*234 1201 1033 14 196 13 216 10 234 1033 937 12 196 10 216 7 233 937 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