DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/14 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 - - - - - - 74.3 - - 79.0 - - 75.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 257 - - 237 - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3528 - - 4872 - - 3584 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3142 - - 4124 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4417 - - 5761 - - 4473 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2221 - - 2166 - - 1922 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 398 - - 431 - - 158 W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 20 - - 4 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 117 - - 110 - - 115 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -2 - - 8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 546 - - 46 - - 39 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3872 - - 5715 - - 4434 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -159 - - -671 - - -757 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4576 - - 6432 - - 5230 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 85 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 690 - - 500 - - 650 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.3 - - 79.0 - - 75.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.2 - - 56.8 - - 59.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.8 - - 77.4 - - 75.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.6 - - 56.3 - - 58.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 257 - - 237 - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3528 - - 4872 - - 3584 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 42 - - 40 - - 52 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 11 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] 98000 11 149 5 023 11 119 98000 90585 13 101 5 132 10 093 90585 84905 8 057 10 098 11 083 84905 80202 3 084 8 062 10 035 80202 76149 4 093 7 051 6 327 76149 72567 4 041 5 027 2 352 72567 69318 4 005 4 305 6 351 69318 66329 1 035 4 251 4 331 66329 63559 5 094 6 201 4 256 63559 60876 5 057 8 196 8 242 60876 58071 5 316 4 183 7 236 58071 55151 7 253 7 225 9 222 55151 52359 9 215 10 228 10 222 52359 49839 13 203 13 211 14 228 49839 47584 17 202 15 213 13 218 47584 45549 12 182 14 220 10 223 45549 43697 4 198 11 239 15 249 43697 41996 10 274 11 268 18 259 41996 40418 15 265 17 279 16 278 40418 38945 17 255 21 280 17 304 38945 37564 14 236 19 277 26 303 37564 36236 9 198 18 270 25 287 36236 34894 8 170 12 246 18 271 34894 33508 7 185 9 243 13 257 33508 32071 7 189 8 252 12 262 32071 30569 5 212 8 259 13 268 30569 28990 6 245 9 268 13 266 28990 27332 7 266 8 271 12 265 27332 25596 8 270 9 260 11 277 25596 23782 10 262 10 259 11 288 23782 21895 10 260 12 262 11 286 21895 19927 9 253 13 266 13 283 19927 17877 8 245 10 261 11 276 17877 15786 5 234 7 244 10 260 15786 13775 4 195 3 156 5 212 13775 11948 4 171 6 156 5 160 11948 10325 4 182 6 215 7 221 10325 8882 1 202 9 240 10 232 8882 7595 1 105 6 240 8 233 7595 6451 2 102 3*228 5 234 6451 5437 3 118 2*155 4 196 5437 4543 4*128 3 122 5*149 4543 3751 5*125 4 113 5*137 3751 3041 6 120 4 109 6 123 3041 2412 6 117 4 105 8 114 2412 1886 6 115 5 102 8 111 1886 1482 7 114 5 101 8 110 1482 1204 6 112 5 099 8 108 1204 1035 6 112 5 100 7 108 1035 938 6 111 4 100 6 108 938 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