DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/09 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1553z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.8 - - 53.8 - - 55.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 27 - - 22 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 814 - - 1002 - - 1036 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 920 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1703 - - 1891 - - 1925 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1093 - - 1290 - - 2406 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 119 - - 123 - - 65 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 16 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 045 - - 048 - - 048 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 544 - - 449 - - 86 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1159 - - 1442 - - 1839 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 215 - - -310 - - -1005 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1488 - - 2201 - - 2930 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.8 - - 53.8 - - 55.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.8 - - 50.6 - - 50.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.7 - - 53.9 - - 55.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.4 - - 50.0 - - 49.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 27 - - 22 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 814 - - 1002 - - 1036 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 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] 98183 23 224 13 273 13 217 98183 90716 14 239 13 226 16 263 90716 84977 11 204 17 202 14 273 84977 80248 4 207 14 205 8 258 80248 76189 3 337 8 254 2 311 76189 72589 5 344 5 287 2 313 72589 69329 7 299 8 308 9 310 69329 66332 9 251 14 300 13 300 66332 63541 7 253 13 272 15 276 63541 60824 10 265 15 266 14 275 60824 57971 12 271 15 256 15 286 57971 54990 11 267 10 259 14 288 54990 52129 14 248 14 287 17 299 52129 49558 26 246 27 266 28 278 49558 47256 22 240 24 256 28 268 47256 45167 26 274 24 275 28 277 45167 43251 35 269 32 280 28 278 43251 41476 46 260 38 265 31 276 41476 39824 54 257 39 257 37 271 39824 38288 61 251 43 259 38 272 38288 36858 64 248 46 261 42 271 36858 35495 65 246 47 262 42 262 35495 34134 63 248 49 261 39 266 34134 32742 59 249 51 259 41 276 32742 31320 55 249 51 258 42 272 31320 29846 43 250 49 255 35 274 29846 28301 33 259 44 257 34 272 28301 26679 31 258 42 257 34 276 26679 24979 26 254 42 259 26 278 24979 23206 25 255 41 259 20 271 23206 21363 28 258 35 259 17 270 21363 19440 29 266 28 259 20 279 19440 17433 29 267 23 258 25 281 17433 15385 30 258 16 264 24 295 15385 13415 30 246 12 272 18 347 13415 11625 27 228 6 263 22 353 11625 10034 20 201 7 061 20 003 10034 8623 18 130 16 056 18 021 8623 7368 26 093 18 054 18 037 7368 6256 24 081 19 056 18 049 6256 5273 25 076 21 061 17 052 5273 4407 24 066 23 065 17 052 4407 3642 24 053 24 067 17 049 3642 2957 23 044 25 064 17 046 2957 2351 22 044 23*058 17*046 2351 1846 20*044 20*052 15*047 1846 1459 17*045 17 048 13 048 1459 1192 16 045 15 046 11 049 1192 1029 14 045 13 045 10 048 1029 937 11 046 10 045 7 048 937 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