DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/01 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 - - - - - - 60.5 - - 53.5 - - 56.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 64 - - 68 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1315 - - 1183 - - 643 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 920 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2204 - - 2072 - - 1532 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1267 - - 922 - - 1914 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 187 - - 182 - - 51 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 19 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 242 - - 279 - - 283 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 997 - - 840 - - 312 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1207 - - 1232 - - 1220 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 583 - - 524 - - -242 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1621 - - 1548 - - 1774 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 140 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.5 - - 53.5 - - 56.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.9 - - 51.0 - - 53.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.3 - - 53.2 - - 56.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.2 - - 50.4 - - 53.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 64 - - 68 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1315 - - 1183 - - 643 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 9 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] 97646 6 253 2 023 7 008 97646 90274 5 162 4 129 5 142 90274 84593 8 121 6 152 4 169 84593 79891 6 116 6 164 2 078 79891 75843 4 142 6 180 3 019 75843 72247 8 155 10 193 1 203 72247 68980 11 167 10 207 5 216 68980 65980 9 189 7 223 7 199 65980 63196 12 249 8 239 10 211 63196 60498 18 252 14 235 15 216 60498 57680 17 244 14 230 14 231 57680 54736 20 231 21 236 24 239 54736 51912 24 224 25 228 27 230 51912 49368 28 233 32 222 30 229 49368 47095 37 230 36 226 36 236 47095 45040 51 205 50 221 42 238 45040 43161 52 199 60 205 54 228 43161 41434 55 206 68 203 57 211 41434 39836 73 207 75 200 55 208 39836 38347 104 194 78 195 58 215 38347 36956 98 189 79 193 64 213 36956 35628 87 191 82 191 62 206 35628 34289 83 187 74 193 53 211 34289 32909 80 190 78 203 50 226 32909 31493 77 194 84 203 38 232 31493 30021 72 198 69 207 32 244 30021 28476 70 201 51 208 35 251 28476 26853 68 201 42 222 38 245 26853 25152 66 194 33 218 38 243 25152 23371 70 197 27 221 37 248 23371 21515 46 216 24 244 36 253 21515 19580 33 225 21 248 35 258 19580 17561 26 220 21 257 32 260 17561 15499 27 218 28 262 28 262 15499 13510 33 222 31 254 29 265 13510 11701 33 224 34 247 32 263 11701 10096 32 223 35 248 34 259 10096 8673 30 224 36 251 36 258 8673 7409 30 231 35 255 36 257 7409 6287 31 232 33 266 35 262 6287 5294 34 224 30 276 34 262 5294 4421 33 219 28 279 31 263 4421 3652 24 228 28 273 29 265 3652 2964 20 236 27 274 26 269 2964 2356 19*239 23*277 23 274 2356 1850 18*241 22*278 19*279 1850 1460 16 242 20 279 17*282 1460 1193 16 243 19 279 16 283 1193 1030 14 243 17 279 13 283 1030 936 11 243 13 278 10 284 936 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