DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/25 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 - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.4 - - 57.5 - - 51.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 344 - - 261 - - 9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3547 - - 3890 - - 1264 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3257 - - 3409 - - 920 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4436 - - 4779 - - 2153 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 848 - - 867 - - 1939 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 436 - - 409 - - 99 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 111 - - 093 - - 098 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1269 - - -2725 - - -3870 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5706 - - 7504 - - 6023 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8056 - - -9149 - - -12371 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12492 - - 13928 - - 14524 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 60 - - 70 - - 55 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.4 - - 57.5 - - 51.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.9 - - 28.0 - - 29.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.5 - - 56.1 - - 51.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.7 - - 26.9 - - 28.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 344 - - 261 - - 9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3547 - - 3890 - - 1264 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 98076 26 255 28 257 28 282 98076 90613 18 256 23 245 18 270 90613 84832 25 263 24 267 19 282 84832 80040 21 250 24 260 22 293 80040 75932 13 292 15 274 20 297 75932 72310 20 295 22 288 31 306 72310 69041 31 281 31 291 34 302 69041 66037 35 288 35 301 39 301 66037 63246 36 300 41 298 42 307 63246 60531 39 304 46 297 52 304 60531 57689 46 302 50 297 59 300 57689 54732 54 298 56 296 63 297 54732 51908 59 297 60 295 61 295 51908 49371 61 296 61 297 61 293 49371 47106 59 296 61 297 58 293 47106 45060 60 298 61 300 57 298 45060 43204 63 301 66 300 63 297 43204 41516 70 303 75 297 68 298 41516 39971 80 300 83 295 76 298 39971 38539 88 298 86 296 77 297 38539 37197 89 299 86 298 80 295 37197 35897 89 299 87 299 81 293 35897 34570 87 299 90 299 79 293 34570 33189 86 299 95 295 74 292 33189 31760 85 299 98 288 73 291 31760 30266 83 300 87 301 72 293 30266 28692 81 302 76 307 62 299 28692 27037 76 309 63 307 51 304 27037 25302 65 312 59 309 44 305 25302 23491 55 307 52 312 40 308 23491 21602 48 304 46 311 37 312 21602 19631 43 305 44 312 35 317 19631 17577 41 307 38 311 30 323 17577 15486 34 306 29 313 22 327 15486 13475 24 312 21 309 17 324 13475 11653 16 320 12 313 10 328 11653 10042 13 325 7 323 3 330 10042 8614 13 326 5 331 0 007 8614 7346 8 328 5 312 2 256 7346 6226 4 040 2 256 6 211 6226 5242 8*093 4*108 9 192 5242 4379 8*107 6*098 9 182 4379 3617 9 109 7 095 8 152 3617 2936 9 110 7 093 10 120 2936 2335 9 111 7 092 13*102 2335 1836 8 112 8 091 14*099 1836 1452 8 112 8 090 13 098 1452 1188 8 113 7 090 13 097 1188 1028 7 113 7 090 12 096 1028 936 7 113 6 090 9 096 936 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