DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 11/29 Hinckley_IL 760ft pt37215@41.807,-88.677,765ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.0 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 - - - - - - 27.3 - - 28.2 - - 28.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 16 - - 0 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 394 - - 72 - - 73 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 816 - - 816 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1154 - - 832 - - 833 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1700 - - 2046 - - 2109 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 76 - - 14 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 14 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 129 - - 120 - - 134 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -60 - - -274 - - -75 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1214 - - 1106 - - 908 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -215 - - -504 - - -617 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1369 - - 1336 - - 1450 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.3 - - 28.2 - - 28.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.3 - - 26.6 - - 27.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.2 - - 28.3 - - 29.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.1 - - 26.5 - - 27.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 16 - - 0 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 394 - - 72 - - 73 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 98 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] 96048 47 042 49 043 64 046 96048 88976 26 029 33 035 40 038 88976 83442 15 022 16 017 22 004 83442 78837 11 007 13 005 13 326 78837 74846 10 336 12 343 10 324 74846 71284 13 300 14 305 17 309 71284 68044 16 287 16 284 19 290 68044 65050 22 283 20 280 20 288 65050 62255 27 268 31 281 30 288 62255 59531 32 267 43 274 44 284 59531 56677 40 264 47 263 50 268 56677 53714 42 256 48 257 49 261 53714 50886 43 256 52 259 47 262 50886 48344 48 261 56 263 47 263 48344 46073 53 260 57 260 50 264 46073 44025 56 257 55 258 57 264 44025 42159 59 260 58 256 67 257 42159 40446 65 258 61 252 62 249 40446 38860 75 246 62 247 53 246 38860 37383 79 240 68 236 54 251 37383 36003 88 238 77 232 60 249 36003 34685 87 234 80 225 62 238 34685 33367 78 229 72 214 51 229 33367 32023 72 223 67 209 48 214 32023 30645 66 230 68 217 62 203 30645 29206 57 235 67 223 70 199 29206 27687 54 239 67 226 56 202 27687 26089 52 243 65 225 46 203 26089 24409 49 242 59 219 45 205 24409 22649 49 241 50 216 50 208 22649 20814 49 237 43 219 51 213 20814 18898 52 230 43 223 48 222 18898 16898 55 233 47 218 43 229 16898 14859 47 230 47 204 39 223 14859 12901 32 200 30 187 36 199 12901 11133 24 206 22 209 22 202 11133 9571 31 216 32 230 22 232 9571 8192 39 212 42 218 32 238 8192 6972 39 201 42 201 41 220 6972 5897 37 192 38 188 47 201 5897 4953 34 182 40 179 45 182 4953 4125 33 172 40 164 44 167 4125 3397 34 156 37 150 41 155 3397 2747 31 149 34 137 38 150 2747 2172 27 140 30 130 35 146 2172 1693 23 135 28 127 30 141 1693 1326 21*132 24 123 26 138 1326 1073 18*130 21 122 22 135 1073 920 16 129 18 121 19*135 920 833 13 128 14*120 14*134 833 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