DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/12 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 - - - - - - 25.4 - - 25.7 - - 20.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 36 - - 5 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 731 - - 1659 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 816 - - 816 - - 815 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1491 - - 2419 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2052 - - 1020 - - 1158 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 122 - - 90 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 13 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 284 - - 267 - - 245 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -357 - - 490 - - -489 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1848 - - 1929 - - 1321 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1171 - - 85 - - -8350 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2662 - - 2334 - - 9182 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 25.4 - - 25.7 - - 20.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 20.6 - - 20.5 - - 17.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 25.1 - - 25.7 - - 22.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 19.8 - - 19.9 - - 18.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 36 - - 5 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 731 - - 1659 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 101 - - 90 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 94929 77 282 76 275 74 275 94929 88043 58 284 61 281 62 276 88043 82651 51 277 51 287 55 284 82651 78141 49 278 53 290 52 283 78141 74219 52 279 52 289 54 286 74219 70733 52 277 53 281 52 292 70733 67560 51 279 52 286 51 290 67560 64618 53 282 47 288 48 288 64618 61864 55 285 47 291 46 294 61864 59171 61 288 56 291 54 298 59171 56355 63 287 63 287 65 290 56355 53429 61 283 65 281 65 282 53429 50630 63 284 64 280 64 285 50630 48114 66 287 65 286 71 292 48114 45867 69 290 73 291 81 293 45867 43835 72 293 80 291 91 293 43835 41980 77 293 84 289 98 291 41980 40270 80 292 86 287 100 290 40270 38681 81 292 87 287 102 290 38681 37198 84 295 87 288 103 291 37198 35809 90 296 87 292 104 294 35809 34477 93 293 94 296 111 296 34477 33137 91 291 102 295 118 296 33137 31759 89 291 102 293 120 296 31759 30344 88 293 99 293 120 296 30344 28876 87 294 97 294 115 296 28876 27345 83 294 93 294 103 296 27345 25755 78 296 84 295 90 293 25755 24100 74 298 74 295 85 293 24100 22372 71 300 66 290 75 295 22372 20574 66 301 62 286 62 290 20574 18703 55 297 56 286 58 285 18703 16752 49 284 49 285 57 286 16752 14762 49 275 48 278 55 286 14762 12846 43 272 43 282 48 288 12846 11106 33 275 38 294 43 293 11106 9560 30 273 36 294 34 300 9560 8184 26 280 30 282 32 312 8184 6960 18 285 25 280 29 310 6960 5877 10 287 24 284 26 295 5877 4928 8 272 21 279 25 292 4928 4103 10 262 20 277 27 294 4103 3375 12 259 18 272 27 292 3375 2726 12 259 16*268 24 287 2726 2156 12 265 15*268 21 276 2156 1682 12*273 14 267 19 264 1682 1319 9*283 14 268 17 257 1319 1069 9 283 13 267 13 251 1069 918 8 284 11 267 11*248 918 832 7 285 9 266 6*245 832 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