DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/15 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.9 - - 60.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 9 - - 4 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 639 - - 173 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 818 - - 818 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1399 - - 933 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 769 - - 913 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 80 - - 36 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 6 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 133 - - 149 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 456 - - 98 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 943 - - 835 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 43 - - -87 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1356 - - 1020 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 60 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.9 - - 60.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.4 - - 59.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 59.8 - - 60.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.1 - - 59.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 9 - - 4 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 639 - - 173 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - - 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] 97438 18 272 17 284 97438 90252 7 267 10 251 90252 84679 9 278 7 253 84679 80043 10 243 11 253 80043 76047 9 200 14 249 76047 72517 8 175 12 239 72517 69324 3 214 9 239 69324 66392 12 259 13 250 66392 63683 20 259 18 258 63683 61071 26 254 25 257 61071 58352 29 240 35 254 58352 55536 42 252 46 252 55536 52866 65 244 69 251 52866 50474 71 233 77 243 50474 48326 73 241 77 238 48326 46364 82 250 80 240 46364 44550 87 244 88 244 44550 42863 91 242 95 245 42863 41280 93 240 96 245 41280 39787 91 240 95 242 39787 38373 89 241 91 243 38373 37004 86 245 88 243 37004 35612 86 248 89 239 35612 34169 85 247 83 236 34169 32675 68 227 79 240 32675 31115 69 226 78 241 31115 29475 62 231 80 239 29475 27755 51 235 77 233 27755 25957 52 237 66 229 25957 24087 55 244 55 240 24087 22147 57 247 54 239 22147 20129 56 249 52 233 20129 18026 52 249 53 227 18026 15882 46 247 54 224 15882 13820 48 239 48 219 13820 11946 43 233 41 216 11946 10282 31 225 33 219 10282 8806 27 218 27 225 8806 7497 22 216 24 224 7497 6338 20 197 22 218 6338 5312 21 187 22 212 5312 4409 21 185 23 213 4409 3612 23 182 23 209 3612 2900 24 169 22 198 2900 2275 22 153 19 183 2275 1759 16*138 14 170 1759 1364 14*134 9 157 1364 1093 12 133 8*152 1093 929 11 133 6*150 929 835 9 131 5 149 835 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