DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/03 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 53.7 - - 57.2 - - 65.5 - - 66.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 20 - - 43 - - 73 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 674 - - 3378 - - 4971 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 818 - - 1846 - - 3297 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1434 - - 4138 - - 5731 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3205 - - 1365 - - 2226 - - 8876 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 112 - - 241 - - 299 - - 22 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 32 - - 30 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 206 - - 199 - - 226 - - 254 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 17 - - 18 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 4 - - 7 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2302 - - -66 - - -807 - - -5791 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3737 - - 4205 - - 6539 - - 6626 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4306 - - -4294 - - -2196 - - -6950 ODpotential blCL - - - 5740 - - 8432 - - 7927 - - 7785 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 99 - - 96 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - 10 - - 110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 53.7 - - 57.2 - - 65.5 - - 66.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.3 - - 41.6 - - 39.6 - - 40.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 53.7 - - 57.1 - - 65.2 - - 68.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.1 - - 40.4 - - 38.9 - - 39.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 20 - - 43 - - 73 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 674 - - 3378 - - 4971 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 95 - - 83 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 97724 13 248 21 250 13 283 17 273 97724 90320 15 242 15 258 12 262 7 260 90320 84600 9 211 11 230 13 241 12 278 84600 79840 5 147 12 207 14 238 17 272 79840 75735 3 107 11 212 15 235 17 271 75735 72093 9 293 10 217 16 218 17 250 72093 68779 19 245 13 229 13 236 13 254 68779 65708 18 252 17 239 16 251 16 258 65708 62845 23 256 21 248 21 256 16 264 62845 60072 22 261 24 246 22 255 20 272 60072 57179 25 265 24 258 28 270 23 279 57179 54181 30 266 28 263 33 263 30 278 54181 51321 29 280 27 270 30 253 29 279 51321 48754 38 283 28 282 27 277 40 287 48754 46471 41 278 38 285 42 287 41 276 46471 44410 40 278 43 285 43 277 34 280 44410 42525 36 289 43 283 39 278 40 288 42525 40793 42 298 42 285 42 282 43 289 40793 39196 50 295 49 289 47 285 45 295 39196 37718 59 293 59 291 52 290 49 300 37718 36353 67 292 70 289 63 293 52 298 36353 35055 73 295 82 288 71 290 52 296 35055 33750 78 296 85 286 75 286 53 295 33750 32402 77 293 81 287 76 283 53 294 32402 31013 72 292 75 290 74 284 52 293 31013 29565 64 291 70 293 72 285 51 294 29565 28044 58 287 65 292 68 286 49 295 28044 26452 56 281 58 290 62 287 46 294 26452 24784 54 277 50 284 54 287 41 295 24784 23042 50 280 45 281 49 284 37 295 23042 21227 45 285 43 282 47 284 34 293 21227 19333 45 290 41 283 44 286 36 294 19333 17357 47 295 41 280 40 286 34 297 17357 15337 50 296 46 277 38 282 29 297 15337 13388 51 290 41 284 35 281 27 294 13388 11613 49 281 26 299 28 283 28 288 11613 10034 39 273 21 282 26 279 27 282 10034 8627 30 248 38 266 30 265 28 274 8627 7371 33 235 49 251 37 240 27 270 7371 6252 35 234 43 241 36*237 26 268 6252 5258 35 233 38 217 35*234 24 266 5258 4378 31 230 36*204 33 229 23 265 4378 3600 27 225 36*203 32 227 22 264 3600 2902 24 219 35 201 31 225 21 262 2902 2283 20 214 33 198 30 224 20 261 2283 1766 18*210 31 197 29 223 19 260 1766 1370 15*207 30 196 28 222 17 259 1370 1096 13 205 28 196 26 221 14 257 1096 930 12 205 25 195 23 221 12 255 930 835 10 204 19 195 18 220 8*254 835 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