DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/21 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.5 - - 73.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 165 - - 76 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2705 - - 4578 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2238 - - 3040 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3465 - - 5338 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 716 - - 1192 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 319 - - 293 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 26 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 223 - - 238 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 12 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1269 - - -22 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4734 - - 5361 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5790 - - -2706 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9255 - - 8044 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 91 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 830 - - 680 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.5 - - 73.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.6 - - 53.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.5 - - 73.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.6 - - 52.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 165 - - 76 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2705 - - 4578 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 42 - - 63 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - - 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] 97203 18 233 33 251 97203 89809 21 255 32 254 89809 84136 30 267 22 232 84136 79442 31 263 17 253 79442 75424 20 238 18 253 75424 71870 15 253 12 274 71870 68643 16 263 15 272 68643 65671 16 303 16 288 65671 62914 20 289 26 285 62914 60246 24 299 22 273 60246 57451 33 294 28 296 57451 54546 33 290 35 291 54546 51777 32 296 32 290 51777 49281 33 295 31 291 49281 47034 34 293 33 298 47034 44998 36 297 39 299 44998 43149 41 298 41 300 43149 41467 43 297 40 298 41467 39926 44 294 37 294 39926 38497 43 288 37 295 38497 37157 43 285 39 298 37157 35861 43 282 41 300 35861 34542 42 279 41 300 34542 33171 39 277 41 297 33171 31750 37 279 39 296 31750 30264 37 282 37 296 30264 28701 37 284 37 296 28701 27061 38 284 36 298 27061 25341 37 287 35 298 25341 23546 38 293 33 298 23546 21680 41 291 33 299 21680 19741 45 282 33 285 19741 17726 47 276 39 276 17726 15668 43 268 40 271 15668 13674 40 262 40 265 13674 11849 39 256 43 264 11849 10217 39 251 45 262 10217 8762 36 248 46 260 8762 7467 33 239 43 257 7467 6321 31 230 34*248 6321 5310 29 231 28*237 5310 4420 28 236 28 238 4420 3632 26*228 27 238 3632 2925 24*224 26 239 2925 2300 24 223 26 239 2300 1777 23 223 25 239 1777 1376 22 223 23 239 1376 1100 21 222 22 239 1100 932 19 222 20 238 932 836 16 222 16 239 836 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