DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/16 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 23.0 - - 24.0 - - 19.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 73 - - 44 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2391 - - 2314 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1394 - - 816 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3151 - - 3074 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2783 - - 2367 - - 4261 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 233 - - 195 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 32 - - 29 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 322 - - 314 - - 304 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - -6 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1385 - - 1158 - - -1058 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1766 - - 1916 - - 1890 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 681 - - 552 - - -1558 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2470 - - 2522 - - 2390 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 23.0 - - 24.0 - - 19.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 18.2 - - 18.7 - - 14.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 22.7 - - 23.8 - - 20.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 17.1 - - 17.7 - - 14.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 73 - - 44 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2391 - - 2314 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 104 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] 96610 14 260 7 254 24 259 96610 89412 12 271 8 257 13 273 89412 83839 2 240 8 238 13 298 83839 79207 3 235 5 253 5 292 79207 75191 4 126 2 238 5 314 75191 71613 10 333 5 317 10 298 71613 68359 8 293 4 306 6 297 68359 65340 8 277 17 272 17 282 65340 62520 10 268 23 262 22 262 62520 59771 16 271 22 261 21 248 59771 56874 24 259 20 254 20 240 56874 53832 34 249 24 255 20 254 53832 50910 40 243 32 256 25 262 50910 48281 38 237 35 253 25 265 48281 45927 35 231 35 250 26 267 45927 43794 32 226 32 246 28 265 43794 41841 28 226 27 243 29 263 41841 40040 26 229 23 243 28 262 40040 38371 27 235 19 245 26 261 38371 36816 29 238 18 243 24 264 36816 35361 30 237 18 243 22 266 35361 33964 31 232 20 243 21 270 33964 32559 34 225 23 244 21 274 32559 31116 39 220 24 246 21 279 31116 29642 39 215 25 242 21 285 29642 28129 32 215 26 236 23 290 28129 26578 22 217 21 242 27 273 26578 24997 13 241 22 267 25 247 24997 23363 17 293 20 280 18 247 23363 21660 18 303 19 301 20 263 21660 19893 23 313 27 327 23 276 19893 18064 19 302 32 322 28 296 18064 16173 18 316 37 319 35 313 16173 14259 38 317 40 321 35 303 14259 12425 43 325 39 328 31 293 12425 10762 51 340 41 326 28 298 10762 9283 58 340 39 332 27 306 9283 7968 55 342 39 338 26 312 7968 6797 50 344 39 338 24 318 6797 5759 43 338 36 331 28 321 5759 4847 39 329 34 319 33 320 4847 4046 38 326 34 318 35 317 4046 3339 38*324 33*317 35 315 3339 2705 37*323 33*316 35 312 2705 2144 35 322 31 315 33 310 2144 1676 33 321 30 314 31 308 1676 1316 31 321 28 314 29 307 1316 1068 29 320 26 313 25 306 1068 918 26 320 23 313 22 305 918 832 20 319 18 312 16*304 832 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