DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/09 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 - - - - - - 70.7 - - 72.1 - - 66.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 190 - - 149 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6714 - - 8375 - - 3933 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5290 - - 6400 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7474 - - 9135 - - 4693 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2686 - - 2427 - - 4989 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 447 - - 445 - - 102 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 30 - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 277 - - 272 - - 312 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 20 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -945 - - 77 - - -2006 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8420 - - 9058 - - 6700 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4172 - - -480 - - -3249 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11646 - - 9615 - - 7942 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 100 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.7 - - 72.1 - - 66.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.2 - - 34.8 - - 40.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.7 - - 71.4 - - 67.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.1 - - 33.9 - - 39.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 190 - - 149 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6714 - - 8375 - - 3933 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 90 - - 100 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 97624 2 218 3 220 2 216 97624 90280 4 174 3 205 2 328 90280 84612 12 161 10 193 7 245 84612 79869 9 185 7 189 4 232 79869 75762 8 190 5 184 3 310 75762 72135 6 224 6 256 10 314 72135 68851 8 276 12 265 10 300 68851 65819 10 297 14 269 9 287 65819 62999 15 280 17 278 17 302 62999 60269 17 255 16 260 20 278 60269 57411 18 298 18 299 26 289 57411 54441 37 277 37 280 35 275 54441 51614 38 275 35 264 37 275 51614 49073 42 278 39 282 45 276 49073 46802 49 284 53 283 53 278 46802 44756 59 282 65 280 61 279 44756 42899 69 282 71 276 70 276 42899 41199 78 282 74 275 71 272 41199 39635 86 285 79 277 74 275 39635 38186 93 287 84 275 85 268 38186 36835 98 287 85 274 85 266 36835 35536 101 288 85 275 81 267 35536 34218 103 288 84 278 76 273 34218 32846 102 289 85 282 77 275 32846 31422 99 291 87 283 78 274 31422 29931 97 293 87 283 77 274 29931 28363 92 292 87 285 75 276 28363 26719 86 291 87 284 72 277 26719 24997 81 290 87 282 71 280 24997 23201 77 288 85 283 70 282 23201 21335 71 285 79 285 68 283 21335 19399 61 281 73 285 65 283 19399 17388 51 274 66 283 63 283 17388 15342 49 276 60 279 58 283 15342 13375 49 283 56 277 52 284 13375 11590 50 283 44 278 44 285 11590 10008 39 270 34*275 35 277 10008 8603 31*270 32*272 31 276 8603 7348 27*279 31 272 25 281 7348 6231 25 280 31 272 24 286 6231 5239 23 279 31 272 23*298 5239 4363 22 277 30 272 23*307 4363 3588 22 276 30 272 24 310 3588 2893 21 276 29 272 24 312 2893 2277 21 275 29 272 24 313 2277 1763 20 275 28 272 24 314 1763 1368 20 275 27 272 23 314 1368 1095 19 275 26 272 21 315 1095 930 18 274 23 272 18 315 930 835 15 274 19 272 14 315 835 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