DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/05 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 - - - - - - 26.5 - - 33.4 - - 33.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - 16 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 926 - - 1756 - - 73 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 816 - - 816 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1686 - - 2516 - - 833 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 427 - - 1237 - - 2706 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 154 - - 127 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 216 - - 244 - - 203 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1457 - - -309 - - -983 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3143 - - 2825 - - 1816 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12150 - - -7909 - - -2125 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13836 - - 10425 - - 2958 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 26.5 - - 33.4 - - 33.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 15.8 - - 24.0 - - 28.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 26.2 - - 33.2 - - 34.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 15.2 - - 23.5 - - 28.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - 16 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 926 - - 1756 - - 73 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95632 61 248 60 252 59 260 95632 88643 42 272 45 274 46 289 88643 83266 32 285 38 271 39 293 83266 78739 26 303 33 266 36 290 78739 74775 28 312 25 272 36 294 74775 71257 29 310 28 290 37 304 71257 68081 30 313 31 299 36 301 68081 65154 32 309 28 303 31 301 65154 62408 30 312 29 313 31 308 62408 59718 36 313 36 315 38 324 59718 56912 47 319 47 321 46 324 56912 54002 46 323 50 319 48 325 54002 51211 45 335 45 325 53 332 51211 48680 63 342 53 338 58 334 48680 46404 68 337 62 337 64 332 46404 44341 65 332 64 334 68 331 44341 42456 62 330 68 327 71 329 42456 40719 63 331 67 320 70 328 40719 39114 67 334 66 325 71 329 39114 37620 76 340 64 331 73 329 37620 36223 87 343 66 341 77 332 36223 34885 99 341 73 346 83 336 34885 33543 104 338 88 340 91 336 33543 32166 104 340 95 333 92 333 32166 30756 108 342 90 327 84 331 30756 29300 110 342 78 332 75 330 29300 27774 107 344 78 339 73 328 27774 26171 103 345 83 340 64 328 26171 24487 92 339 88 340 60 335 24487 22726 87 332 90 339 59 341 22726 20891 84 328 89 338 56 331 20891 18975 74 327 79 341 61 329 18975 16979 58 322 62 337 63 335 16979 14954 54 321 44 336 57 338 14954 13010 44 329 38 332 51 332 13010 11247 37 321 36 321 42 326 11247 9683 40 310 38 316 37 323 9683 8291 35 293 37 321 38 319 8291 7053 25 279 30 314 36 320 7053 5955 26 280 32 301 27 325 5955 4992 29 276 26 286 21 296 4992 4157 31 257 26 276 20 265 4157 3424 33 247 25 265 20 257 3424 2768 32 243 21*252 19 254 2768 2188 29*232 19*246 18 248 2188 1704 23*221 17 244 15 238 1704 1332 19 215 16 243 13 225 1332 1077 18 214 15 242 11 214 1077 922 16 213 14 242 9*208 922 833 13 213 11 241 6*203 833 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