DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/02 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.6 - - 52.9 - - 52.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 140 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5814 - - 5774 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4237 - - 4375 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6574 - - 6534 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3480 - - 3494 - - 8139 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 357 - - 384 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 327 - - 288 - - 243 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -9 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 471 - - 53 - - -5435 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6104 - - 6481 - - 6269 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -448 - - -618 - - -6256 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7022 - - 7152 - - 7090 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 40 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.6 - - 52.9 - - 52.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.8 - - 27.4 - - 28.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.7 - - 51.9 - - 53.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.7 - - 26.3 - - 27.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 104 - - 140 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5814 - - 5774 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 97670 18 239 12 251 20 241 97670 90240 15 220 23 250 20 267 90240 84538 10 200 16 239 14 268 84538 79803 10 220 11 215 13 257 79803 75725 7 238 7 206 8 231 75725 72114 7 243 7 251 10 234 72114 68814 17 223 22 242 14 240 68814 65759 22 210 27 230 23 248 65759 62914 17 203 26 218 23 233 62914 60147 17 259 20 244 20 251 60147 57259 27 257 25 251 24 251 57259 54260 26 250 26 258 25 257 54260 51391 28 260 29 267 26 272 51391 48808 32 264 34 269 29 275 48808 46497 31 262 36 266 29 277 46497 44408 28 267 30 260 29 276 44408 42499 27 265 26 277 26 284 42499 40742 27 281 26 287 30 296 40742 39124 32 284 31 298 33 300 39124 37627 32 281 32 302 35 304 37627 36234 28 297 33 314 39 314 36234 34908 28 309 39 332 41 320 34908 33586 32 328 48 340 46 330 33586 32232 37 334 57 341 53 334 32232 30836 40 339 58 342 58 333 30836 29378 40 342 56 345 56 337 29378 27847 37 344 53 349 54 338 27847 26240 30 339 51 351 49 342 26240 24560 18 329 50 353 44 338 24560 22811 15 342 43 352 38 333 22811 20991 18 341 32 336 36 333 20991 19091 20 339 25 323 36 334 19091 17106 23 337 25 322 33 338 17106 15082 25 336 26 324 29 337 15082 13134 26 336 24 329 26 333 13134 11364 25 335 24 326 27 333 11364 9801 21 335 20 310 25 318 9801 8421 21 336 20 310 23 309 8421 7193 21*336 19*307 20 294 7193 6101 16*333 17*303 18 286 6101 5131 13 329 14 293 17 277 5131 4275 11 326 13 289 16 269 4275 3518 11 325 12 287 15 263 3518 2839 10 324 12 285 14 258 2839 2239 9 324 11 282 14 254 2239 1737 9 323 11 281 13 250 1737 1352 8 323 10 280 12 248 1352 1087 8 323 10 279 11 246 1087 926 8 323 9 279 10 244 926 834 7 322 8 279 7*243 834 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