DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 12/27 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 - - - - - - 39.1 - - 40.9 - - 41.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 19 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 351 - - 249 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 817 - - 817 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1111 - - 1009 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1119 - - 1069 - - 1056 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 109 - - 69 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 147 - - 148 - - 136 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 278 - - 176 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 833 - - 833 - - 834 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 222 - - 95 - - -72 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 889 - - 914 - - 906 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.1 - - 40.9 - - 41.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.8 - - 40.5 - - 41.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 38.8 - - 40.9 - - 41.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.5 - - 40.4 - - 41.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 19 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 351 - - 249 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 95248 51 269 56 274 53 274 95248 88489 34 278 40 281 42 286 88489 83192 23 289 25 283 32 288 83192 78751 21 296 18 288 19 290 78751 74891 26 293 19 289 17 301 74891 71444 21 280 21 285 18 282 71444 68301 17 278 21 272 17 284 68301 65386 26 255 25 269 24 298 65386 62655 31 247 33 277 35 294 62655 60001 32 269 43 268 42 277 60001 57227 47 266 48 267 52 276 57227 54356 57 270 64 270 65 263 54356 51645 70 270 66 264 62 261 51645 49212 73 274 67 277 64 271 49212 47022 84 277 91 283 87 276 47022 45038 100 272 107 273 101 272 45038 43251 108 264 108 265 108 266 43251 41626 108 267 105 269 108 264 41626 40114 107 268 109 274 110 262 40114 38686 109 277 111 278 108 261 38686 37331 110 276 108 273 101 262 37331 36017 109 271 109 270 94 264 36017 34677 110 269 109 268 90 265 34677 33284 109 270 107 269 87 264 33284 31839 101 272 99 268 87 261 31839 30326 97 275 94 266 87 262 30326 28735 93 273 91 267 86 264 28735 27072 88 272 88 273 83 265 27072 25333 82 273 83 274 78 267 25333 23516 74 274 77 269 70 265 23516 21626 67 270 74 268 67 263 21626 19657 60 264 62 268 64 264 19657 17605 53 264 54 264 56 265 17605 15513 42 256 48 262 52 263 15513 13498 34 248 38 256 45 257 13498 11672 24 245 31 257 33 237 11672 10054 20 246 23 245 31 218 10054 8616 16 260 16 236 30 205 8616 7336 14 278 13 228 27 190 7336 6198 12 267 13 222 27 185 6198 5188 9 228 14 210 29 185 5188 4299 14 207 19 203 29 188 4299 3514 17 203 22 195 31 187 3514 2819 20 177 23 179 32 179 2819 2216 18 154 20 161 28 164 2216 1721 16 150 18 153 24 148 1721 1342 15*148 17 151 21 142 1342 1082 13*147 15*149 17 138 1082 924 12 147 13*148 15*137 924 834 10 146 10 148 11*136 834 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