DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 12/25 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 - - - - - - 40.4 - - 40.0 - - 38.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 40 - - 16 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 829 - - 739 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 817 - - 817 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1589 - - 1499 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1093 - - 1101 - - 1314 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 133 - - 96 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 086 - - 084 - - 099 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 463 - - 341 - - -262 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1126 - - 1158 - - 1096 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 310 - - 139 - - -590 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1279 - - 1360 - - 1424 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.4 - - 40.0 - - 38.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.7 - - 38.2 - - 36.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.2 - - 39.9 - - 38.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.3 - - 37.8 - - 36.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 40 - - 16 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 829 - - 739 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 94961 73 278 66 279 75 275 94961 88119 57 282 55 286 62 281 88119 82790 52 282 54 292 54 292 82790 78352 50 286 55 285 50 291 78352 74534 42 292 45 284 47 292 74534 71167 39 303 45 291 42 295 71167 68106 46 302 43 294 43 296 68106 65279 50 306 51 307 51 303 65279 62648 61 297 61 295 54 300 62648 60084 64 291 63 291 50 293 60084 57394 64 298 66 297 52 295 57394 54590 83 297 77 294 73 294 54590 51915 93 292 89 287 86 290 51915 49513 90 292 94 285 94 286 49513 47363 86 295 89 288 94 284 47363 45413 87 297 89 292 92 286 45413 43631 90 297 94 293 91 287 43631 41992 92 296 98 292 87 285 41992 40467 93 297 96 293 82 282 40467 39036 94 299 91 294 78 279 39036 37682 92 300 85 294 75 279 37682 36366 87 300 82 292 73 280 36366 35022 85 299 81 292 72 281 35022 33619 82 297 79 291 72 282 33619 32161 78 297 78 291 70 283 32161 30636 74 299 74 292 68 283 30636 29034 71 297 65 295 63 283 29034 27352 65 293 57 297 60 288 27352 25588 55 294 55 297 55 287 25588 23746 51 292 53 295 48 283 23746 21829 51 293 48 295 42 285 21829 19833 48 298 42 292 42 281 19833 17752 41 300 38 283 40 270 17752 15629 35 300 35 281 35 271 15629 13581 28 298 28 285 26 265 13581 11716 24 286 23 276 25 256 11716 10060 15 274 20 259 21 252 10060 8594 7 240 15 232 19 236 8594 7296 5 169 14 201 21 231 7296 6144 10 128 19 171 20 222 6144 5129 14 120 20 148 20 195 5129 4247 14 120 19 154 24 170 4247 3479 16 114 20 151 26 164 3479 2796 18 096 16 129 28 141 2796 2202 18 090 14 092 28 116 2202 1712 16*088 13*087 25 104 1712 1337 15*086 12*085 21 100 1337 1080 14 086 12 083 18 099 1080 923 12 085 11 083 16*099 923 834 10 085 9 082 11*099 834 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