DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/20 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 - - - - - - 16.5 - - 21.5 - - 18.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 153 - - 34 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2029 - - 2268 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1682 - - 815 - - 815 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2789 - - 3028 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1206 - - 1887 - - 283 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 275 - - 175 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 241 - - 218 - - 154 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 5 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2164 - - -2014 - - -3165 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4953 - - 5042 - - 3997 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11817 - - -9597 - - -11905 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14606 - - 12625 - - 12737 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 82 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 16.5 - - 21.5 - - 18.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -2.1 - - 2.5 - - 3.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 15.4 - - 21.2 - - 20.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -3.1 - - 1.6 - - 2.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 153 - - 34 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2029 - - 2268 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - 1 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95599 25 295 25 263 31 257 95599 88521 25 292 19 278 23 273 88521 83011 33 276 32 294 38 290 83011 78432 32 263 41 279 41 275 78432 74450 34 270 42 274 43 276 74450 70885 45 280 51 281 46 284 70885 67633 47 271 50 275 54 289 67633 64638 48 272 50 277 60 285 64638 61850 55 282 58 283 61 274 61850 59121 64 284 65 283 59 271 59121 56240 69 278 69 281 61 275 56240 53242 73 274 73 278 69 280 53242 50404 77 274 77 276 76 280 50404 47878 80 275 80 273 79 276 47878 45626 81 275 80 271 77 272 45626 43586 80 274 79 271 76 272 43586 41718 77 275 79 272 78 276 41718 39993 77 275 81 272 87 277 39993 38396 78 274 82 273 96 275 38396 36914 80 274 83 274 101 274 36914 35534 81 277 82 276 103 276 35534 34216 85 281 84 281 109 276 34216 32888 93 283 90 284 114 275 32888 31523 101 282 94 285 115 276 31523 30124 104 280 97 285 108 277 30124 28683 102 279 100 283 98 280 28683 27182 94 279 97 285 96 282 27182 25610 85 280 94 289 94 282 25610 23966 82 280 90 291 84 276 23966 22246 78 281 87 291 76 274 22246 20451 73 281 84 290 72 274 20451 18573 68 283 71 293 72 277 18573 16615 64 287 59 279 66 279 16615 14626 56 292 54 276 59 277 14626 12716 49 297 48 272 51 271 12716 10983 44 294 43 273 45 270 10983 9446 40 284 42 274 41 272 9446 8085 34 276 39 274 36 270 8085 6883 30 271 32 271 32 261 6883 5824 27 267 28 258 30 241 5824 4894 26 263 28 243 32 222 4894 4080 25 263 23 232 29 207 4080 3362 22*258 17*223 26 202 3362 2721 15*247 15*219 24 195 2721 2154 13 241 13 218 22 190 2154 1681 12 240 12 218 20 185 1681 1318 12 239 12 218 17 181 1318 1069 11 239 11 218 14 173 1069 918 11 239 10 218 11*167 918 832 10 239 9 218 6*154 832 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