DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/17 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 - - - - - - 15.2 - - 17.3 - - 16.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 138 - - 100 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3566 - - 2523 - - 71 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2725 - - 1760 - - 815 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4326 - - 3283 - - 831 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1326 - - 2108 - - 3715 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 322 - - 257 - - 32 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 18 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 256 - - 262 - - 267 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1504 - - 942 - - -979 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2822 - - 2341 - - 1810 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 1127 - - 779 - - -1148 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3199 - - 2504 - - 1979 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 15.2 - - 17.3 - - 16.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 5.8 - - 10.2 - - 11.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 14.4 - - 16.8 - - 16.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 5.0 - - 9.7 - - 11.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 138 - - 100 - - 7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3566 - - 2523 - - 71 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 101 - - 79 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 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] 96336 60 029 56 037 41 031 96336 89385 46 026 45 028 37 026 89385 83923 27 023 28 021 27 018 83923 79301 10 012 18 348 19 350 79301 75281 2 298 27 309 19 320 75281 71696 6 279 23 300 19 313 71696 68416 14 299 18 290 22 302 68416 65373 23 295 17 278 27 290 65373 62536 26 290 19 276 30 281 62536 59774 27 283 24 274 30 272 59774 56864 28 270 30 272 33 271 56864 53812 34 257 40 273 39 269 53812 50882 39 253 50 267 43 266 50882 48244 41 253 51 257 45 262 48244 45884 42 250 49 251 45 259 45884 43749 39 249 46 248 45 255 43749 41802 36 253 45 246 45 256 41802 40014 39 255 44 244 42 260 40014 38360 45 249 41 244 40 262 38360 36819 45 243 36 248 36 260 36819 35378 41 244 32 252 32 255 35378 34001 39 250 29 255 27 250 34001 32621 38 251 28 260 22 253 32621 31208 39 243 31 261 19 261 31208 29764 39 234 32 252 16 287 29764 28277 39 230 31 240 20 308 28277 26740 31 227 25 237 23 317 26740 25156 21 225 14 227 20 315 25156 23522 18 220 6 188 14 319 23522 21830 17 216 4 136 9 319 21830 20070 15 221 4 113 7 349 20070 18234 15 225 4 094 12 009 18234 16317 16 222 2 091 17 006 16317 14362 18 218 4 235 20 012 14362 12483 18 205 7 221 23 007 12483 10782 11 204 3 016 19 001 10782 9282 5 165 10 028 18 360 9282 7952 3 124 18 029 19 004 7952 6771 5 279 16 024 18 000 6771 5728 14 263 9 302 17 326 5728 4815 19*256 16 266 22 285 4815 4017 20*256 18 263 24 273 4017 3315 20 256 19*263 24 271 3315 2686 20 256 19*263 24 271 2686 2130 20 256 19 262 23 271 2130 1667 20 255 18 262 21 270 1667 1310 19 255 18 262 19 269 1310 1066 18 255 17 262 17 268 1066 917 16 255 15 262 15 268 917 831 13 254 13 262 11*267 831 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