DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/04 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 - - - - - - 44.8 - - 47.0 - - 41.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 3 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 672 - - 74 - - 508 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 817 - - 817 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1432 - - 834 - - 1268 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 594 - - 2066 - - 581 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 170 - - 28 - - 30 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 056 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -366 - - -777 - - 227 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1798 - - 1611 - - 1041 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9630 - - -998 - - -45 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11062 - - 1832 - - 1313 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 80 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.8 - - 47.0 - - 41.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.1 - - 43.1 - - 40.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.9 - - 47.1 - - 42.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.2 - - 42.6 - - 40.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 3 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 672 - - 74 - - 508 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 102 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 96194 27 266 27 262 28 269 96194 88990 24 250 31 250 34 261 88990 83439 30 265 35 267 46 279 83439 78881 32 252 39 268 37 256 78881 74930 29 261 33 263 34 282 74930 71429 44 278 50 283 53 289 71429 68299 49 277 55 279 54 282 68299 65423 51 277 51 277 48 286 65423 62729 55 276 53 280 56 285 62729 60101 55 274 58 278 62 278 60101 57345 56 272 62 275 66 273 57345 54461 63 275 66 274 69 272 54461 51682 74 277 72 275 72 272 51682 49171 80 275 78 274 76 272 49171 46927 80 272 79 271 77 272 46927 44904 76 271 75 270 76 271 44904 43070 77 264 77 261 75 267 43070 41409 77 254 71 253 70 259 41409 39893 77 251 70 262 69 254 39893 38477 79 250 78 261 77 248 38477 37138 75 253 80 256 75 242 37138 35840 74 261 76 253 73 239 35840 34517 81 262 75 253 73 235 34517 33141 76 261 75 254 73 235 33141 31717 72 257 75 253 75 237 31717 30228 72 255 69 252 77 237 30228 28662 75 260 60 252 74 236 28662 27017 67 265 57 252 68 239 27017 25290 57 262 57 254 64 243 25290 23482 55 258 42 259 59 247 23482 21600 43 257 35 263 49 252 21600 19644 33 251 31 252 34 242 19644 17606 32 256 28 253 27 228 17606 15527 31 265 24 250 25 240 15527 13518 20 263 20 251 26 235 13518 11685 12 254 17 216 32 236 11685 10053 11 227 21 223 35 239 10053 8603 12 224 24 232 33 232 8603 7318 12 225 20 236 30 235 7318 6178 9 212 18 240 18 235 6178 5170 11 192 11 250 7 205 5170 4284 13 189 7 222 5 172 4284 3507 14 176 8 165 5 179 3507 2818 15 148 8 117 4 169 2818 2215 14 123 7 096 6 093 2215 1719 12*114 6 097 12 068 1719 1341 7*100 6 099 13*059 1341 1081 7 100 6 099 12*057 1081 924 6 099 5*099 11 056 924 834 6 099 4*100 7 053 834 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