DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/09 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.0 - - 66.4 - - 62.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 10 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 630 - - 479 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 819 - - 819 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1390 - - 1239 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 844 - - 1481 - - 215 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 123 - - 82 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 191 - - 106 - - 105 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -9 - - 3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -164 - - -538 - - -1561 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1554 - - 1777 - - 2396 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4045 - - -4903 - - -7479 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5435 - - 6142 - - 8314 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 91 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 900 - - 740 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.0 - - 66.4 - - 62.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.0 - - 61.4 - - 55.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.7 - - 66.3 - - 65.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.2 - - 60.6 - - 54.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - 10 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 630 - - 479 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 66 - - 48 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 9 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] 97444 49 248 42 257 39 249 97444 90242 34 251 35 242 31 273 90242 84682 24 255 24 235 25 254 84682 80040 11 241 14 268 14 239 80040 75997 9 257 15 272 9 281 75997 72411 11 269 12 254 9 273 72411 69160 15 260 18 259 15 289 69160 66186 19 268 24 264 22 289 66186 63449 26 271 29 263 27 272 63449 60797 29 280 31 278 31 268 60797 58019 40 280 41 281 36 270 58019 55142 52 273 52 277 47 278 55142 52422 62 264 66 266 62 271 52422 49992 64 259 73 259 67 261 49992 47812 61 260 75 256 71 256 47812 45825 57 264 71 255 71 253 45825 44002 57 270 61 259 65 249 44002 42316 61 275 57 265 53 248 42316 40747 64 276 54 270 46 264 40747 39283 68 271 53 274 45 276 39283 37910 68 266 51 278 42 281 37910 36582 64 261 49 281 38 282 36582 35229 64 252 47 282 36 284 35229 33823 62 242 47 284 37 288 33823 32368 57 243 45 288 39 296 32368 30847 50 246 43 282 37 297 30847 29248 47 267 43 276 35 295 29248 27570 44 276 40 277 36 298 27570 25813 45 274 38 279 37 296 25813 23979 43 273 39 281 36 292 23979 22073 36 277 38 281 33 290 22073 20088 34 282 40 283 32 292 20088 18016 36 287 44 286 33 295 18016 15903 40 289 41 285 36 294 15903 13859 40 280 34 285 34 287 13859 11994 38 264 30 283 32 276 11994 10335 34 246 26 277 28 265 10335 8861 26 241 26 262 29 245 8861 7550 19 244 32 247 28 236 7550 6384 14 248 33 238 28 230 6384 5350 9 247 31 222 25 216 5350 4441 7 232 26 194 25 193 4441 3641 7 221 22 170 26 182 3641 2928 8 213 19 162 25 169 2928 2299 9 202 15 157 23 155 2299 1775 10*198 10 140 21 141 1775 1373 9*193 8*117 20 124 1373 1097 9 191 7*108 18 113 1097 931 8 190 6 106 14 109 931 835 7 189 5 105 7*105 835 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