DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/20 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.0 - - 61.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 107 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1446 - - 1797 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1117 - - 1348 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2206 - - 2557 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 441 - - 754 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 231 - - 242 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 15 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 320 - - 343 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -407 - - 246 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2613 - - 2311 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5011 - - -4363 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7217 - - 6920 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 93 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.0 - - 61.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.2 - - 54.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 62.3 - - 61.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.9 - - 53.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 107 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1446 - - 1797 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 13 - - 70 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 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] 96487 2 246 4 221 96487 89421 3 244 9 239 89421 83928 3 283 10 210 83928 79331 6 301 6 262 79331 75361 4 287 5 294 75361 71838 9 013 8 285 71838 68645 15 344 8 309 68645 65711 21 307 16 325 65711 62986 19 298 18 311 62986 60328 13 291 24 281 60328 57529 19 317 26 277 57529 54596 45 330 31 317 54596 51783 61 323 49 317 51783 49260 64 318 65 313 49260 47010 77 320 70 319 47010 44984 81 318 83 326 44984 43155 81 322 98 325 43155 41494 95 328 100 324 41494 39967 107 327 103 330 39967 38544 104 326 111 333 38544 37203 99 326 107 331 37203 35904 95 325 96 326 35904 34578 92 325 91 323 34578 33199 90 327 90 324 33199 31769 89 327 87 326 31769 30272 88 327 84 328 30272 28698 84 322 80 327 28698 27048 83 317 78 324 27048 25321 83 315 76 321 25321 23521 80 314 71 320 23521 21649 78 313 65 317 21649 19698 76 314 63 313 19698 17661 70 313 63 311 17661 15581 62 311 59 308 15581 13573 53 308 49 306 13573 11745 45 302 43 308 11745 10119 39 296 40 303 10119 8674 40 294 36 306 8674 7390 39 299 31 314 7390 6251 36 305 27 317 6251 5243 33 311 24 318 5243 4355 31 317 22 323 4355 3574 29 321 18 332 3574 2879 25 323 16*339 2879 2267 19*323 16*341 2267 1757 15*320 16 342 1757 1364 14 320 16 343 1364 1093 13 320 15 344 1093 929 13 320 14 344 929 835 11 319 12 344 835 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