DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/12 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 - - - - - - 75.5 - - 73.2 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - -25 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3352 - - 76 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1553 - - 820 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4112 - - 836 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3971 - - 6007 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 230 - - 50 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 28 - - 14 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 215 - - 213 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 18 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 394 - - -1903 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3718 - - 2739 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1303 - - -2822 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5415 - - 3658 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 89 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 890 - - 1110 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.5 - - 73.2 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.8 - - 63.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.4 - - 73.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.5 - - 62.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - -25 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3352 - - 76 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 52 - - 56 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 13 - - - 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] 96573 33 263 41 266 96573 89319 39 269 42 266 89319 83791 44 276 43 281 83791 79215 45 272 49 284 79215 75281 44 272 43 278 75281 71809 43 275 34 282 71809 68650 40 278 39 288 68650 65736 45 280 45 281 65736 63030 45 278 43 275 63030 60391 42 282 41 273 60391 57619 45 277 45 275 57619 54741 48 275 52 269 54741 52002 56 268 56 263 52002 49537 60 259 61 255 49537 47336 54 255 52 247 47336 45365 54 267 56 257 45365 43583 75 269 83 258 43583 41956 86 258 88 251 41956 40450 78 250 87 247 40450 39027 76 249 80 240 39027 37675 71 252 74 238 37675 36361 67 251 67 238 36361 35019 61 248 61 241 35019 33622 55 240 57 244 33622 32170 53 238 52 245 32170 30648 50 239 48 246 30648 29046 43 237 47 247 29046 27362 37 239 46 251 27362 25596 35 243 42 253 25596 23756 32 243 37 260 23756 21851 42 243 45 247 21851 19874 50 236 51 237 19874 17820 43 240 47 223 17820 15728 38 234 45 227 15728 13708 41 220 46 229 13708 11870 42 214 45 225 11870 10240 43 208 44 217 10240 8791 42 210 43 213 8791 7502 41 220 43 210 7502 6356 42 224 43 208 6356 5340 40 222 39 208 5340 4443 37*219 37 209 4443 3651 34*216 33 210 3651 2940 32 215 32 211 2940 2310 30 214 29 212 2310 1784 28 214 26 213 1784 1380 26 214 24 213 1380 1102 24 214 21 213 1102 933 21 214 18*213 933 836 17 214 14*213 836 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