DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/25 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 - - - - - - 81.2 - - 85.0 - - 81.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 260 - - 211 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5473 - - 8182 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4509 - - 6496 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6233 - - 8942 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1926 - - 1520 - - 8429 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 464 - - 494 - - 29 W* B/S - - - - - - 15 - - 13 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 177 - - 185 - - 160 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -9 - - 16 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1148 - - -253 - - -7100 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7381 - - 9195 - - 7936 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3239 - - -1712 - - -8563 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9472 - - 10654 - - 9399 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 79 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.2 - - 85.0 - - 81.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.8 - - 47.4 - - 49.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.4 - - 83.4 - - 81.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.5 - - 46.4 - - 48.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 260 - - 211 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5473 - - 8182 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 49 - - 14 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 8 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] 98652 16 105 14 085 7 056 98652 91171 17 097 13 096 11 086 91171 85400 14 088 13 118 13 074 85400 80621 11 084 9 076 13 071 80621 76509 9 073 7 050 13 046 76509 72885 6 081 5 068 9 038 72885 69616 6 108 4 045 3 031 69616 66608 4 113 3 010 1 175 66608 63809 3 229 4 259 4 324 63809 61089 7 245 9 232 8 289 61089 58247 13 241 14 231 16 243 58247 55308 18 232 17 234 19 227 55308 52512 23 245 24 255 22 253 52512 50013 34 248 37 248 36 255 50013 47805 42 243 43 239 47 250 47805 45833 49 242 49 241 55 249 45833 44040 57 241 59 241 65 243 44040 42385 64 237 66 238 74 238 42385 40840 66 235 68 237 75 236 40840 39388 63 235 66 237 69 238 39388 38015 57 240 58 241 61 242 38015 36686 59 243 55 246 57 246 36686 35332 57 244 52 252 54 247 35332 33921 48 251 49 254 49 253 33921 32456 43 257 44 259 47 262 32456 30925 40 264 40 264 46 270 30925 29317 33 275 37 265 44 271 29317 27633 31 278 34 267 40 272 27633 25871 32 273 31 271 35 278 25871 24030 35 267 28 276 31 280 24030 22115 36 257 32 274 27 285 22115 20116 32 249 31 271 26 290 20116 18027 23 258 28 274 23 289 18027 15900 20 297 24 280 23 305 15900 13855 24 316 17 297 24 315 13855 11996 22 319 16 320 22 313 11996 10343 20 314 14*295 19 311 10343 8878 17 305 6*231 9 260 8878 7577 7 244 7 199 11 211 7577 6420 8*184 7 194 11 203 6420 5392 8*179 7 187 12 194 5392 4484 7 179 8 182 12 185 4484 3681 6 178 8 178 13 178 3681 2962 6 178 8 175 13 172 2962 2325 5 176 8 172 13 168 2325 1794 4 174 8 170 13 166 1794 1386 4 174 8 169 13 163 1386 1104 4 173 8 169 12 162 1104 934 4 172 7 168 11 161 934 836 3 171 7 168 8*160 836 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