DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/03 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.6 - - 63.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 84 - - 7 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2053 - - 2380 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1443 - - 819 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2813 - - 3140 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1094 - - 945 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 243 - - 152 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 150 - - 164 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -483 - - -294 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3297 - - 3434 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7680 - - -7531 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10493 - - 10671 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 73 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.6 - - 63.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.2 - - 51.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.9 - - 62.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 49.0 - - 49.7 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 84 - - 7 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2053 - - 2380 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 6 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - - 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] 97839 26 222 25 232 97839 90513 12 224 22 224 90513 84862 10 222 14 234 84862 80181 11 231 8 258 80181 76148 8 252 9 251 76148 72577 10 267 12 261 72577 69353 10 255 16 269 69353 66398 15 272 20 277 66398 63658 21 277 22 256 63658 60997 27 288 22 258 60997 58213 34 270 32 265 58213 55331 45 257 47 263 55331 52600 54 258 56 259 52600 50150 66 262 66 258 50150 47954 75 261 76 256 47954 45957 76 260 79 257 45957 44127 74 259 77 258 44127 42437 74 260 76 258 42437 40868 71 262 75 258 40868 39403 72 262 75 256 39403 38025 75 259 79 256 38025 36688 75 258 74 256 36688 35326 66 260 65 258 35326 33910 58 262 61 259 33910 32442 56 262 59 259 32442 30905 55 264 53 258 30905 29290 50 268 42 257 29290 27597 44 269 35 260 27597 25821 41 268 33 261 25821 23965 39 269 34 261 23965 22033 37 269 36 264 22033 20022 34 269 34 269 20022 17928 29 263 31 268 17928 15797 24 267 27 270 15797 13747 22 287 23 277 13747 11881 18 306 16 281 11881 10220 13 316 9 284 10220 8743 10 312 7 267 8743 7430 8 323 5 261 7430 6267 3 095 6 179 6267 5248 9 147 13 174 5248 4360 12 161 15 173 4360 3582 15 159 13*167 3582 2887 15*157 13*166 2887 2273 13*151 12 165 2273 1759 12 151 11 164 1759 1365 12 150 11 164 1365 1094 11 150 10 163 1094 929 10 150 9 163 929 835 9 150 7 162 835 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