DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/16 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 - - - - - - 56.5 - - 62.0 - - 52.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 131 - - 83 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1470 - - 2832 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1215 - - 1837 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2230 - - 3592 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 817 - - 1809 - - 246 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 239 - - 253 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 23 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 223 - - 231 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -483 - - -1276 - - -2173 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2713 - - 4869 - - 3008 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2876 - - -3347 - - -6681 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5106 - - 6939 - - 7516 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 75 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.5 - - 62.0 - - 52.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.5 - - 43.6 - - 42.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 55.9 - - 61.5 - - 54.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.8 - - 43.2 - - 42.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 131 - - 83 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1470 - - 2832 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 22 - - 1 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 6 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] 96793 17 083 19 099 13 102 96793 89689 14 084 11 084 9 105 89689 84111 13 094 5 092 6 056 84111 79424 9 108 3 040 6 046 79424 75362 4 115 4 281 6 004 75362 71772 4 026 5 222 8 300 71772 68526 8 314 5 272 7 299 68526 65529 15 284 14 293 13 305 65529 62749 21 279 20 277 19 279 62749 60055 23 271 21 263 22 277 60055 57223 30 285 36 284 37 279 57223 54289 58 279 58 272 56 274 54289 51519 62 274 60 279 56 276 51519 49021 64 275 60 285 63 291 49021 46767 64 281 68 287 84 285 46767 44732 78 285 82 283 96 280 44732 42897 90 282 94 280 99 280 42897 41231 92 279 102 280 106 284 41231 39698 90 283 110 284 116 286 39698 38271 101 291 113 286 123 286 38271 36929 114 293 113 290 123 286 36929 35628 117 293 115 293 119 287 35628 34302 113 291 113 293 114 289 34302 32923 107 288 107 291 107 291 32923 31495 102 286 101 288 97 290 31495 30005 96 285 98 287 91 287 30005 28441 92 285 94 286 86 285 28441 26801 88 286 89 286 82 283 26801 25086 83 286 83 284 77 283 25086 23298 78 283 77 281 71 284 23298 21439 70 279 72 279 67 281 21439 19501 67 276 70 277 63 277 19501 17481 60 276 66 279 61 277 17481 15422 50 279 50 280 48 281 15422 13442 40 282 40 277 36 281 13442 11635 38 266 41 271 39 276 11635 10023 30 263 35 265 37 268 10023 8595 27 267 28 267 25 266 8595 7329 27 267 26 269 17 267 7329 6204 31 269 28 268 16 261 6204 5209 33 263 30 261 21 257 5209 4333 34 250 28*248 24 249 4333 3561 34 240 25*234 25 241 3561 2871 32 233 25 233 25 234 2871 2260 29*230 24 231 26 225 2260 1750 24*224 24 231 25 219 1750 1359 23 223 23 230 24 215 1359 1090 21 223 22 229 19 211 1090 927 19 222 20 229 16*209 927 835 16 222 16 228 7*207 835 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