DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/20 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 = 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 - - - - - - 64.2 - - 63.7 - - 56.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 446 - - 332 - - 73 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4725 - - 4255 - - 1988 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4130 - - 3652 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5485 - - 5015 - - 2748 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 878 - - 1261 - - 1111 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 520 - - 455 - - 214 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 044 - - 051 - - 055 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 8 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -753 - - -1149 - - -2568 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6238 - - 6164 - - 5316 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8866 - - -8857 - - -11627 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14351 - - 13872 - - 14375 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 81 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.2 - - 63.7 - - 56.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.9 - - 39.8 - - 36.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.8 - - 61.8 - - 55.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.1 - - 39.1 - - 35.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 446 - - 332 - - 73 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4725 - - 4255 - - 1988 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 17 - - 24 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 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] 98139 20 107 9 120 3 058 98139 90726 7 131 5 066 10 045 90726 85037 6 161 3 333 7 036 85037 80323 5 134 0 121 5 060 80323 76263 2 104 4 133 4 016 76263 72662 5 204 6 181 8 272 72662 69390 10 198 11 185 12 246 69390 66377 14 215 13 212 15 216 66377 63583 15 221 14 218 15 224 63583 60906 19 228 14 250 19 230 60906 58128 23 223 22 258 22 245 58128 55218 29 239 42 244 33 251 55218 52421 42 233 51 233 42 252 52421 49911 49 238 57 237 63 244 49911 47687 62 239 59 236 62 231 47687 45684 65 232 54 246 59 239 45684 43865 68 240 70 254 75 250 43865 42202 70 240 76 251 89 247 42202 40659 65 237 73 240 85 242 40659 39208 58 240 68 233 79 237 39208 37834 56 242 69 233 76 235 37834 36499 53 240 71 232 71 230 36499 35135 53 233 69 231 68 225 35135 33713 56 232 63 232 68 226 33713 32238 54 235 60 231 67 228 32238 30697 49 235 55 230 63 230 30697 29079 48 237 53 233 58 234 29079 27384 50 236 52 237 56 239 27384 25613 52 233 54 240 54 247 25613 23768 51 237 55 243 48 255 23768 21853 52 248 50 255 42 258 21853 19861 40 252 39 255 38 253 19861 17782 41 261 34 259 35 250 17782 15656 42 258 33 262 31 255 15656 13607 36 261 29 258 24 251 13607 11747 34 280 25 275 18 241 11747 10096 25 283 20 280 12 243 10096 8631 16 274 16 270 10 248 8631 7333 11 279 12 272 9 264 7333 6187 5*349 6 312 8 299 6187 5183 7*039 5*355 9 321 5183 4306 8 041 6*013 7 018 4306 3536 8 044 9 043 13 051 3536 2850 9 045 12 052 16*055 2850 2246 9 046 12 054 17*055 2246 1742 9 047 13 055 17 055 1742 1355 9 047 13 057 17 055 1355 1089 9 047 13 057 17 055 1089 927 9 047 13 058 15 055 927 834 8 048 11 058 12 055 834 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