DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/15 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 - - - - - - 55.3 - - 54.3 - - 46.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 176 - - 138 - - 14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2763 - - 2922 - - 1650 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2312 - - 2274 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3523 - - 3682 - - 2410 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 793 - - 930 - - 1086 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 329 - - 303 - - 119 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 28 - - 22 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 228 - - 233 - - 270 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -1 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 895 - - 313 - - -373 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2628 - - 3369 - - 2784 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 127 - - -135 - - -8648 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3396 - - 3817 - - 11058 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.3 - - 54.3 - - 46.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.0 - - 41.9 - - 37.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.4 - - 53.5 - - 46.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.9 - - 41.4 - - 36.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 176 - - 138 - - 14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2763 - - 2922 - - 1650 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 83 - - 100 - - 77 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 5 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] 96070 22 128 6 102 2 281 96070 88841 16 039 17 105 6 184 88841 83335 26 039 13 066 8 091 83335 78826 23 020 13 047 6 038 78826 74951 17 332 11 349 12 355 74951 71501 6 298 9 286 11 315 71501 68345 9 287 11 271 17 285 68345 65434 10 239 16 254 22 245 65434 62725 15 258 17 264 18 227 62725 60072 28 257 25 270 17 245 60072 57267 34 252 39 258 31 258 57267 54322 36 240 40 237 38 238 54322 51494 31 233 35 222 39 223 51494 48945 30 237 33 229 37 223 48945 46662 38 244 41 235 39 232 46662 44588 52 241 49 231 45 233 44588 42685 65 238 53 235 53 234 42685 40940 84 236 72 234 76 225 40940 39345 93 229 97 228 105 209 39345 37876 91 219 111 218 99 203 37876 36506 94 214 141 206 99 198 36506 35190 100 215 143 200 100 195 35190 33857 118 216 136 199 109 194 33857 32478 141 214 128 196 119 194 32478 31057 146 215 119 195 111 197 31057 29583 132 217 110 198 96 202 29583 28038 117 221 95 209 70 202 28038 26418 109 223 85 212 75 198 26418 24719 97 227 87 214 79 196 24719 22941 91 232 78 219 67 192 22941 21096 83 234 60 230 49 207 21096 19180 72 233 47 235 64 225 19180 17183 64 228 45 228 48 230 17183 15148 63 225 47 223 28 216 15148 13189 61 225 47 222 26 206 13189 11406 59 225 46 223 29 219 11406 9821 58 225 44 226 28 228 9821 8413 57 226 42 229 24 225 8413 7162 53 233 35 232 25 213 7162 6054 48 238 32 227 30 201 6054 5078 42 238 28 214 29 196 5078 4224 33*230 24*215 25 206 4224 3474 30*226 24*221 20 232 3474 2806 29 227 23 230 20*261 2806 2216 29 228 23 234 21*268 2216 1724 28 228 22 236 20 270 1724 1345 28 229 22 237 19 271 1345 1083 26 230 21 238 18 271 1083 925 24 230 19 238 16 271 925 834 19 230 16 239 12 271 834 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