DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/04 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.9 - - 26.8 - - 20.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 236 - - 163 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2212 - - 2194 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1993 - - 1823 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2972 - - 2954 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 606 - - 644 - - 1445 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 326 - - 287 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 29 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 337 - - 329 - - 030 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -947 - - -1692 - - -2483 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3919 - - 4646 - - 3315 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9772 - - -10959 - - -12910 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12744 - - 13913 - - 13742 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 67 - - 53 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.9 - - 26.8 - - 20.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 11.0 - - 9.7 - - 9.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 23.6 - - 25.7 - - 21.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 10.2 - - 9.1 - - 9.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 236 - - 163 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2212 - - 2194 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95745 47 255 50 252 48 260 95745 88636 35 275 37 263 42 274 88636 83183 24 283 28 278 30 272 83183 78628 19 281 27 277 24 263 78628 74671 20 277 29 282 31 286 74671 71175 23 297 27 280 33 291 71175 68001 31 303 26 279 34 296 68001 65057 33 296 27 285 35 301 65057 62302 33 289 29 287 34 302 62302 59613 32 297 30 284 31 302 59613 56794 34 303 28 289 29 303 56794 53860 33 298 30 298 30 309 53860 51048 26 299 29 299 31 313 51048 48506 23 305 27 307 34 316 48506 46222 24 315 28 318 32 314 46222 44150 26 323 29 326 30 329 44150 42259 26 326 32 330 39 340 42259 40528 28 329 34 332 45 340 40528 38936 31 331 35 339 40 345 38936 37463 30 333 36 350 41 005 37463 36097 30 339 41 000 57 011 36097 34800 29 344 48 010 66 011 34800 33498 29 344 60 021 73 012 33498 32146 27 339 72 027 77 011 32146 30742 24 322 79 029 75 013 30742 29269 25 313 70 028 70 018 29269 27718 29 305 56 022 66 023 27718 26091 20 308 47 016 66 030 26091 24391 20 331 42 016 53 028 24391 22624 25 331 34 010 43 014 22624 20793 28 333 26 353 36 004 20793 18887 24 336 25 341 28 358 18887 16897 20 331 25 339 25 356 16897 14868 19 329 21 338 22 346 14868 12918 15 324 16 328 19 331 12918 11148 14 323 14 320 18 323 11148 9578 11 327 14 325 17 327 9578 8187 10 328 15 331 15 335 8187 6959 10 333 14 333 13 338 6959 5876 8 346 12 334 13 337 5876 4925 8 001 11 333 13 337 4925 4094 6 357 7 326 11 325 4094 3368 3*327 4*317 10 304 3368 2723 2*326 5*322 8 294 2723 2154 2 331 5 326 6 305 2154 1681 2 338 5 329 5 342 1681 1318 2 342 6 332 7 012 1318 1069 2 341 6 332 8 021 1069 918 2 342 6 332 7 025 918 832 2 343 5 332 4*030 832 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