DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/15 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 - - - - - - 20.6 - - 24.3 - - 20.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 157 - - 68 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1741 - - 2096 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1493 - - 816 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2501 - - 2856 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 886 - - 716 - - 1943 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 264 - - 215 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 276 - - 238 - - 193 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -742 - - -1639 - - -2903 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3243 - - 4496 - - 3736 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10778 - - -12619 - - -14847 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13279 - - 15475 - - 15679 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 87 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 20.6 - - 24.3 - - 20.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 9.3 - - 7.5 - - 6.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 19.5 - - 23.8 - - 21.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 8.1 - - 6.4 - - 5.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 157 - - 68 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1741 - - 2096 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 47 - - 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] 95815 22 350 32 344 27 357 95815 89062 28 347 21 354 20 350 89062 83694 22 351 18 353 20 338 83694 79137 13 346 20 314 24 313 79137 75155 7 320 18 300 22 318 75155 71585 8 323 20 299 21 320 71585 68322 17 305 28 287 25 304 68322 65311 23 304 20 300 23 289 65311 62508 20 308 22 331 12 298 62508 59775 23 318 35 323 21 316 59775 56909 34 317 34 306 31 301 56909 53931 37 326 28 303 34 287 53931 51087 43 334 38 322 37 301 51087 48520 57 330 49 315 48 305 48520 46206 59 326 51 321 45 302 46206 44101 61 327 54 327 49 304 44101 42168 61 328 60 324 53 306 42168 40383 62 328 64 317 55 305 40383 38727 66 325 64 311 54 302 38727 37189 65 323 60 311 53 302 37189 35762 64 326 60 317 56 309 35762 34410 66 328 67 318 63 311 34410 33063 66 331 68 314 61 309 33063 31689 68 334 65 317 59 310 31689 30288 78 336 70 322 66 305 30288 28844 89 338 76 323 68 298 28844 27335 94 338 77 322 67 299 27335 25752 87 337 77 320 68 303 25752 24095 80 337 74 323 61 305 24095 22367 79 338 71 327 50 308 22367 20567 76 340 65 329 45 309 20567 18690 71 342 64 326 44 310 18690 16731 59 348 57 325 49 313 16731 14731 46 341 39 338 51 306 14731 12800 43 339 33 328 33 304 12800 11047 44 342 33 321 23 295 11047 9498 40 343 31 318 25 294 9498 8129 32 342 26 324 29 289 8129 6919 23 337 23 316 26 281 6919 5848 17 333 20 304 23 274 5848 4905 12 325 16 286 22 266 4905 4079 10 303 13 262 23 257 4079 3356 8 281 11*240 22 239 3356 2716 6*276 10*237 18 228 2716 2151 6*277 10 238 17 224 2151 1680 6 276 9 238 16 221 1680 1318 5 276 9 238 14 216 1318 1069 5 277 9 239 11 210 1069 919 5 276 8 238 9 205 919 832 5 276 7 239 5*193 832 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