DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/04 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 59.3 - - 54.4 - - 52.4 - - 50.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -1 - - 38 - - 7 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1208 - - 1717 - - 1042 - - 210 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 818 - - 818 - - 818 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1968 - - 2477 - - 1802 - - 970 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1880 - - 1335 - - 1835 - - 2685 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 82 - - 178 - - 93 - - 35 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 18 - - 18 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 203 - - 238 - - 236 - - 239 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 8 - - 8 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - -3 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 791 - - 1123 - - 705 - - -95 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1177 - - 1354 - - 1097 - - 1065 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 221 - - 473 - - 210 - - -536 ODpotential blCL - - - 1747 - - 2004 - - 1592 - - 1506 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 50 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 59.3 - - 54.4 - - 52.4 - - 50.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 56.6 - - 51.1 - - 50.2 - - 48.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 59.4 - - 54.1 - - 52.4 - - 50.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 56.0 - - 50.1 - - 49.7 - - 48.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -1 - - 38 - - 7 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1208 - - 1717 - - 1042 - - 210 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 10 - - 8 - - 8 - - 7 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] 95834 61 265 71 262 73 273 62 269 95834 88972 44 271 38 276 47 269 43 281 88972 83645 29 278 27 282 25 262 35 284 83645 79177 14 298 24 278 18 278 23 285 79177 75310 9 298 15 283 13 267 20 288 75310 71868 10 313 8 298 8 265 16 267 71868 68723 13 295 4 315 6 269 9 241 68723 65804 9 252 6 291 8 277 5 241 65804 63079 8 193 10 269 13 262 13 263 63079 60438 5 174 11 248 15 248 16 254 60438 57685 6 251 10 239 16 237 14 244 57685 54817 14 243 12 218 16 229 12 217 54817 52061 17 223 17 221 22 222 20 211 52061 49566 20 210 25 214 30 204 24 205 49566 47315 26 199 26 198 30 198 27 218 47315 45272 28 187 26 194 30 205 38 217 45272 43414 28 196 31 208 32 221 38 222 43414 41704 34 211 37 218 43 232 43 231 41704 40111 44 212 55 216 60 222 55 221 40111 38617 54 206 64 204 64 210 55 219 38617 37210 60 206 66 200 62 206 55 228 37210 35854 69 209 72 198 62 214 59 230 35854 34482 83 205 80 194 66 218 62 222 34482 33063 92 199 88 191 68 216 63 215 33063 31598 92 199 88 192 71 215 62 216 31598 30073 88 202 88 194 74 213 60 222 30073 28475 86 204 87 194 75 210 61 226 28475 26804 83 206 79 193 71 210 58 225 26804 25066 68 208 74 197 64 212 52 221 25066 23264 56 205 69 202 56 219 40 218 23264 21396 52 198 59 203 48 228 34 216 21396 19449 51 195 50 204 45 227 34 216 19449 17412 49 199 43 207 45 224 35 216 17412 15329 48 202 42 206 41 225 37 215 15329 13329 48 202 40 205 35 225 38 226 13329 11520 50 201 35 210 34 225 34 232 11520 9919 45 198 34 214 32 232 29 237 9919 8498 36 195 30 215 29 240 30 238 8498 7234 34 194 26 220 29 243 31 242 7234 6118 32 201 27 219 28 253 26 239 6118 5137 27 211 28 213 25 256 26 241 5137 4274 25 214 25 220 25 245 25 248 4274 3514 25 211 21 237 25 242 24 247 3514 2836 24 209 21*238 24 241 23 247 2836 2236 23*206 20*238 23*239 22 245 2236 1736 22*204 19 238 20*237 20 242 1736 1352 21 203 18 238 19 236 18 241 1352 1087 19 202 17 238 17 235 16*240 1087 926 16 202 15 237 15 234 14*239 926 835 12 201 12 237 12 233 11 239 835 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