DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/10 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.3 - - 76.5 - - 65.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 0 - - -40 - - -48 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1120 - - 76 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 820 - - 820 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1880 - - 836 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1277 - - 3830 - - 108 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 124 - - 42 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 9 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 174 - - 168 - - 143 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2953 - - -5304 - - -3330 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4833 - - 6141 - - 4165 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8396 - - -9502 - - -10653 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10276 - - 10338 - - 11488 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 60 - - 35 - - 40 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.3 - - 76.5 - - 65.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.2 - - 52.8 - - 50.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.4 - - 78.1 - - 69.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.8 - - 51.4 - - 49.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 0 - - -40 - - -48 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1120 - - 76 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 8 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] 97675 31 275 32 265 32 285 97675 90480 20 278 21 286 19 277 90480 84867 11 241 18 293 11 271 84867 80169 10 241 16 278 13 307 80169 76125 9 243 17 249 19 302 76125 72571 7 264 17 234 17 269 72571 69353 16 285 12 255 12 245 69353 66386 26 275 18 277 16 281 66386 63644 32 259 28 268 28 285 63644 61007 36 248 36 260 36 272 61007 58274 36 244 39 254 37 255 58274 55453 36 245 41 249 36 244 55453 52764 38 246 40 239 37 239 52764 50338 37 245 38 234 37 235 50338 48153 35 244 36 234 37 231 48153 46158 32 246 34 234 34 225 46158 44318 29 249 32 236 30 229 44318 42611 28 252 28 235 28 233 42611 41012 23 247 18 236 27 220 41012 39521 34 232 21 237 24 214 39521 38129 47 223 31 224 25 218 38129 36787 50 209 33 200 25 202 36787 35421 48 212 33 208 26 192 35421 33997 32 238 33 226 24 199 33997 32519 16 234 20 247 14 230 32519 30974 15 187 6 228 7 170 30974 29353 13 158 10 182 10 143 29353 27656 13 140 9 174 6 140 27656 25883 11 126 8 133 8 140 25883 24035 9 108 9 116 8 124 24035 22119 4 092 5 102 7 084 22119 20125 2 216 1 120 5 049 20125 18040 4 241 1 172 6 052 18040 15917 4 196 3 161 7 090 15917 13874 5 187 5 160 8 099 13874 12008 8 211 5 201 2 357 12008 10344 10 224 6 227 4 327 10344 8867 10 215 9 201 2 353 8867 7554 15 193 17 193 8 198 7554 6389 20 187 22 195 16 200 6389 5360 20 190 26 190 22 183 5360 4454 22 194 27 183 25 173 4454 3655 26 192 25 177 25 172 3655 2940 27 186 23 173 23 169 2940 2309 25*182 22 172 23 164 2309 1782 20*175 21 171 24 159 1782 1377 18 174 19 170 23 155 1377 1099 17 173 17 169 20 150 1099 931 15 173 14*169 16 148 931 835 11 172 9*168 7*143 835 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