DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 72.3 - - 71.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - -2 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2403 - - 1037 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1597 - - 820 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3163 - - 1797 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1815 - - 2608 - - 1553 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 246 - - 102 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 27 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 213 - - 204 - - 254 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1096 - - 414 - - -517 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2067 - - 1383 - - 1353 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 143 - - -647 - - -2723 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3020 - - 2444 - - 3559 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 100 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2910 - - 3100 - - 2540 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 72.3 - - 71.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.6 - - 68.5 - - 68.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.9 - - 72.4 - - 73.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.2 - - 67.9 - - 67.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - -2 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2403 - - 1037 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 67 - - 98 - - 85 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 15 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] 96662 20 276 26 288 16 289 96662 89435 15 254 22 287 23 286 89435 83969 14 276 21 258 29 285 83969 79442 16 306 12 256 23 278 79442 75524 12 266 13 269 16 253 75524 72036 14 255 15 261 16 235 72036 68839 18 247 15 243 17 234 68839 65874 22 252 20 246 20 252 65874 63119 26 239 27 239 22 245 63119 60433 24 245 32 266 35 272 60433 57637 39 258 41 258 44 258 57637 54754 44 258 41 251 33 248 54754 51981 54 258 54 254 46 255 51981 49478 61 253 59 253 65 257 49478 47268 61 253 58 257 75 259 47268 45298 67 253 70 258 81 256 45298 43519 77 250 86 255 84 255 43519 41889 80 248 88 254 90 256 41889 40375 78 250 83 257 94 257 40375 38953 77 253 79 256 92 257 38953 37606 76 254 72 252 88 257 37606 36297 74 254 63 247 85 256 36297 34960 73 254 62 248 82 256 34960 33569 74 253 59 247 79 257 33569 32126 73 253 59 247 72 258 32126 30617 72 253 59 247 64 256 30617 29028 70 250 58 248 61 258 29028 27361 65 249 55 250 60 261 27361 25613 59 248 53 252 55 256 25613 23787 56 250 50 253 57 258 23787 21891 53 253 48 254 54 257 21891 19916 48 256 50 257 50 254 19916 17856 50 257 45 257 54 257 17856 15763 40 256 41 253 55 252 15763 13757 33 256 39 247 49 242 13757 11933 29 258 39 244 48 237 11933 10303 26 262 36 242 49 232 10303 8847 21 262 31 236 47 226 8847 7551 13 229 27 226 39 221 7551 6398 11 214 24 214 30 219 6398 5375 14 216 25 204 27 219 5375 4470 17 221 28 200 26 222 4470 3670 18*219 30 200 26 224 3670 2953 18*216 31 201 26 226 2953 2319 17 214 31*203 26 228 2319 1789 17 213 31*204 22 230 1789 1382 16 212 29 204 18 231 1382 1103 16 211 27 204 13 233 1103 933 15 211 24 203 10 238 933 836 12 210 18 203 5*254 836 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