DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/31 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 - - - - - - 33.6 - - 33.9 - - 33.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -6 - - -17 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 73 - - 73 - - 73 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 816 - - 817 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 833 - - 833 - - 833 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2438 - - 2136 - - 2907 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 22 - - 9 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 263 - - 279 - - 305 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -268 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1101 - - 833 - - 833 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -652 - - -451 - - -568 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1485 - - 1284 - - 1401 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 33.6 - - 33.9 - - 33.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.8 - - 33.5 - - 32.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 33.9 - - 34.4 - - 34.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.4 - - 33.4 - - 32.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -6 - - -17 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 73 - - 73 - - 73 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 95 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 93817 66 254 78 258 81 251 93817 86910 42 273 60 253 64 278 86910 81547 49 302 49 278 59 286 81547 77052 55 307 49 307 54 286 77052 73161 51 299 53 316 53 296 73161 69748 49 299 60 315 53 309 69748 66684 54 303 61 310 58 314 66684 63861 54 301 61 308 61 311 63861 61231 52 305 66 310 63 310 61231 58671 62 311 74 310 71 313 58671 55991 72 313 79 309 77 313 55991 53189 75 313 80 307 79 312 53189 50493 77 312 79 306 80 310 50493 48054 78 312 81 308 83 310 48054 45861 82 312 85 310 84 310 45861 43871 89 311 87 308 90 312 43871 42056 92 312 91 310 98 315 42056 40391 94 315 102 311 111 315 40391 38851 100 317 104 310 123 311 38851 37420 103 318 102 314 130 308 37420 36076 102 318 106 316 131 308 36076 34778 102 317 112 315 129 308 34778 33461 106 315 113 313 125 310 33461 32095 108 312 111 312 123 312 32095 30684 103 311 109 312 122 313 30684 29214 100 314 110 312 118 313 29214 27673 99 311 113 311 114 313 27673 26061 99 308 114 312 111 313 26061 24376 95 308 107 313 108 312 24376 22621 90 309 96 309 99 311 22621 20801 84 311 90 306 89 309 20801 18905 79 310 81 307 85 308 18905 16930 78 309 74 304 78 308 16930 14918 72 308 68 300 70 302 14918 12974 66 313 65 298 68 298 12974 11205 62 313 66 298 67 296 11205 9637 59 310 68 296 67 296 9637 8248 56 310 66 296 65 297 8248 7019 50 311 57 298 57 300 7019 5935 42 309 49 300 47 300 5935 4984 36 304 42 298 43 301 4984 4152 32 295 41 293 41 301 4152 3419 32 291 40 292 38 306 3419 2765 31 285 38 289 36 308 2765 2186 30 276 35 286 35 308 2186 1703 26 269 31 283 32 307 1703 1332 24 267 26 282 28 306 1332 1077 20 265 22 281 23 305 1077 921 18*264 19*280 20*305 921 833 13*263 13*279 13*305 833 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