DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/19 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.6 - - 63.1 - - 53.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 75 - - 6 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1120 - - 75 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 818 - - 819 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1880 - - 835 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1223 - - 3437 - - 90 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 188 - - 40 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 197 - - 212 - - 062 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1752 - - -4167 - - -975 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3632 - - 5002 - - 1810 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8306 - - -9341 - - -8019 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10186 - - 10176 - - 8854 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 66 - - 53 - - 57 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 59.6 - - 63.1 - - 53.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.0 - - 44.6 - - 48.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 59.0 - - 63.1 - - 55.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.8 - - 43.3 - - 47.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 75 - - 6 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1120 - - 75 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 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] 97535 13 257 7 279 6 298 97535 90247 12 234 10 273 12 300 90247 84663 13 207 16 259 13 292 84663 80037 8 173 13 227 10 270 80037 76049 3 210 5 219 7 266 76049 72517 8 248 12 263 12 302 72517 69318 8 304 10 259 13 285 69318 66381 16 302 11 280 12 285 66381 63663 19 282 19 291 21 288 63663 61033 23 276 23 281 22 283 61033 58289 22 281 25 281 23 286 58289 55441 28 287 27 280 29 289 55441 52722 32 286 33 280 35 291 52722 50270 34 282 38 284 40 290 50270 48061 40 279 40 284 39 292 48061 46041 43 278 41 285 39 298 46041 44174 45 275 42 286 39 295 44174 42441 46 274 42 283 38 293 42441 40828 44 275 41 281 36 290 40828 39323 37 274 41 277 34 286 39323 37917 30 272 35 273 33 285 37917 36574 25 268 29 249 26 262 36574 35226 24 269 26 241 19 235 35226 33828 26 269 27 243 20 244 33828 32373 22 267 26 250 21 255 32373 30848 23 268 23 256 20 259 30848 29239 24 273 22 262 19 261 29239 27550 24 269 23 266 17 267 27550 25781 21 259 22 271 14 279 25781 23936 18 253 18 268 12 280 23936 22012 17 252 17 259 13 278 22012 20002 18 243 18 260 15 287 20002 17900 21 240 18 258 16 289 17900 15757 21 242 18 256 15 277 15757 13700 17 244 15 254 14 267 13700 11836 16 246 11 259 9 257 11836 10185 15 244 9 262 7 257 10185 8721 14 242 10 264 7 275 8721 7422 12 239 10 257 7 273 7422 6271 10 228 9 253 6 268 6271 5255 9 209 9 241 7 249 5255 4365 8 196 9 230 9 228 4365 3584 7 196 8 224 9 212 3584 2886 7 204 6 220 7 196 2886 2270 6*205 3 214 5 163 2270 1756 5*199 2 212 6 115 1756 1363 5 198 1 214 8 087 1363 1092 4 196 1 209 9 074 1092 928 4 195 1*213 8*068 928 835 4 195 1*212 5*062 835 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