DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/26 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 - - - - - - 45.9 - - 44.9 - - 41.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - 8 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 878 - - 1030 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 817 - - 817 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1638 - - 1790 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 939 - - 1192 - - 2110 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 142 - - 91 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 317 - - 322 - - 320 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -4 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 531 - - 591 - - -137 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1107 - - 1199 - - 971 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 252 - - 229 - - -380 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1386 - - 1561 - - 1214 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.9 - - 44.9 - - 41.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.9 - - 42.5 - - 40.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 45.6 - - 44.8 - - 42.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.3 - - 42.1 - - 40.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - 8 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 878 - - 1030 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 5 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] 95158 71 266 61 265 68 268 95158 88303 59 268 57 273 54 274 88303 82937 48 276 54 276 48 280 82937 78468 37 284 46 274 40 279 78468 74624 30 288 35 280 32 285 74624 71222 28 280 36 287 32 293 71222 68114 31 289 37 278 38 293 68114 65247 34 285 32 281 36 289 65247 62588 33 279 36 293 32 295 62588 59976 45 275 41 275 35 284 59976 57213 49 276 48 287 49 290 57213 54337 67 276 74 281 61 279 54337 51581 81 270 88 274 71 274 51581 49110 85 270 85 275 83 276 49110 46927 89 277 86 280 95 276 46927 44955 100 281 97 283 94 281 44955 43144 111 279 107 285 106 285 43144 41480 115 277 113 285 117 285 41480 39945 112 278 115 284 122 285 39945 38515 111 279 121 285 121 287 38515 37169 110 280 122 287 120 289 37169 35862 109 282 121 289 119 291 35862 34527 108 284 121 291 118 292 34527 33136 108 285 120 292 115 292 33136 31691 108 285 116 293 112 292 31691 30181 109 284 108 293 108 292 30181 28594 109 287 101 291 102 292 28594 26931 105 288 99 292 95 290 26931 25191 96 286 92 294 90 288 25191 23377 89 284 82 293 84 289 23377 21488 84 285 77 289 75 287 21488 19523 65 285 65 289 67 285 19523 17481 51 283 52 286 55 287 17481 15405 51 282 45 288 45 287 15405 13406 52 286 45 295 44 289 13406 11585 43 291 42 301 39 294 11585 9968 37 293 37 304 32 298 9968 8532 37 295 36 305 32 301 8532 7256 37 301 37 309 34 307 7256 6122 38 310 35 312 29 317 6122 5119 37 315 35 312 25 319 5119 4239 33 317 33 316 23 321 4239 3473 28 310 28 325 17 332 3473 2800 27 319 24 325 14 327 2800 2210 26 319 22*324 13 326 2210 1718 23*319 20*323 13 325 1718 1341 21*318 18 322 12 323 1341 1081 19 317 17 322 11 321 1081 924 17 317 15 322 9*320 924 834 13 317 11 321 6*320 834 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