DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/17 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 - - - - - - 73.1 - - 74.2 - - 67.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - -26 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2440 - - 76 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 820 - - 820 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3200 - - 836 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3359 - - 4381 - - 1457 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 203 - - 43 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 10 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 172 - - 202 - - 198 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 767 - - -1668 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2433 - - 2504 - - 836 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -504 - - -3283 - - -2549 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3704 - - 4119 - - 3385 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 73 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2020 - - 2700 - - 1660 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 74.2 - - 67.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.8 - - 65.6 - - 66.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.9 - - 75.3 - - 68.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.5 - - 64.3 - - 65.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - -26 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2440 - - 76 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 78 - - 0 - - 66 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 14 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] 96786 27 247 33 268 35 291 96786 89541 15 251 20 271 24 263 89541 84039 24 257 25 289 22 280 84039 79476 28 242 29 267 27 278 79476 75510 21 237 27 252 28 263 75510 71980 32 256 31 256 34 270 71980 68767 35 244 38 252 45 263 68767 65808 40 241 43 250 49 252 65808 63052 41 251 39 251 44 246 63052 60377 45 258 44 257 39 248 60377 57584 47 258 49 257 40 258 57584 54680 52 253 51 257 48 259 54680 51904 52 252 54 253 52 256 51904 49408 53 258 55 251 54 255 49408 47178 59 261 56 254 61 260 47178 45176 66 261 66 259 69 257 45176 43374 68 256 79 256 77 256 43374 41737 59 250 82 256 77 256 41737 40231 52 245 74 259 53 261 40231 38821 49 241 66 257 49 256 38821 37484 50 244 64 256 54 245 37484 36183 55 248 61 256 58 242 36183 34854 57 250 56 258 58 241 34854 33468 55 250 53 260 54 240 33468 32028 53 251 52 258 47 236 32028 30519 52 252 54 255 44 234 30519 28930 53 251 58 254 43 233 28930 27261 53 247 61 254 42 231 27261 25511 51 244 56 255 40 231 25511 23684 45 240 46 252 39 230 23684 21785 40 237 41 243 41 226 21785 19811 33 243 43 236 46 223 19811 17758 30 248 44 234 47 225 17758 15669 28 238 41 232 47 228 15669 13659 26 234 37 225 49 226 13659 11834 24 242 34 215 49 220 11834 10215 23 230 33 213 48 216 10215 8775 27 209 35 220 47 215 8775 7490 30 205 34 228 46 215 7490 6346 31 204 31 230 44 217 6346 5330 30 201 28 221 41 219 5330 4432 29 189 27 209 38 223 4432 3639 28*179 26 205 36 228 3639 2929 26*176 25 203 32 233 2929 2301 24 173 24 203 27 236 2301 1778 23 171 22 202 22 233 1778 1376 21 170 20 202 16 226 1376 1100 20 170 17 203 11 215 1100 932 18 169 14 202 9*208 932 836 14 168 10*202 6*198 836 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