DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/07 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 - - - - - - 57.2 - - 58.8 - - 58.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 439 - - 197 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5738 - - 5491 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4930 - - 4359 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6498 - - 6251 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4232 - - 6015 - - 9862 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 553 - - 419 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 20 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 246 - - 258 - - 263 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 207 - - 165 - - -5066 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6291 - - 6086 - - 5901 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -227 - - -243 - - -5575 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6725 - - 6494 - - 6410 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 93 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 170 - - 190 - - 100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.2 - - 58.8 - - 58.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.4 - - 34.9 - - 35.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 55.0 - - 57.7 - - 58.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.5 - - 34.4 - - 34.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 439 - - 197 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5738 - - 5491 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 11 - - 72 - - 21 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] 97776 6 265 9 320 10 327 97776 90426 8 279 14 301 13 320 90426 84736 4 233 13 266 14 341 84736 79972 7 289 14 241 17 292 79972 75856 10 287 9 252 14 256 75856 72217 18 251 18 262 16 266 72217 68915 21 247 24 256 17 264 68915 65867 26 265 28 255 24 268 65867 63035 28 256 24 262 25 266 63035 60278 31 269 33 277 25 278 60278 57390 39 271 40 278 44 282 57390 54403 50 268 49 273 50 274 54403 51557 57 262 54 270 51 274 51557 48992 55 262 58 267 57 275 48992 46692 57 268 61 264 62 273 46692 44600 65 269 63 268 62 275 44600 42683 69 267 71 273 69 279 42683 40922 71 270 79 274 77 276 40922 39297 77 273 84 273 79 276 39297 37791 84 273 88 273 83 278 37791 36389 89 272 91 271 86 278 36389 35046 91 272 90 271 89 277 35046 33692 93 273 91 275 91 279 33692 32301 98 274 95 277 94 282 32301 30872 104 274 98 277 95 283 30872 29388 107 274 99 278 95 286 29388 27832 102 274 96 281 97 287 27832 26205 95 277 84 283 90 290 26205 24514 87 279 74 287 73 288 24514 22761 74 282 63 291 60 286 22761 20943 58 284 51 292 56 291 20943 19053 51 287 45 292 49 290 19053 17092 53 284 43 288 44 288 17092 15095 58 282 42 278 43 291 15095 13171 44 284 38 272 42 287 13171 11423 40 279 35 277 36 280 11423 9869 41 277 35 282 32 282 9869 8484 36 276 31 280 27 280 8484 7249 25*273 26*275 24 275 7249 6149 20*265 23*268 23 273 6149 5172 19 258 22 267 22 270 5172 4309 18 248 20 258 21 269 4309 3545 17 243 19 257 21 267 3545 2860 17 240 19 255 20 266 2860 2254 17 239 19 254 20 266 2254 1747 17 237 18 253 19 265 1747 1358 16 236 18 252 18 264 1358 1091 15 236 17 251 16 264 1091 928 15 235 16 251 14*264 928 835 13 235 14 251 11*263 835 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