DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/08 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.9 - - 51.8 - - 53.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 13 - - -15 - - -51 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 661 - - 74 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 818 - - 818 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1421 - - 834 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 811 - - 1045 - - 1397 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 91 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 10 - - 18 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 184 - - 163 - - 142 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 396 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1025 - - 834 - - 835 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -34 - - -2767 - - -1235 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1455 - - 3601 - - 2070 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 40 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.9 - - 51.8 - - 53.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.0 - - 51.4 - - 52.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 50.8 - - 52.5 - - 54.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.7 - - 51.5 - - 52.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 13 - - -15 - - -51 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 661 - - 74 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 9 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] 96311 57 254 54 268 45 261 96311 89108 36 241 36 247 32 268 89108 83601 25 240 23 247 19 256 83601 79039 19 235 21 262 13 235 79039 75106 14 208 22 237 16 242 75106 71641 14 243 17 238 16 250 71641 68499 15 249 21 251 22 245 68499 65581 13 262 28 269 19 235 65581 62845 16 275 42 258 39 262 62845 60183 49 256 50 247 47 249 60183 57389 56 251 48 248 49 241 57389 54458 56 252 51 252 54 246 54458 51649 55 253 57 255 60 250 51649 49134 55 259 63 251 60 244 49134 46894 62 253 65 242 56 239 46894 44870 63 248 57 241 57 244 44870 43018 67 253 50 255 63 252 43018 41313 88 247 85 262 98 246 41313 39739 87 245 114 246 103 235 39739 38283 86 248 107 237 94 230 38283 36924 89 250 97 227 94 230 36924 35615 94 248 96 227 94 230 35615 34288 93 244 93 226 93 228 34288 32912 82 243 89 226 91 226 32912 31488 76 241 85 225 89 225 31488 30000 75 237 78 225 89 227 30000 28437 73 242 69 223 91 230 28437 26798 65 249 62 223 91 231 26798 25084 59 252 60 226 85 231 25084 23294 54 248 58 227 79 226 23294 21432 45 249 57 226 79 220 21432 19499 50 242 55 225 79 221 19499 17488 59 232 54 224 72 228 17488 15431 51 230 53 224 62 232 15431 13446 40 217 54 226 58 230 13446 11640 31 210 50 221 64 225 11640 10033 26 233 40 198 68 219 10033 8606 34 230 38 182 66 210 8606 7337 41 215 37 182 67 206 7337 6211 41 207 40 188 70 206 6211 5213 33 202 46 187 70 201 5213 4332 27 199 43 190 65 190 4332 3556 32 200 35 196 61 177 3556 2863 36 194 34 190 57 166 2863 2253 33 190 34 182 51 156 2253 1746 27*186 29 175 43 150 1746 1357 25*185 23 169 38 147 1357 1090 22 184 18 166 30 145 1090 928 19 183 15 164 26*143 928 835 14 183 10*163 18*142 835 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