DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/10 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.9 - - 63.9 - - 62.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 425 - - 293 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8212 - - 9336 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6903 - - 7599 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8972 - - 10096 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1256 - - 1062 - - 10786 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 617 - - 569 - - 23 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 319 - - 309 - - 307 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -3 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -445 - - 50 - - -8445 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9417 - - 10047 - - 9281 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6536 - - -3826 - - -8846 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15508 - - 13922 - - 9681 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 87 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.9 - - 63.9 - - 62.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.0 - - 22.2 - - 24.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 59.6 - - 62.2 - - 62.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.9 - - 21.1 - - 23.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 425 - - 293 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8212 - - 9336 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 49 - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 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] 97939 6 171 9 182 8 273 97939 90515 14 172 7 198 5 235 90515 84789 10 172 9 186 1 216 84789 80041 5 162 8 168 6 207 80041 75942 4 180 4 214 2 217 75942 72315 3 256 10 208 10 290 72315 69039 6 264 12 215 14 252 69039 66016 7 289 7 258 7 243 66016 63190 16 259 17 292 11 303 63190 60456 17 248 23 268 23 284 60456 57607 15 275 20 248 25 257 57607 54637 37 287 25 292 28 290 54637 51803 50 271 45 283 43 280 51803 49266 55 261 55 272 48 272 49266 46998 55 258 59 264 54 271 46998 44938 55 263 59 261 58 271 44938 43048 59 272 58 264 59 271 43048 41303 67 274 61 269 60 273 41303 39686 76 270 67 271 63 276 39686 38188 77 265 73 269 66 275 38188 36797 73 264 77 266 69 271 36797 35470 69 265 77 264 70 268 35470 34135 66 268 74 265 68 269 34135 32760 65 270 73 268 63 272 32760 31342 67 271 74 271 63 275 31342 29860 69 271 72 273 63 275 29860 28300 68 270 70 272 62 275 28300 26663 66 269 70 270 61 275 26663 24947 64 267 69 269 62 274 24947 23155 62 268 65 270 62 273 23155 21290 60 272 63 271 61 274 21290 19348 59 272 61 272 58 277 19348 17326 57 271 58 276 53 282 17326 15271 52 276 51 280 47 286 15271 13300 45 282 40 287 39 293 13300 11522 36 293 29*297 29 294 11522 9951 22*303 16*302 19 291 9951 8552 17*312 16 303 18 292 8552 7305 16 314 15 304 16 293 7305 6193 16 315 15 306 15 295 6193 5207 16 318 14 309 13 297 5207 4335 15 320 14 311 13 300 4335 3564 15 321 14 313 12 302 3564 2874 14 323 13 315 11 304 2874 2263 14 324 13 316 11 305 2263 1753 13 325 12 317 10 306 1753 1361 13 325 12 317 10 307 1361 1092 12 326 12 318 9 308 1092 928 12 326 11 317 8*308 928 835 11 326 10 317 7*307 835 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