DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/09 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.7 - - 75.4 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - 10 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1212 - - 1107 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 820 - - 820 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1972 - - 1867 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1033 - - 1590 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 178 - - 106 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 12 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 237 - - 266 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 535 - - 610 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1437 - - 1257 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -97 - - 117 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2069 - - 1750 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 770 - - 1180 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.7 - - 75.4 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.7 - - 72.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.3 - - 75.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 71.1 - - 71.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - 10 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1212 - - 1107 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - - 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] 99044 3 096 7 056 99044 91608 9 173 4 303 91608 85860 5 177 7 279 85860 81060 4 220 8 248 81060 76928 7 273 10 223 76928 73297 9 241 12 246 73297 70013 7 239 12 258 70013 66987 12 253 14 238 66987 64191 10 248 15 224 64191 61507 15 266 20 254 61507 58736 28 249 30 256 58736 55902 35 248 38 252 55902 53241 39 252 42 250 53241 50860 39 253 47 253 50860 48717 47 258 53 253 48717 46756 56 258 60 253 46756 44943 63 253 68 251 44943 43249 67 246 74 245 43249 41659 69 242 76 244 41659 40157 71 244 73 247 40157 38736 74 246 74 252 38736 37362 69 246 79 252 37362 35965 62 248 80 250 35965 34510 60 250 74 247 34510 33003 59 249 67 248 33003 31428 56 246 64 252 31428 29771 55 245 65 257 29771 28034 56 248 66 256 28034 26216 58 251 66 251 26216 24321 60 249 60 248 24321 22354 59 246 49 247 22354 20313 56 248 41 258 20313 18194 45 264 46 276 18194 16047 41 288 45 280 16047 13990 38 288 31 287 13990 12120 37 276 27 286 12120 10449 34 267 26 271 10449 8961 31 269 25 260 8961 7635 27 270 26 265 7635 6457 23 271 23 274 6457 5415 20 273 21 278 5415 4498 18 274 20 276 4498 3688 15 276 19 274 3688 2965 15 271 18 273 2965 2326 13*249 17*272 2326 1794 11*238 14*268 1794 1386 11 237 13 267 1386 1105 10 236 12 266 1105 934 9 236 10 265 934 836 8 235 8 264 836 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