DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/23 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 - - - - - - 25.8 - - 28.7 - - 23.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 381 - - 211 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3314 - - 3410 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2972 - - 2815 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4074 - - 4170 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 449 - - 644 - - 3360 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 436 - - 361 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 14 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 342 - - 340 - - 353 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -699 - - -1570 - - -3156 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4773 - - 5741 - - 3988 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11013 - - -11026 - - -13259 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15087 - - 15196 - - 14091 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 73 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 25.8 - - 28.7 - - 23.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 8.0 - - 6.7 - - 9.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 23.9 - - 27.6 - - 24.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 7.6 - - 6.3 - - 8.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 381 - - 211 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3314 - - 3410 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 29 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96609 22 080 16 098 11 074 96609 89438 17 106 11 088 11 077 89438 83833 14 130 4 072 9 048 83833 79139 11 130 2 198 11 351 79139 75094 7 071 5 175 10 297 75094 71520 7 336 1 264 7 269 71520 68262 12 305 13 302 10 294 68262 65243 11 298 12 290 14 286 65243 62428 9 302 13 298 19 291 62428 59687 21 305 20 298 21 307 59687 56816 25 301 28 304 30 310 56816 53829 31 305 31 300 32 302 53829 50972 36 304 32 304 33 304 50972 48398 37 307 37 310 38 305 48398 46097 40 308 45 306 47 309 46097 44029 43 307 48 308 51 312 44029 42156 44 313 51 316 52 320 42156 40445 50 322 53 321 71 323 40445 38869 58 325 66 324 75 320 38869 37403 64 326 75 323 81 324 37403 36036 70 329 79 326 96 327 36036 34730 75 331 87 332 109 328 34730 33416 75 332 96 333 117 328 33416 32060 72 332 95 331 119 327 32060 30663 70 330 86 329 107 324 30663 29213 69 329 79 328 95 321 29213 27692 68 330 76 327 94 324 27692 26091 68 332 73 328 89 327 26091 24411 68 335 71 329 80 333 24411 22651 67 338 70 328 73 333 22651 20818 65 340 65 326 69 333 20818 18908 61 343 57 326 54 332 18908 16920 56 342 54 328 44 331 16920 14894 52 341 52 331 41 332 14894 12939 46 342 47 336 42 329 12939 11157 40 344 41 339 37 329 11157 9577 36 346 35 338 32 328 9577 8181 34 348 31 341 29 327 8181 6949 31 355 27 346 24 330 6949 5865 28 359 23 352 19 337 5865 4916 23*349 16*339 15 313 4916 4094 19*342 14*339 12 313 4094 3374 19 342 14 340 10 325 3374 2729 19 342 15 340 10 332 2729 2160 19 342 14 341 10 339 2160 1686 18 341 14 341 9 345 1686 1321 18 341 14 341 9 349 1321 1071 17 341 13 341 8 351 1071 919 16 341 13 341 7*352 919 832 14 341 11 341 4*353 832 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