DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/17 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 - - - - - - 50.4 - - 51.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 88 - - 10 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2277 - - 2171 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1616 - - 818 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3037 - - 2931 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 931 - - 890 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 252 - - 146 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 221 - - 229 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1219 - - -1028 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4256 - - 3959 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11384 - - -12933 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14421 - - 15864 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 61 - - 64 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.4 - - 51.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.2 - - 37.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.6 - - 50.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.0 - - 35.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 88 - - 10 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2277 - - 2171 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 97550 12 278 8 241 97550 90260 7 226 11 264 90260 84667 8 169 12 253 84667 80022 1 023 10 229 80022 75983 9 331 6 281 75983 72408 9 297 15 301 72408 69187 11 289 15 288 69187 66223 15 293 19 283 66223 63472 16 286 18 279 63472 60805 19 302 20 290 60805 58032 29 305 29 298 58032 55169 36 298 35 292 55169 52438 34 304 31 305 52438 49971 43 315 42 318 49971 47754 57 320 54 317 47754 45741 65 316 64 317 45741 43898 66 316 68 318 43898 42198 63 321 66 320 42198 40624 61 326 57 323 40624 39160 62 327 54 327 39160 37788 60 327 55 329 37788 36466 56 326 53 331 36466 35120 48 331 45 326 35120 33719 45 337 39 326 33719 32264 44 337 36 328 32264 30738 42 335 35 327 30738 29130 39 336 35 328 29130 27442 37 340 33 329 27442 25672 36 341 30 330 25672 23821 35 341 28 335 23821 21891 34 346 25 344 21891 19873 31 349 22 350 19873 17766 26 347 20 345 17766 15618 24 344 19 334 15618 13556 24 344 18 332 13556 11692 24 342 18 335 11692 10041 21 341 17 331 10041 8580 15 336 14 318 8580 7287 8 335 10 295 7287 6149 3 327 7 250 6149 5150 2 295 8 224 5150 4278 3 241 12 225 4278 3514 8*221 12*227 3514 2834 8*221 12*228 2834 2235 8 221 11 229 2235 1734 8 221 11 230 1734 1351 8 221 10 230 1351 1086 7 222 9 229 1086 926 7 221 9 230 926 834 6 222 7 230 834 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