DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/07 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1553z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.4 - - 69.3 - - 66.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 75 - - 15 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2072 - - 3180 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1438 - - 819 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2832 - - 3940 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1868 - - 1040 - - 4424 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 242 - - 206 - - 33 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 19 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 235 - - 255 - - 236 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1244 - - 1724 - - -828 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1588 - - 2216 - - 1665 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -39 - - 201 - - -2531 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2871 - - 3739 - - 3367 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 91 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1680 - - 1350 - - 1480 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.4 - - 69.3 - - 66.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.5 - - 61.7 - - 61.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.8 - - 69.2 - - 67.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.2 - - 60.3 - - 60.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 75 - - 15 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2072 - - 3180 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 65 - - 64 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 12 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] 98180 3 232 9 254 8 226 98180 90711 8 230 3 232 6 296 90711 84988 7 208 3 231 4 326 84988 80254 3 169 3 304 3 038 80254 76193 7 052 5 012 6 060 76193 72610 10 041 3 029 7 344 72610 69351 10 355 6 036 5 275 69351 66337 8 282 6 008 4 010 66337 63523 10 223 8 244 10 327 63523 60787 10 222 12 237 14 299 60787 57929 11 259 11 278 12 274 57929 54966 19 274 20 293 22 282 54966 52150 29 262 30 276 32 280 52150 49612 33 242 33 270 44 262 49612 47323 33 233 39 258 43 247 47323 45230 38 219 43 234 46 243 45230 43306 53 211 50 212 47 232 43306 41547 61 211 47 223 45 233 41547 39925 58 218 69 235 70 242 39925 38419 66 217 87 229 75 237 38419 37013 74 212 85 221 72 234 37013 35658 84 208 74 222 74 237 35658 34286 85 203 65 227 84 242 34286 32873 79 198 69 233 95 243 32873 31423 77 198 74 233 108 246 31423 29920 80 201 79 233 120 248 29920 28345 83 202 84 236 124 249 28345 26698 84 203 86 236 118 249 26698 24978 84 206 83 229 107 247 24978 23187 89 213 86 224 102 243 23187 21327 75 205 86 225 105 241 21327 19397 77 198 73 226 98 244 19397 17400 69 201 59 225 76 246 17400 15376 45 211 43 211 52 230 15376 13434 48 205 39 208 41 239 13434 11661 43 213 44 229 44 247 11661 10077 41 230 35 232 42 254 10077 8663 36 238 29 244 41 261 8663 7402 33 235 25 257 39 263 7402 6278 33 227 23 261 36 263 6278 5280 25 222 24 260 33 262 5280 4397 22 224 23*259 29 259 4397 3616 21 232 21*257 25 255 3616 2915 20*235 21 256 22 250 2915 2293 19*236 20 255 21 246 2293 1774 16 235 19 254 19 244 1774 1374 13 234 18 254 18 242 1374 1098 12 233 16 253 15 239 1098 932 11 233 15 253 12*238 932 836 10 232 12 252 8*236 836 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