DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/13 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.3 - - 75.4 - - 68.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 153 - - 92 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1789 - - 2362 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1536 - - 1617 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2549 - - 3122 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 545 - - 695 - - 2096 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 268 - - 249 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 286 - - 275 - - 264 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1546 - - -1003 - - -1169 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4095 - - 4126 - - 2004 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7681 - - -6505 - - -7945 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10230 - - 9627 - - 8780 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 89 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 350 - - 750 - - 1090 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.3 - - 75.4 - - 68.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.2 - - 60.0 - - 62.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.2 - - 74.5 - - 69.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.5 - - 59.5 - - 62.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 153 - - 92 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1789 - - 2362 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 92 - - 57 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 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] 96983 32 260 34 269 28 278 96983 89942 11 290 21 272 14 297 89942 84487 11 330 12 259 11 313 84487 79940 3 029 6 240 8 286 79940 76028 6 110 7 260 7 266 76028 72584 2 028 5 263 6 250 72584 69463 3 308 5 232 8 230 69463 66579 3 023 7 187 11 198 66579 63886 14 274 13 274 7 253 63886 61277 22 245 21 244 19 246 61277 58571 21 229 21 230 24 253 58571 55789 36 254 40 253 39 258 55789 53159 45 244 50 252 50 253 53159 50795 45 264 55 252 56 254 50795 48660 52 275 59 256 60 256 48660 46699 61 273 64 257 65 254 46699 44878 67 275 67 259 68 255 44878 43174 74 277 70 260 71 259 43174 41570 79 277 74 263 74 261 41570 40052 79 277 79 267 77 263 40052 38615 78 277 82 270 81 265 38615 37220 78 277 84 270 83 266 37220 35799 81 277 85 269 86 265 35799 34323 85 278 87 270 89 264 34323 32796 87 281 89 273 91 267 32796 31207 87 284 89 275 91 271 31207 29547 79 285 85 280 85 276 29547 27825 68 286 76 283 75 280 27825 26041 61 286 68 283 66 279 26041 24189 58 284 61 280 61 276 24189 22263 60 280 55 273 60 272 22263 20251 61 276 54 266 59 268 20251 18146 57 272 52 263 54 266 18146 16003 45 269 45 266 48 271 16003 13948 36 272 32 273 42 272 13948 12079 33 272 35 265 36 266 12079 10412 35 268 37 263 34 266 10412 8923 36 259 37 266 32 262 8923 7594 37 256 34 267 31 254 7594 6410 34 263 26 265 33 248 6410 5364 27 273 26 259 31 251 5364 4448 25 266 20 264 26 256 4448 3644 22 267 11*270 16 259 3644 2930 14*279 10*275 8 258 2930 2302 12*285 10 275 7 268 2302 1778 12 286 10 275 8 270 1778 1376 11 286 9 275 9 269 1376 1100 11 286 9 274 9 268 1100 932 10 287 9 275 8 267 932 835 9 286 8 275 5*264 835 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