DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/21 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.2 - - 28.4 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 75 - - 10 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 990 - - 698 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 816 - - 816 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1750 - - 1458 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 434 - - 576 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 172 - - 83 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 215 - - 213 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1134 - - -588 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2884 - - 2046 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8732 - - -6526 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10482 - - 7984 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 78 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.2 - - 28.4 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 15.1 - - 22.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 23.6 - - 28.5 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 14.1 - - 22.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 75 - - 10 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 990 - - 698 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 11 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - 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] 95710 46 253 50 255 95710 88743 32 259 32 263 88743 83324 25 275 26 267 83324 78799 20 265 25 256 78799 74890 18 263 21 264 74890 71407 17 279 26 279 71407 68216 24 270 35 272 68216 65270 27 266 35 277 65270 62523 27 274 41 280 62523 59838 40 263 50 269 59838 57026 44 266 45 268 57026 54100 43 276 50 281 54100 51298 54 284 62 285 51298 48772 68 283 69 283 48772 46506 74 282 78 282 46506 44449 75 283 81 282 44449 42569 75 283 78 290 42569 40848 80 282 83 295 40848 39259 82 282 95 296 39259 37777 78 283 105 295 37777 36388 77 288 107 294 36388 35050 80 290 107 295 35050 33699 83 292 111 301 33699 32305 86 295 120 308 32305 30866 88 295 127 312 30866 29368 92 292 115 310 29368 27804 96 291 102 304 27804 26179 91 287 99 301 26179 24491 88 286 98 299 24491 22736 88 287 94 298 22736 20908 87 289 89 296 20908 19001 84 291 84 293 19001 17010 78 292 80 293 17010 14980 61 292 69 293 14980 13029 42 291 55 294 13029 11266 40 297 42 293 11266 9707 38 299 37 292 9707 8322 32 301 31 288 8322 7090 26 307 26 283 7090 5995 21 309 22 273 5995 5025 21 298 20 261 5025 4173 21 296 16 262 4173 3422 18 285 14 273 3422 2755 11 259 12 257 2755 2172 8*218 11 228 2172 1691 6*214 10*215 1691 1325 6 215 9*214 1325 1073 5 215 8 214 1073 920 5 215 7 213 920 832 5 215 5 213 832 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