DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/24 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 - - - - - - 42.4 - - 43.5 - - 41.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 51 - - -9 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 719 - - 74 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 817 - - 817 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1479 - - 834 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 399 - - 1097 - - 801 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 140 - - 26 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 131 - - 153 - - 164 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1081 - - -1381 - - -291 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2560 - - 2215 - - 1125 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12203 - - -12305 - - -11976 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13682 - - 13139 - - 12810 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 92 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 250 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.4 - - 43.5 - - 41.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.5 - - 37.0 - - 39.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.9 - - 44.0 - - 41.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.3 - - 36.0 - - 39.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 51 - - -9 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 719 - - 74 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 67 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95250 63 264 68 268 64 270 95250 88311 50 274 50 271 49 270 88311 82923 46 279 45 273 44 278 82923 78455 40 280 43 278 42 289 78455 74601 34 287 37 288 42 292 74601 71181 35 296 38 291 47 295 71181 68090 36 289 41 284 50 289 68090 65258 37 286 49 293 57 290 65258 62628 49 289 55 293 59 282 62628 60048 60 293 63 290 57 295 60048 57323 68 288 68 288 74 292 57323 54525 81 288 77 291 102 295 54525 51890 93 288 98 293 108 293 51890 49497 104 287 115 288 108 288 49497 47325 110 284 114 283 102 284 47325 45334 110 283 104 282 98 286 45334 43493 107 285 100 285 100 291 43493 41785 107 287 105 288 110 296 41785 40205 109 284 109 288 125 297 40205 38740 111 279 109 284 132 295 38740 37376 110 275 110 278 122 295 37376 36070 108 279 112 274 113 297 36070 34750 105 281 112 274 107 299 34750 33378 102 281 104 279 100 299 33378 31953 96 284 93 282 93 298 31953 30458 92 287 88 284 88 298 30458 28880 84 286 84 285 78 294 28880 27221 85 283 83 283 79 295 27221 25481 86 277 84 278 82 295 25481 23663 76 275 76 275 74 292 23663 21774 68 277 64 277 69 288 21774 19809 61 281 58 284 66 289 19809 17759 51 284 53 285 55 293 17759 15662 39 280 43 283 42 285 15662 13636 33 264 33 269 32 285 13636 11790 33 262 32 257 26 284 11790 10145 30 249 30 250 21 289 10145 8679 23 240 27 240 18 293 8679 7381 18 222 26 224 19 266 7381 6234 19 209 28 216 25 235 6234 5219 22 198 28 226 27 233 5219 4324 22 193 28 236 27 228 4324 3536 18 186 25 224 27 216 3536 2835 20 164 24 200 28 210 2835 2223 21 149 21 176 26 199 2223 1721 17*139 15 161 22 182 1721 1342 13*132 13 157 17 174 1342 1081 12 131 12 155 11 167 1081 924 11 131 10*154 9*165 924 834 9 130 7*153 5*164 834 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