DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/19 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.4 - - 58.2 - - 53.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 114 - - 48 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1129 - - 1838 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 818 - - 818 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1889 - - 2598 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 785 - - 795 - - 1439 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 215 - - 196 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 13 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 084 - - 116 - - 090 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -712 - - -267 - - -342 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2601 - - 2866 - - 1177 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5325 - - -4014 - - -4579 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7214 - - 6612 - - 5414 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 80 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.4 - - 58.2 - - 53.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.1 - - 48.6 - - 51.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 53.6 - - 57.7 - - 55.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.8 - - 47.3 - - 50.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 114 - - 48 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1129 - - 1838 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 20 - - 21 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 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] 96521 9 237 14 248 7 301 96521 89440 5 179 7 203 9 276 89440 83974 2 026 3 184 5 279 83974 79420 4 291 6 300 9 316 79420 75475 8 341 9 004 4 299 75475 71951 14 320 15 329 10 332 71951 68742 16 296 17 311 19 324 68742 65796 19 292 21 302 24 320 65796 63062 21 283 22 290 20 312 63062 60396 16 259 20 279 26 309 60396 57584 16 305 23 294 36 318 57584 54645 32 310 39 314 38 324 54645 51821 48 320 47 331 60 332 51821 49275 64 324 73 328 64 320 49275 47003 79 320 74 318 66 329 47003 44950 75 317 64 322 82 334 44950 43085 77 328 77 336 95 332 43085 41387 98 330 104 332 104 328 41387 39824 106 323 113 321 110 326 39824 38371 97 317 98 321 105 327 38371 37015 89 330 108 336 109 331 37015 35713 105 337 127 338 116 332 35713 34389 108 336 125 335 115 332 34389 33010 102 333 110 334 113 334 33010 31580 95 332 97 331 105 334 31580 30087 85 332 90 332 85 334 30087 28525 77 333 82 335 72 332 28525 26890 69 334 74 335 66 331 26890 25177 62 333 69 336 64 331 25177 23388 60 334 60 339 57 329 23388 21530 58 335 47 340 49 322 21530 19593 44 336 43 338 43 318 19593 17570 34 328 42 332 41 316 17570 15503 30 315 38 329 33 312 15503 13508 29 304 29 310 25 308 13508 11694 21 310 22 298 24 288 11694 10081 15 302 16 293 22 270 10081 8645 14 288 16 281 17 270 8645 7369 15 284 13 284 16 253 7369 6237 16 284 11 288 17 244 6237 5234 9 267 12 275 21 233 5234 4350 1 291 13 243 20 218 4350 3570 4 309 9 207 18 209 3570 2874 2 286 6*154 13 195 2874 2260 2*114 5*123 10 144 2260 1751 3*089 5 118 10 124 1751 1360 3 085 5 115 10 111 1360 1091 3 082 4 111 9 102 1091 928 3 081 4 111 8*097 928 835 3 079 4 109 5*090 835 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