DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/12 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 - - - - - - 41.1 - - 43.1 - - 38.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 170 - - 39 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3467 - - 3491 - - 73 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2809 - - 1501 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4227 - - 4251 - - 833 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1404 - - 2357 - - 5311 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 351 - - 228 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 16 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 277 - - 233 - - 180 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -7 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 569 - - 733 - - -803 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3658 - - 3519 - - 1636 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1832 - - -758 - - -2050 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6059 - - 5009 - - 2883 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 91 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.1 - - 43.1 - - 38.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.2 - - 30.7 - - 34.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.0 - - 42.9 - - 40.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.9 - - 29.5 - - 34.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 170 - - 39 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3467 - - 3491 - - 73 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 64 - - 60 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 96222 5 055 4 342 5 258 96222 89101 5 148 2 235 1 044 89101 83561 9 160 5 216 5 311 83561 78939 8 178 7 128 7 203 78939 74934 19 247 7 281 4 293 74934 71360 24 223 19 243 16 263 71360 68113 19 238 25 258 22 279 68113 65129 28 233 25 249 27 261 65129 62351 19 241 22 267 24 265 62351 59639 32 280 34 282 25 281 59639 56789 40 270 39 276 38 288 56789 53815 48 256 46 269 41 283 53815 50951 52 257 48 264 42 281 50951 48357 49 255 39 270 63 280 48357 46043 48 269 56 279 72 268 46043 43962 60 273 64 272 62 269 43962 42067 64 262 62 276 65 282 42067 40335 54 265 63 282 76 286 40335 38749 64 275 71 290 81 292 38749 37280 73 275 76 289 82 294 37280 35911 66 278 74 295 90 294 35911 34602 57 291 84 306 104 298 34602 33287 73 307 98 310 121 299 33287 31935 95 308 117 312 135 298 31935 30539 107 305 122 312 142 300 30539 29080 118 299 112 309 130 301 29080 27552 121 299 104 302 106 299 27552 25960 117 303 93 297 86 298 25960 24300 105 305 89 294 74 294 24300 22569 91 306 86 292 64 291 22569 20765 79 310 78 303 58 285 20765 18883 75 312 57 305 54 281 18883 16916 73 308 54 288 51 280 16916 14904 69 305 56 283 54 281 14904 12965 51 305 53 285 61 275 12965 11209 38 299 40 288 62 262 11209 9656 33 298 29 275 51 252 9656 8278 31 299 24 257 35 249 8278 7058 30 298 22 252 26 228 7058 5985 26 296 21 248 29 218 5985 5037 21*292 19*241 33 217 5037 4201 16*279 18*236 33 211 4201 3459 16 277 17 234 32 204 3459 2795 16 277 16 233 31 200 2795 2207 15 276 16 232 30 196 2207 1716 15 276 15 232 27 191 1716 1339 14 276 15 231 24 187 1339 1081 14 276 14 231 19 183 1081 923 13 275 13 230 16 182 923 833 11 276 11 230 10*180 833 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