DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/10 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.9 - - 42.6 - - 36.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 111 - - 71 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1738 - - 2070 - - 73 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1297 - - 817 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2498 - - 2830 - - 833 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 607 - - 474 - - 2304 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 239 - - 218 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 19 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 329 - - 322 - - 324 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -5 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 387 - - 157 - - -592 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2111 - - 2673 - - 1425 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8845 - - -6875 - - -1719 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11343 - - 9705 - - 2552 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 92 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.9 - - 42.6 - - 36.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.6 - - 33.9 - - 33.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.2 - - 42.1 - - 37.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.6 - - 33.2 - - 33.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 111 - - 71 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1738 - - 2070 - - 73 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 79 - - 67 - - 47 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96345 6 020 30 014 22 014 96345 89395 21 029 19 010 22 003 89395 83955 23 017 14 349 21 004 83955 79384 20 009 10 338 14 347 79384 75392 14 349 12 348 13 332 75392 71821 12 334 14 328 15 324 71821 68570 15 320 15 319 17 322 68570 65584 18 298 17 298 17 297 65584 62823 16 296 20 285 21 300 62823 60146 23 299 28 289 32 294 60146 57342 33 281 31 271 36 270 57342 54426 33 284 29 272 39 270 54426 51631 48 280 50 275 53 277 51631 49112 53 269 63 276 63 274 49112 46852 54 265 72 273 67 274 46852 44793 61 275 81 269 76 277 44793 42895 79 274 82 269 82 277 42895 41149 87 269 88 274 91 276 41149 39551 93 270 100 273 98 275 39551 38084 98 270 107 268 109 272 38084 36725 96 266 104 266 106 266 36725 35421 92 263 102 263 105 264 35421 34096 89 264 100 261 101 270 34096 32714 91 270 99 263 101 270 32714 31278 94 274 100 269 100 270 31278 29781 92 274 95 275 105 278 29781 28210 89 272 90 275 99 279 28210 26560 85 270 92 272 94 275 26560 24832 83 267 92 269 92 272 24832 23030 87 266 90 266 93 269 23030 21156 86 263 87 265 87 269 21156 19208 80 262 81 266 78 268 19208 17182 74 264 71 264 71 268 17182 15120 67 261 68 265 62 271 15120 13143 61 256 63 264 52 273 13143 11359 58 252 50 267 42 292 11359 9783 45 262 39 278 38 304 9783 8383 40 275 34 297 36 309 8383 7138 35 275 31 303 34 312 7138 6032 31 287 29 310 33 315 6032 5055 28 305 28 319 33 318 5055 4199 24 313 26 322 32 319 4199 3451 23 322 24*318 27 316 3451 2788 22*329 21*320 25 318 2788 2202 21*329 20 322 25 321 2202 1713 20 330 20 323 23 323 1713 1337 20 329 19 323 21 325 1337 1079 19 330 18 324 16 326 1079 923 17 330 16 324 13 326 923 833 14 329 13 324 7*324 833 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