DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/31 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 - - - - - - 76.1 - - 79.9 - - 79.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 335 - - 155 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3262 - - 4677 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2900 - - 3614 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4022 - - 5437 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1463 - - 1321 - - 6186 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 420 - - 368 - - 25 W* B/S - - - - - - 25 - - 23 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 147 - - 125 - - 091 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4688 - - -4657 - - -7997 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8710 - - 10095 - - 8833 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11328 - - -10100 - - -12860 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15350 - - 15537 - - 13696 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 100 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.1 - - 79.9 - - 79.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.9 - - 38.5 - - 43.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.1 - - 78.6 - - 79.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.0 - - 37.5 - - 42.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 335 - - 155 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3262 - - 4677 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 34 - - 100 - - 61 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 98606 13 129 12 076 3 040 98606 91114 10 075 8 077 6 056 91114 85373 13 058 6 080 11 061 85373 80609 11 068 10 083 16 050 80609 76493 10 065 14 074 18 052 76493 72857 11 073 15 067 18 038 72857 69580 13 066 13 072 12 032 69580 66575 15 039 14 051 10 024 66575 63792 15 011 14 015 13 010 63792 61105 15 347 16 351 17 006 61105 58307 16 331 18 336 19 350 58307 55405 20 322 19 320 20 329 55405 52642 23 313 19 307 21 311 52642 50164 24 303 20 314 22 307 50164 47955 23 299 27 307 25 299 47955 45976 26 302 26 307 22 310 45976 44188 31 293 28 294 27 294 44188 42545 31 287 35 280 32 276 42545 41005 24 272 32 273 34 274 41005 39551 21 264 20 275 27 270 39551 38177 19 252 16 262 25 275 38177 36840 21 248 17 267 26 281 36840 35475 19 254 18 274 24 295 35475 34053 18 258 20 282 23 299 34053 32576 21 259 21 292 24 284 32576 31032 22 257 21 301 24 273 31032 29407 21 257 23 307 25 271 29407 27701 19 256 24 307 28 271 27701 25914 18 254 22 305 27 267 25914 24054 15 251 16 290 24 273 24054 22117 9 254 15 275 21 280 22117 20102 12 259 16 268 17 272 20102 18007 11 267 15 271 13 263 18007 15874 5 225 15 277 12 267 15874 13821 6 256 17 272 12 280 13821 11955 8 265 15 268 14 291 11955 10298 9 263 13 249 18 287 10298 8827 9 255 8 236 21 273 8827 7522 6 238 7 220 14 255 7522 6370 4 267 5*207 8 232 6370 5351 5 262 3*159 6 209 5351 4452 4*222 3 145 5 169 4452 3656 3*161 3 132 5 147 3656 2943 3 155 3 122 6 119 2943 2312 3 148 3 115 7 103 2312 1785 3 142 3 110 7 097 1785 1380 3 138 3 107 8 094 1380 1102 3 134 3 103 8 092 1102 933 3 133 3 103 7 091 933 836 3 135 3 103 6*091 836 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