DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/29 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 - - - - - - 19.4 - - 17.6 - - 15.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - 1 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1764 - - 72 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 815 - - 815 - - 815 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2524 - - 832 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1542 - - 3267 - - 2738 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 149 - - 24 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 28 - - 15 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 311 - - 305 - - 308 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 16 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -4 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 709 - - -951 - - -855 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1815 - - 1783 - - 1687 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 135 - - -1095 - - -1121 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2389 - - 1927 - - 1953 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 19.4 - - 17.6 - - 15.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 14.7 - - 13.1 - - 11.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 19.3 - - 17.5 - - 15.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 13.8 - - 12.5 - - 10.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - 1 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1764 - - 72 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 103 - - 102 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95437 39 282 51 284 47 274 95437 88366 33 282 46 272 54 264 88366 82930 32 288 40 265 51 264 82930 78404 29 281 37 257 45 255 78404 74476 20 268 32 252 37 257 74476 70970 28 287 32 264 41 260 70970 67767 38 277 41 268 46 263 67767 64796 45 265 49 266 45 267 64796 62015 47 257 51 255 48 267 62015 59302 50 259 50 252 49 266 59302 56468 49 267 53 254 49 270 56468 53525 55 270 48 258 54 275 53525 50713 49 268 48 264 61 274 50713 48180 52 275 54 272 63 273 48180 45908 55 271 61 272 69 274 45908 43844 59 270 62 268 69 273 43844 41955 62 269 59 274 62 276 41955 40222 60 271 59 279 61 281 40222 38623 59 278 60 281 60 284 38623 37139 55 285 60 279 57 288 37139 35758 56 291 56 280 51 290 35758 34438 59 292 51 283 45 299 34438 33116 55 289 49 291 49 311 33116 31766 49 295 52 302 54 311 31766 30385 48 310 56 308 55 308 30385 28950 52 321 57 311 56 307 28950 27439 58 329 57 314 57 307 27439 25850 61 329 57 316 58 306 25850 24182 59 325 57 315 57 308 24182 22437 58 322 57 314 55 312 22437 20616 57 320 56 312 54 315 20616 18714 54 319 59 310 56 318 18714 16726 49 315 57 311 58 321 16726 14702 51 306 51 310 54 323 14702 12758 54 304 49 312 48 321 12758 10999 53 305 49 316 45 320 10999 9442 51 310 48 325 43 328 9442 8067 47 316 44 330 43 334 8067 6855 41 326 40 333 40 335 6855 5785 36 332 37 332 37 336 5785 4843 36 338 34 330 38 337 4843 4025 37 333 32 325 38 333 4025 3315 36 325 31 320 35 322 3315 2686 34*317 30 314 33 317 2686 2130 33*314 29 311 32 315 2130 1666 31 312 27 309 30 313 1666 1310 29 311 25 307 27 311 1310 1065 26 310 23 306 23 309 1065 917 22 309 20*306 20*309 917 832 17 308 15*305 14*308 832 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