DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/06 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 43.6 - - 41.9 - - 44.5 - - 39.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 119 - - 44 - - 53 - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2446 - - 3502 - - 4441 - - 73 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1891 - - 1658 - - 2739 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3206 - - 4262 - - 5201 - - 833 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1953 - - 2293 - - 2962 - - 5932 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 278 - - 232 - - 272 - - 27 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 18 - - 23 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 319 - - 309 - - 310 - - 332 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 9 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -6 - - -4 - - -5 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 789 - - 1730 - - 1827 - - -1435 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2417 - - 2532 - - 3374 - - 2268 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 118 - - 874 - - 414 - - -2114 ODpotential blCL - - - 3088 - - 3388 - - 4787 - - 2947 blCL maxRH - - - 86 - - 100 - - 88 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 20 - - 70 - - 100 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 43.6 - - 41.9 - - 44.5 - - 39.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.2 - - 34.2 - - 32.9 - - 33.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 42.9 - - 41.7 - - 44.2 - - 40.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.0 - - 32.9 - - 31.7 - - 32.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 119 - - 44 - - 53 - - -32 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2446 - - 3502 - - 4441 - - 73 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 45 - - 102 - - 51 - - 17 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96382 22 244 25 238 32 250 29 259 96382 89085 17 271 19 244 24 251 27 263 89085 83517 11 271 19 257 15 271 23 269 83517 78915 10 247 20 249 22 271 20 267 78915 74943 5 280 8 262 18 264 22 273 74943 71417 13 275 11 278 17 236 24 249 71417 68196 21 251 23 286 16 271 17 257 68196 65220 22 267 34 280 31 279 30 288 65220 62466 25 253 32 267 36 264 36 280 62466 59785 28 288 34 280 37 274 39 276 59785 56963 43 286 43 283 44 282 43 273 56963 54001 50 273 51 277 53 284 47 281 54001 51155 51 273 55 271 58 278 56 287 51155 48605 56 273 56 270 60 274 64 283 48605 46338 56 275 55 270 60 272 66 277 46338 44290 62 288 54 275 62 276 64 274 44290 42420 75 287 63 285 65 275 63 275 42420 40705 79 282 75 286 71 283 68 279 40705 39129 86 282 86 283 80 284 69 280 39129 37666 95 278 90 280 84 283 74 294 37666 36304 95 273 91 282 86 285 92 299 36304 35007 88 278 96 289 90 289 103 297 35007 33698 91 291 104 292 96 293 103 295 33698 32340 104 298 108 292 101 295 100 296 32340 30931 111 299 109 293 102 295 99 296 30931 29457 105 295 107 293 99 294 98 294 29457 27908 96 292 102 291 97 294 95 293 27908 26285 91 292 97 291 94 294 89 293 26285 24587 89 291 91 291 89 293 85 293 24587 22817 85 291 86 291 83 292 82 293 22817 20975 82 291 81 293 81 292 79 292 20975 19056 77 293 77 295 84 290 77 292 19056 17054 72 295 75 296 85 291 78 292 17054 15011 72 298 73 299 82 295 78 293 15011 13041 68 302 71 302 74 299 72 296 13041 11257 52 305 61 305 60 302 58 299 11257 9682 42 305 47 307 48 302 46 299 9682 8294 36 308 36 309 33 303 36 293 8294 7073 31 307 27 310 26 306 25 300 7073 5996 24 302 21 309 26*307 23 312 5996 5043 23 299 21*309 25*308 23 319 5043 4202 22 310 21*309 24 309 23 325 4202 3459 21*319 20 310 24 310 23 328 3459 2794 21*319 19 310 23 310 23 330 2794 2207 20 320 18 310 23 310 23 332 2207 1716 20 319 17 309 22 310 22 332 1716 1340 19 319 17 309 22 310 19 333 1340 1081 18 319 16 309 20 310 17 333 1081 923 17 319 15 309 18 310 14 332 923 833 14 319 12 309 15 310 9*332 833 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