DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/27 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 31.5 - - 30.7 - - 29.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 8 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3233 - - 73 - - 73 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2246 - - 816 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3993 - - 833 - - 833 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1324 - - 5694 - - 6341 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 277 - - 38 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 13 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 306 - - 302 - - 302 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -3 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1259 - - -1850 - - -2036 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2734 - - 2683 - - 2870 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 749 - - -1999 - - -2297 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3244 - - 2832 - - 3130 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 31.5 - - 30.7 - - 29.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 22.8 - - 22.3 - - 20.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 31.0 - - 30.6 - - 29.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.7 - - 21.3 - - 19.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 8 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3233 - - 73 - - 73 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 101 - - 97 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 95880 23 045 26 032 27 035 95880 88885 16 059 19 030 24 036 88885 83405 14 069 14 025 6 008 83405 78834 11 019 9 352 2 179 78834 74868 10 345 7 325 6 317 74868 71316 13 318 6 316 12 290 71316 68076 15 281 14 289 12 280 68076 65077 15 261 14 283 9 318 65077 62259 15 264 21 280 24 294 62259 59519 19 283 24 273 30 276 59519 56661 23 288 25 291 32 279 56661 53679 35 279 38 280 35 287 53679 50819 43 265 39 272 38 295 50819 48246 37 270 40 279 44 297 48246 45946 39 281 44 289 50 297 45946 43868 45 286 52 296 56 299 43868 41977 49 288 57 296 62 300 41977 40243 53 287 58 296 67 303 40243 38639 53 287 59 296 71 306 38639 37145 54 289 63 297 76 307 37145 35746 55 291 66 297 80 307 35746 34401 56 291 68 296 83 308 34401 33043 57 291 69 298 86 309 33043 31643 59 291 74 300 89 310 31643 30205 61 291 79 301 91 311 30205 28715 63 292 82 300 93 311 28715 27160 65 293 84 300 94 310 27160 25540 66 293 85 300 94 309 25540 23854 67 294 85 300 91 309 23854 22107 66 295 84 300 85 310 22107 20307 64 295 78 299 73 309 20307 18451 62 296 69 299 58 309 18451 16528 62 298 60 301 51 311 16528 14572 56 299 51 304 48 311 14572 12687 47 301 46 307 45 310 12687 10972 43 302 44 306 42 311 10972 9449 42 303 44 305 37 312 9449 8100 40 306 41 303 32 317 8100 6911 38 311 34 303 29 319 6911 5864 34 314 29 303 29 319 5864 4935 28 310 28 303 29 317 4935 4116 27*308 28 303 27 314 4116 3392 27*307 27 303 26 310 3392 2744 26 306 26 303 25 308 2744 2171 26 306 25 303 25 307 2171 1693 25 306 23 302 23 305 1693 1326 24 306 22 302 22 304 1326 1074 22 305 19 302 19 303 1074 920 20 305 17*302 17*303 920 833 16 305 13*302 13*302 833 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