DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/06 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.3 - - 57.1 - - 53.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 320 - - 262 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7761 - - 9062 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6400 - - 7310 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8521 - - 9822 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 921 - - 590 - - 9079 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 553 - - 543 - - 30 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 18 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 268 - - 280 - - 289 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1210 - - 1255 - - -7328 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7312 - - 8567 - - 8163 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 686 - - 609 - - -7593 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7835 - - 9213 - - 8427 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 96 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.3 - - 57.1 - - 53.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.8 - - 21.9 - - 20.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 53.5 - - 55.7 - - 53.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.6 - - 20.8 - - 19.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 320 - - 262 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7761 - - 9062 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 83 - - 85 - - 50 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 97974 7 208 10 254 16 307 97974 90563 9 234 9 228 14 255 90563 84840 12 222 10 221 16 254 84840 80084 16 219 11 232 8 257 80084 75968 16 226 12 252 11 264 75968 72313 16 234 18 246 16 268 72313 69002 21 250 25 261 23 269 69002 65956 25 253 28 258 25 257 65956 63123 26 265 31 266 31 265 63123 60367 39 267 41 264 43 265 60367 57487 47 259 47 256 49 256 57487 54500 50 261 51 257 51 258 54500 51648 61 261 59 262 57 261 51648 49079 70 255 69 259 65 262 49079 46779 75 252 76 257 72 261 46779 44696 76 250 80 253 79 257 44696 42791 76 251 81 250 83 254 42791 41036 81 255 84 250 87 254 41036 39406 90 257 88 251 89 253 39406 37883 102 256 95 252 91 255 37883 36452 110 255 100 252 96 257 36452 35078 113 254 104 252 102 254 35078 33695 116 253 105 251 102 251 33695 32279 113 253 101 252 100 252 32279 30836 103 254 99 254 101 254 30836 29349 104 253 98 254 99 254 29349 27798 92 246 93 254 100 255 27798 26177 85 248 86 254 99 252 26177 24484 83 250 83 252 100 252 24484 22714 77 249 81 249 95 255 22714 20874 67 254 76 246 78 251 20874 18971 60 259 68 249 67 246 18971 16997 54 260 60 254 62 255 16997 14988 52 258 58 250 51 263 14988 13056 46 261 47 255 41 265 13056 11303 34 262 29*260 30 264 11303 9754 22*263 17*272 17 278 9754 8385 14*264 17 275 18 291 8385 7166 13 265 18 278 19 292 7166 6079 13 267 18 280 20 292 6079 5115 13 268 18 281 21 292 5115 4263 13 269 18 282 21 292 4263 3508 12 270 19 283 21 291 3508 2832 12 270 18 283 21 291 2832 2234 12 271 18 284 21 291 2234 1734 12 272 18 285 20 291 1734 1350 11 272 18 284 20 290 1350 1086 11 272 17 284 18 290 1086 926 11 273 16 285 16 290 926 834 10 272 14 285 13*289 834 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