DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/13 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.4 - - 43.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 173 - - 161 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3089 - - 3970 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2547 - - 3125 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3849 - - 4730 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1697 - - 1596 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 341 - - 355 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 44 - - 39 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 284 - - 290 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 20 - - 17 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - -10 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 293 - - -290 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3556 - - 5020 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2901 - - -2853 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6750 - - 7583 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 67 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.4 - - 43.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.5 - - 24.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.0 - - 43.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.3 - - 23.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 173 - - 161 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3089 - - 3970 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 96111 8 083 13 208 96111 88997 1 007 8 238 88997 83470 5 174 7 300 83470 78845 2 182 6 288 78845 74835 6 351 11 269 74835 71282 14 316 13 258 71282 68063 16 311 13 271 68063 65092 35 291 36 266 65092 62315 39 264 42 284 62315 59601 43 298 66 300 59601 56741 60 300 71 286 56741 53735 66 271 73 277 53735 50864 62 270 70 274 50864 48304 60 276 69 285 48304 46029 70 284 73 285 46029 43972 77 281 73 286 43972 42081 78 285 82 290 42081 40333 92 293 95 291 40333 38714 104 291 107 289 38714 37212 111 285 117 286 37212 35826 135 282 126 284 35826 34514 155 278 134 282 34514 33198 143 275 137 280 33198 31839 128 275 134 279 31839 30435 123 280 130 279 30435 28970 125 284 129 282 28970 27429 131 285 129 285 27429 25815 136 286 131 287 25815 24127 138 288 131 290 24127 22374 139 289 130 292 22374 20561 134 291 131 291 20561 18676 127 291 128 288 18676 16711 125 292 125 296 16711 14721 112 296 101 300 14721 12827 92 296 75 297 12827 11118 81 303 64 291 11118 9601 76 307 58 292 9601 8247 72 308 55 298 8247 7040 68 308 53 300 7040 5969 63 304 47 295 5969 5022 56 297 42*290 5022 4188 48*287 42*290 4188 3451 48*286 42 290 3451 2790 47 285 41 290 2790 2204 46 284 40 290 2204 1715 45 283 39 290 1715 1339 42 283 38 290 1339 1081 40 282 35 290 1081 924 35 282 31 289 924 833 27 281 24 289 833 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