DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/04 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.1 - - 78.5 - - 74.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 306 - - 113 - - -44 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7276 - - 9065 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6004 - - 6728 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8036 - - 9825 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1912 - - 3943 - - 12786 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 538 - - 423 - - 27 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 24 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 259 - - 249 - - 233 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 16 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1625 - - 251 - - -6462 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9662 - - 9574 - - 7298 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4505 - - -684 - - -7696 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12541 - - 10509 - - 8532 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 57 - - 94 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 100 - - 400 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.1 - - 78.5 - - 74.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.9 - - 38.8 - - 45.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.4 - - 77.8 - - 76.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.7 - - 37.7 - - 44.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 306 - - 113 - - -44 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7276 - - 9065 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 76 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 7 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] 97832 10 212 12 262 12 272 97832 90387 9 211 10 241 9 248 90387 84645 16 241 13 256 5 256 84645 79858 14 216 17 247 11 260 79858 75731 7 213 11 215 13 236 75731 72067 15 226 13 235 10 247 72067 68724 12 217 13 221 18 256 68724 65648 11 262 13 271 15 266 65648 62795 18 257 24 257 23 265 62795 60035 20 263 25 253 26 267 60035 57157 27 269 27 266 25 283 57157 54163 33 272 35 272 38 279 54163 51315 37 271 39 267 45 270 51315 48768 36 269 39 269 47 273 48768 46507 37 281 41 271 51 277 46507 44480 49 282 43 277 52 273 44480 42639 52 275 47 283 50 270 42639 40954 47 277 52 277 52 272 40954 39408 44 281 51 270 53 272 39408 37980 45 282 45 272 48 266 37980 36647 47 280 44 284 42 265 36647 35362 45 275 46 278 41 267 35362 34055 45 272 42 267 44 270 34055 32702 41 277 40 268 45 271 32702 31303 39 281 42 274 45 269 31303 29841 42 277 43 275 44 268 29841 28304 44 272 44 270 46 269 28304 26693 42 268 45 264 49 270 26693 25007 39 265 45 263 50 268 25007 23245 40 263 42 264 48 264 23245 21408 40 260 40 266 45 260 21408 19491 39 259 40 265 42 263 19491 17492 39 259 43 261 38 266 17492 15460 43 259 42 259 37 263 15460 13510 42 264 39 258 35 262 13510 11735 41 263 37 257 33 265 11735 10146 33 266 31*253 31 266 10146 8728 29*274 27*250 30 264 8728 7459 28*272 27 250 29 259 7459 6328 26 268 26 249 29 255 6328 5321 24 264 25 249 28 252 5321 4430 22 258 24 249 28 249 4430 3641 20 253 24 249 27 246 3641 2933 19 251 23 249 27 244 2933 2306 19 249 23 249 26 242 2306 1781 18 248 22 249 24 239 1781 1378 18 247 21 249 22 237 1378 1101 17 247 20 249 18 236 1101 932 16 246 19 249 15*235 932 836 14 246 16 249 10*233 836 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