DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/12 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.3 - - 45.1 - - 38.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 127 - - 32 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1136 - - 3250 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 817 - - 817 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1896 - - 4010 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 881 - - 2406 - - 2910 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 216 - - 200 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 190 - - 259 - - 081 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1516 - - 436 - - -857 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3413 - - 3574 - - 1691 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4031 - - -56 - - -2724 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5927 - - 4066 - - 3558 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 98 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.3 - - 45.1 - - 38.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.6 - - 32.6 - - 34.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.4 - - 44.8 - - 42.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.6 - - 31.5 - - 34.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 127 - - 32 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1136 - - 3250 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 50 - - 91 - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 96165 14 007 21 021 30 012 96165 89275 18 036 23 008 23 006 89275 83823 18 041 23 011 13 003 83823 79223 16 027 13 356 11 348 79223 75220 17 351 8 336 8 334 75220 71646 15 335 15 336 12 350 71646 68397 16 332 18 324 18 335 68397 65410 19 304 20 299 21 314 65410 62636 23 307 24 302 24 303 62636 59931 28 305 31 295 30 298 59931 57091 33 304 36 295 41 296 57091 54128 47 295 51 293 51 294 54128 51286 57 289 58 290 59 297 51286 48727 65 288 64 293 66 296 48727 46438 70 287 69 292 71 293 46438 44367 73 290 74 293 74 292 44367 42479 77 292 77 293 76 294 42479 40747 80 291 79 294 77 294 40747 39147 86 291 83 294 78 296 39147 37662 92 291 84 293 81 295 37662 36276 91 293 80 293 81 292 36276 34955 92 295 74 293 73 293 34955 33633 92 294 68 298 66 294 33633 32274 84 295 64 303 61 292 32274 30870 80 297 64 306 60 294 30870 29401 76 300 65 306 62 297 29401 27855 72 305 66 306 62 299 27855 26233 71 303 66 303 60 300 26233 24534 76 297 60 302 58 304 24534 22761 79 288 59 300 56 308 22761 20916 75 282 69 290 54 311 20916 18998 69 297 65 288 48 310 18998 17008 51 297 51 295 45 304 17008 14994 38 298 39 307 39 310 14994 13060 28 311 27 308 29 311 13060 11300 25 317 17 302 20 307 11300 9739 20 309 14 311 13 296 9739 8358 17 299 12 305 9 293 8358 7132 17 290 14 285 8 286 7132 6044 17 287 17 281 10 276 6044 5081 19 287 16 279 10 275 5081 4232 19 285 13*270 10 275 4232 3483 17 277 9*259 8 269 3483 2812 13 264 8 258 7 262 2812 2218 8*236 8 258 5 258 2218 1724 5*192 7 259 3 256 1724 1344 5 190 7 259 0 260 1344 1082 5 189 6 260 2 082 1082 924 5 187 6 260 3*085 924 834 5 188 5 260 3*081 834 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