DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/10 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 34.6 - - 34.8 - - 34.0 - - 31.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 2 - - 49 - - 13 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 462 - - 2079 - - 2766 - - 613 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 816 - - 816 - - 816 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1222 - - 2839 - - 3526 - - 1373 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1603 - - 2146 - - 2486 - - 5182 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 48 - - 197 - - 157 - - 66 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 26 - - 22 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - 300 - - 302 - - 296 - - 277 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 14 - - 13 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -3 - - -9 - - -4 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 239 - - 1278 - - 872 - - 46 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 983 - - 1561 - - 2654 - - 1328 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3 - - 652 - - -885 - - -440 ODpotential blCL - - - 1225 - - 2187 - - 4411 - - 1813 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 78 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 20 - - 0 - - 100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 34.6 - - 34.8 - - 34.0 - - 31.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.4 - - 31.1 - - 25.5 - - 28.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 34.6 - - 34.5 - - 34.0 - - 31.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.1 - - 30.1 - - 24.3 - - 28.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 2 - - 49 - - 13 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 462 - - 2079 - - 2766 - - 613 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 101 - - 11 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 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] 95607 79 253 84 260 87 260 84 262 95607 88646 53 253 59 254 56 264 55 275 88646 83298 37 264 37 254 40 271 37 274 83298 78804 31 260 34 267 36 271 34 270 78804 74897 25 264 31 259 33 268 40 266 74897 71433 18 275 24 240 32 254 36 255 71433 68254 27 283 25 255 28 235 35 257 68254 65284 37 261 29 255 34 256 46 259 65284 62516 37 240 41 259 47 254 50 251 62516 59808 49 250 53 249 50 249 50 248 59808 56948 59 243 54 243 51 246 55 251 56948 53969 60 235 61 242 55 245 61 247 53969 51122 58 238 68 239 63 247 64 242 51122 48549 65 239 72 236 70 244 71 247 48549 46242 79 238 77 236 69 243 75 248 46242 44154 87 236 80 235 71 243 68 248 44154 42242 90 235 80 235 74 239 66 248 42242 40470 94 233 84 234 77 236 72 247 40470 38818 97 233 87 234 82 235 78 246 38818 37275 104 234 93 234 90 235 82 245 37275 35830 115 232 100 234 94 233 81 243 35830 34442 126 230 108 233 96 234 78 243 34442 33039 135 228 114 232 101 234 81 245 33039 31596 143 227 117 231 107 233 88 242 31596 30120 148 225 118 230 111 232 89 237 30120 28595 149 224 118 229 108 231 84 235 28595 27009 144 223 120 228 103 232 82 236 27009 25366 133 222 113 228 103 232 85 239 25366 23669 124 221 101 225 103 231 85 239 23669 21921 113 219 93 222 102 232 81 239 21921 20127 102 217 84 224 97 235 79 243 20127 18280 85 218 75 228 83 238 73 252 18280 16379 63 217 66 231 70 242 58 256 16379 14458 62 218 57 235 55 251 52 255 14458 12615 64 221 50 238 44 262 50 263 12615 10937 55 230 41 247 42 271 42 270 10937 9441 37 242 31 267 39 270 36 280 9441 8112 36 244 26 271 37 270 30 282 8112 6930 34 240 24 287 33 276 25 280 6930 5880 22 257 29 302 29 283 25 282 5880 4948 16 285 31 305 27 295 26 284 4948 4127 22 301 31 304 27*298 26 284 4127 3401 24 308 31*304 26*298 26 284 3401 2751 24 312 30*303 24 297 25 283 2751 2177 23 312 28 302 23 296 23 281 2177 1697 20 307 26 302 22 296 22*279 1697 1328 18*304 25 301 20 296 19*278 1328 1075 15*302 23 301 19 295 17 277 1075 921 13 300 20 301 17 295 15 277 921 833 10 299 16 301 13 294 12 276 833 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