DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 14.2 - - 16.5 - - 11.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 202 - - 72 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1401 - - 1339 - - 71 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1354 - - 815 - - 815 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2161 - - 2099 - - 831 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1313 - - 2024 - - 1738 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 265 - - 185 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 11 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 004 - - 353 - - 007 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -860 - - -609 - - -700 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3021 - - 2708 - - 1531 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2284 - - -1310 - - -1886 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4445 - - 3409 - - 2717 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 85 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 14.2 - - 16.5 - - 11.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 4.3 - - 8.1 - - 8.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 13.1 - - 16.0 - - 12.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 3.6 - - 7.8 - - 9.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 202 - - 72 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1401 - - 1339 - - 71 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 75 - - 39 - - 62 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 94899 98 239 96 235 111 241 94899 87732 88 250 82 253 93 251 87732 82235 75 256 79 261 89 264 82235 77674 71 270 75 273 83 272 77674 73742 70 268 70 278 76 276 73742 70252 64 271 71 281 74 279 70252 67079 66 273 72 277 70 278 67079 64144 63 275 69 277 68 278 64144 61401 64 285 66 280 64 281 61401 58723 70 288 66 284 63 287 58723 55914 72 285 67 285 63 292 55914 52991 70 283 67 286 63 293 52991 50188 68 284 66 285 57 291 50188 47657 65 284 58 285 46 291 47657 45380 59 284 54 286 46 293 45380 43307 52 287 48 288 46 291 43307 41404 47 290 44 287 41 291 41404 39651 46 290 39 289 37 298 39651 38028 45 288 37 295 36 303 38028 36517 43 287 40 299 36 307 36517 35105 45 289 41 296 34 307 35105 33750 50 287 39 290 30 308 33750 32384 52 283 35 286 24 317 32384 30983 52 281 31 287 21 331 30983 29550 54 278 30 288 19 339 29550 28072 59 273 31 288 18 355 28072 26542 62 269 31 287 19 010 26542 24961 62 269 28 287 19 017 24961 23325 56 275 25 291 20 028 23325 21632 48 280 20 294 24 038 21632 19884 42 282 16 299 27 042 19884 18073 38 281 13 305 27 042 18073 16192 32 279 12 317 25 047 16192 14276 26 277 10 332 23 043 14276 12426 19 281 11 338 25 042 12426 10742 13 295 11 346 25 037 10742 9250 11 342 12 025 27 031 9250 7935 8 059 17 046 10 025 7935 6772 11 067 17 063 10 048 6772 5742 13 053 15 072 16 044 5742 4830 15 049 13 071 19 042 4830 4028 18 036 11 064 20 041 4028 3321 20 024 10 055 20 038 3321 2688 19*012 10 033 21 031 2688 2130 17*007 11*003 24 023 2130 1665 15 003 12*354 24 018 1665 1309 15 003 11 353 22 014 1309 1065 14 003 11 353 18 010 1065 916 13 002 10 352 15 009 916 831 11 002 9 351 9*007 831 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