DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/01 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.0 - - 36.6 - - 31.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 344 - - 207 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3573 - - 4328 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3138 - - 3490 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4333 - - 5088 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 941 - - 833 - - 3482 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 433 - - 389 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 14 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 5 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 067 - - 089 - - 079 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -917 - - -1314 - - -4911 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5250 - - 6402 - - 5743 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10360 - - -10548 - - -16664 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14693 - - 15636 - - 17496 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 69 - - 85 - - 63 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.0 - - 36.6 - - 31.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 14.1 - - 11.7 - - 9.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 32.2 - - 35.3 - - 31.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 13.3 - - 11.2 - - 8.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 344 - - 207 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3573 - - 4328 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 41 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96465 16 116 6 162 4 108 96465 89253 8 126 9 192 4 226 89253 83664 11 188 10 223 4 253 83664 78998 11 214 12 216 14 243 78998 74955 19 271 16 261 15 246 74955 71366 24 252 22 256 21 272 71366 68111 24 269 30 266 34 280 68111 65131 24 257 28 257 35 265 65131 62358 22 283 30 274 33 274 62358 59652 38 291 38 286 39 290 59652 56833 46 284 48 291 52 290 56833 53913 47 287 55 287 57 287 53913 51125 54 287 59 285 60 285 51125 48616 58 284 63 285 60 284 48616 46365 62 285 64 286 61 284 46365 44316 69 289 67 289 69 289 44316 42448 76 288 74 291 78 292 42448 40753 78 284 80 288 86 292 40753 39216 86 279 84 281 90 285 39216 37806 87 276 84 277 89 278 37806 36488 87 282 85 283 85 280 36488 35214 91 285 89 286 86 281 35214 33912 92 285 91 283 86 276 33912 32554 93 286 92 281 87 277 32554 31141 94 284 92 280 87 281 31141 29661 96 283 93 279 87 280 29661 28101 97 280 94 279 86 278 28101 26464 97 280 91 281 84 279 26464 24749 90 286 84 282 79 278 24749 22957 83 290 83 281 78 274 22957 21093 82 290 82 281 76 274 21093 19149 82 290 79 283 75 277 19149 17120 78 292 77 286 70 279 17120 15054 70 296 64 286 60 286 15054 13070 59 298 57 291 44 284 13070 11269 48 297 49 304 39 288 11269 9673 39 299 36 308 35 303 9673 8260 29 302 27 303 27 306 8260 7012 21 306 18 303 21 308 7012 5916 12 337 6*310 14 318 5916 4961 11*037 4*089 6 359 4961 4131 12*064 4 088 6 042 4131 3401 12 065 5 090 9 064 3401 2749 13 067 5 088 14 076 2749 2174 13 068 5 089 16 078 2174 1695 12 068 6 089 16 078 1695 1327 12 068 6 089 16 078 1327 1074 12 069 6 090 15 078 1074 920 11 069 6 089 13 079 920 832 10 069 5 089 10*079 832 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