DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/05 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.0 - - 52.0 - - 49.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 39 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 796 - - 1467 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 817 - - 818 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1556 - - 2227 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 619 - - 603 - - 2137 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 176 - - 162 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 38 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 1 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 352 - - 243 - - 128 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 471 - - 450 - - -106 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1085 - - 1777 - - 940 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 367 - - 146 - - -698 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1189 - - 2081 - - 1532 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.0 - - 52.0 - - 49.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.3 - - 47.2 - - 48.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 44.2 - - 51.6 - - 50.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 42.6 - - 46.5 - - 48.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 99 - - 39 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 796 - - 1467 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 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] 96065 26 266 35 266 35 264 96065 88944 28 236 32 254 31 271 88944 83483 26 282 20 261 23 253 83483 78937 29 272 34 277 21 296 78937 75044 35 230 33 245 34 275 75044 71610 23 279 31 272 26 276 71610 68474 47 285 46 280 43 286 68474 65577 53 275 53 273 54 280 65577 62886 53 267 55 273 58 275 62886 60276 51 264 57 274 56 274 60276 57536 54 274 58 275 60 276 57536 54672 67 281 65 274 69 272 54672 51925 74 279 69 269 70 267 51925 49439 70 276 68 268 67 266 49439 47194 61 273 67 269 65 267 47194 45150 57 271 68 269 67 269 45150 43283 53 269 68 266 66 269 43283 41573 51 265 65 263 62 269 41573 40000 50 257 59 261 58 267 40000 38545 49 255 57 263 56 266 38545 37188 46 262 55 270 56 267 37188 35884 45 274 55 276 56 268 35884 34560 47 274 58 276 57 267 34560 33185 44 274 59 275 55 266 33185 31763 39 274 58 275 47 266 31763 30280 37 273 55 277 43 264 30280 28720 27 271 51 282 42 263 28720 27079 20 266 49 285 39 264 27079 25357 13 254 44 288 36 269 25357 23554 17 252 38 294 35 266 23554 21673 18 250 30 308 30 259 21673 19707 18 250 23 314 26 256 19707 17651 15 260 21 305 22 250 17651 15553 12 255 14 296 19 243 15553 13536 12 244 7 290 17 230 13536 11704 10 240 6 255 18 217 11704 10074 9 225 10 243 18 220 10074 8626 12 221 16 244 18 230 8626 7339 16 233 21 240 17 243 7339 6198 19 248 22 239 17 252 6198 5191 17 257 20 243 15 253 5191 4306 8 227 13 247 13 245 4306 3529 9 218 10 251 7 228 3529 2842 5 250 9 242 4 137 2842 2240 1 299 7*244 6 135 2240 1738 1*352 7*243 6 135 1738 1353 1*357 6 244 6 133 1353 1088 1 350 6 243 6 132 1088 926 1 351 5 243 5 131 926 834 1 355 5 243 4*128 834 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