DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/04 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 - - - - - - 27.1 - - 30.7 - - 29.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 63 - - 9 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1503 - - 1330 - - 73 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 816 - - 816 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2263 - - 2090 - - 833 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 572 - - 797 - - 1448 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 187 - - 100 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 14 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 160 - - 183 - - 152 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 490 - - 725 - - -364 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1773 - - 1365 - - 1197 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 166 - - 324 - - -867 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2097 - - 1766 - - 1700 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.1 - - 30.7 - - 29.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 22.6 - - 28.0 - - 27.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 26.6 - - 30.9 - - 30.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.6 - - 27.3 - - 27.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 63 - - 9 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1503 - - 1330 - - 73 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 96 - - 101 - - 75 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 95836 54 258 48 264 49 248 95836 88765 29 275 32 268 33 271 88765 83309 21 273 29 258 33 277 83309 78761 22 274 28 258 31 276 78761 74839 25 281 21 271 25 281 74839 71357 27 285 24 295 25 294 71357 68174 32 288 31 288 31 292 68174 65229 32 283 32 278 32 284 65229 62490 29 281 33 282 31 292 62490 59821 33 287 38 276 38 292 59821 57029 40 282 44 281 42 282 57029 54134 48 286 50 284 49 282 54134 51365 55 283 58 282 59 278 51365 48861 58 287 65 281 58 281 48861 46609 65 288 65 283 63 283 46609 44571 64 286 65 288 69 285 44571 42715 65 293 72 291 77 282 42715 41016 77 288 82 284 79 283 41016 39449 84 281 84 277 80 286 39449 37996 84 284 81 275 83 287 37996 36646 93 284 81 277 86 285 36646 35356 98 284 82 278 84 280 35356 34053 95 286 83 272 78 274 34053 32702 80 286 72 272 70 275 32702 31300 68 285 65 276 65 277 31300 29831 64 284 71 275 62 273 29831 28284 63 282 70 274 60 274 28284 26656 64 280 69 276 52 276 26656 24948 62 276 67 279 49 281 24948 23162 56 274 63 282 51 286 23162 21302 50 281 53 286 55 284 21302 19363 46 288 47 282 57 276 19363 17342 43 290 40 280 55 265 17342 15278 41 293 38 282 48 262 15278 13287 38 298 36 280 43 268 13287 11480 35 301 31 283 36 266 11480 9875 29 303 26 282 30 256 9875 8448 23 302 23 273 27 248 8448 7180 21 283 22 267 28 245 7180 6056 16 269 20 260 28 241 6056 5062 11 266 21 236 28 236 5062 4190 8 252 22 220 28 232 4190 3426 7 179 21 209 28 220 3426 2755 10*166 19 190 26 198 2755 2174 10*161 18*186 24 176 2174 1695 9 161 17*184 22 165 1695 1327 9 160 16 183 20 159 1327 1074 9 160 14 182 17 155 1074 921 8 160 12 181 15*153 921 833 7 159 10 181 11*152 833 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