DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 11/23 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 - - - - - - 50.1 - - 52.1 - - 41.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 69 - - 2 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1113 - - 1066 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 818 - - 818 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1873 - - 1826 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 820 - - 1186 - - 86 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 179 - - 69 - - 2 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 294 - - 253 - - 227 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1818 - - -2275 - - -1169 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3691 - - 4101 - - 2003 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8349 - - -7463 - - -10401 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10222 - - 9289 - - 11235 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 58 - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.1 - - 52.1 - - 41.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.2 - - 37.4 - - 36.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.5 - - 52.3 - - 45.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.8 - - 36.4 - - 36.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 69 - - 2 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1113 - - 1066 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 11 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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 11 307 18 348 17 324 96065 89154 9 023 15 350 15 344 89154 83732 14 039 12 349 17 358 83732 79182 17 040 13 352 18 359 79182 75237 16 015 11 352 15 006 75237 71716 13 354 13 341 14 347 71716 68501 12 312 18 311 16 314 68501 65543 23 302 25 297 22 291 65543 62802 30 294 30 290 27 289 62802 60142 38 296 35 289 33 294 60142 57362 46 289 44 281 43 291 57362 54474 47 285 48 282 48 282 54474 51723 49 284 46 281 51 277 51723 49256 52 285 47 286 49 280 49256 47045 57 294 58 283 52 285 47045 45046 66 292 64 282 62 284 45046 43232 72 290 73 285 69 284 43232 41567 78 291 81 284 82 277 41567 40023 86 290 79 287 78 277 40023 38579 81 291 83 293 78 281 38579 37221 75 294 80 293 77 283 37221 35913 74 297 77 291 74 281 35913 34584 79 295 75 290 76 279 34584 33201 79 291 75 288 77 280 33201 31765 78 289 73 285 75 282 31765 30264 80 288 71 283 69 279 30264 28684 79 289 70 285 67 276 28684 27025 76 297 70 290 63 277 27025 25286 77 301 68 293 57 278 25286 23467 75 301 66 298 51 285 23467 21569 66 301 60 296 49 285 21569 19586 58 295 56 292 49 285 19586 17521 57 286 53 288 42 293 17521 15424 52 293 48 293 34 299 15424 13408 42 301 39 305 25 294 13408 11578 33 304 30 306 23 287 11578 9955 26 300 23 300 21 291 9955 8523 21 304 18 293 16 310 8523 7259 18 309 15 290 13 313 7259 6139 17 310 15 286 11 298 6139 5151 17 312 14 285 9 280 5151 4283 16 315 14 279 8 272 4283 3518 13 311 13 271 7 258 3518 2836 10 298 11 263 9 228 2836 2235 8*294 9*255 10 216 2235 1735 6*294 7*252 8 218 1735 1350 6 294 6 253 7 224 1350 1085 5 294 6 253 7 226 1085 925 5 294 5 253 6*223 925 834 5 294 4 254 5*227 834 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