DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/19 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.0 - - 45.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 143 - - 88 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3006 - - 4522 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2387 - - 3208 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3766 - - 5282 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2808 - - 4970 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 316 - - 316 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 25 - - 21 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 293 - - 315 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -8 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1183 - - 1286 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2583 - - 3996 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 501 - - 62 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3265 - - 5220 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 94 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 170 - - 160 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.0 - - 45.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.8 - - 31.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.3 - - 45.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.6 - - 29.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 143 - - 88 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3006 - - 4522 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 98 - - 75 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 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] 96979 14 239 24 237 96979 89644 31 267 38 262 89644 84076 40 259 37 256 84076 79449 36 247 33 251 79449 75437 27 248 33 242 75437 71862 26 271 28 250 71862 68599 39 263 31 251 68599 65585 36 245 32 252 65585 62779 27 229 28 253 62779 60041 33 267 28 271 60041 57171 41 267 44 270 57171 54192 42 265 46 273 54192 51343 41 262 48 272 51343 48765 42 274 48 276 48765 46445 51 276 52 281 46445 44340 52 270 55 279 44340 42412 51 277 55 283 42412 40639 60 283 59 286 40639 39003 65 280 64 285 39003 37485 66 281 62 282 37485 36066 64 283 60 286 36066 34702 62 286 64 292 34702 33332 67 291 76 296 33332 31938 81 294 89 295 31938 30523 93 294 98 293 30523 29064 102 296 101 293 29064 27540 110 298 101 294 27540 25945 114 298 101 297 25945 24275 115 299 98 297 24275 22531 111 299 94 298 22531 20715 99 300 92 299 20715 18819 83 299 90 302 18819 16842 67 297 80 304 16842 14840 56 289 61 301 14840 12922 55 283 51 301 12922 11192 48 278 32 300 11192 9665 46 276 26 299 9665 8305 42 276 27 301 8305 7092 39 279 27 303 7092 6014 36 284 26*307 6014 5058 33 288 24*312 5058 4215 32*289 23 314 4215 3471 29*292 22 315 3471 2803 27 293 22 315 2803 2213 25 293 21 316 2213 1721 24 294 20 316 1721 1342 24 294 19 316 1342 1082 22 294 18 316 1082 924 21 294 17 316 924 834 17 294 14 316 834 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