DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/10 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 - - - - - - 50.8 - - 50.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 111 - - 29 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2485 - - 2284 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1889 - - 818 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3245 - - 3044 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1185 - - 1482 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 275 - - 178 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 327 - - 321 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1018 - - 877 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2227 - - 2167 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 608 - - 404 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2637 - - 2640 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.8 - - 50.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.3 - - 43.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 50.0 - - 49.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 43.0 - - 42.7 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 111 - - 29 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2485 - - 2284 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - - 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] 96952 40 259 41 256 96952 89538 48 256 42 251 89538 83885 36 250 38 252 83885 79231 27 258 37 263 79231 75228 33 264 36 263 75228 71684 33 257 38 270 71684 68474 32 268 41 269 68474 65531 43 272 41 264 65531 62793 44 265 38 266 62793 60122 43 266 43 275 60122 57330 46 267 48 269 57330 54425 49 264 50 262 54425 51642 46 261 53 270 51642 49146 45 269 55 269 49146 46917 47 270 51 260 46917 44888 48 265 46 262 44888 43031 51 270 56 277 43031 41345 61 275 68 276 41345 39810 72 274 75 275 39810 38393 78 272 80 276 38393 37067 81 267 83 276 37067 35783 81 263 84 275 35783 34472 81 262 84 275 34472 33104 82 264 83 275 33104 31683 81 265 81 276 31683 30193 73 265 78 276 30193 28623 66 264 72 275 28623 26976 62 264 67 274 26976 25250 61 265 62 274 25250 23446 60 267 58 277 23446 21566 58 268 55 278 21566 19605 55 267 50 278 19605 17557 50 267 47 280 17557 15462 50 272 45 283 15462 13437 55 274 46 284 13437 11592 57 275 44 285 11592 9957 53 273 38 287 9957 8515 44 273 32 290 8515 7246 34 276 22 287 7246 6125 29 279 18 268 6125 5136 24 282 15 278 5136 4272 17 305 11 312 4272 3512 17*324 11*315 3512 2833 17*326 11*318 2833 2234 17 327 11 320 2234 1734 16 327 11 321 1734 1350 16 328 11 322 1350 1086 15 328 11 322 1086 926 14 327 10 322 926 834 12 328 9 322 834 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