DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/02 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 - - - - - - 17.5 - - 21.1 - - 21.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 20 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 631 - - 969 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 815 - - 816 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1391 - - 1729 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 902 - - 1040 - - 1947 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 132 - - 110 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 247 - - 206 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 242 - - 488 - - -457 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1149 - - 1241 - - 1289 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 220 - - 345 - - -788 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1171 - - 1384 - - 1620 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 17.5 - - 21.1 - - 21.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 15.7 - - 18.9 - - 18.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 17.0 - - 21.0 - - 22.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 15.8 - - 18.6 - - 18.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 20 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 631 - - 969 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96311 12 054 13 050 8 058 96311 89136 9 049 7 032 7 040 89136 83586 9 008 9 333 5 342 83586 78967 11 316 12 281 9 315 78967 74960 20 277 19 259 20 280 74960 71399 19 258 22 252 22 268 71399 68144 19 279 16 268 21 276 68144 65132 24 266 22 272 28 282 65132 62335 22 279 26 263 31 274 62335 59626 27 295 26 267 33 277 59626 56804 37 286 31 279 37 271 56804 53878 41 274 42 286 38 274 53878 51082 42 269 51 282 47 278 51082 48568 43 269 56 273 56 274 48568 46320 45 274 53 266 56 266 46320 44278 46 278 47 266 55 264 44278 42401 47 278 47 273 60 268 42401 40672 56 288 54 278 66 268 40672 39074 70 284 61 277 70 272 39074 37589 74 274 61 278 74 276 37589 36205 68 270 69 281 82 280 36205 34886 60 275 73 280 87 281 34886 33565 53 276 71 280 90 283 33565 32205 49 283 74 283 93 283 32205 30800 51 291 79 283 87 284 30800 29333 58 302 75 284 78 286 29333 27794 69 306 69 288 68 284 27794 26184 67 303 64 289 60 279 26184 24498 62 296 57 291 55 275 24498 22734 60 295 54 291 50 269 22734 20894 55 291 50 292 47 269 20894 18974 52 289 44 299 40 272 18974 16968 48 299 43 297 34 276 16968 14922 43 306 41 296 31 279 14922 12950 33 300 32 304 29 275 12950 11161 26 293 23 296 26 270 11161 9583 21 296 21 282 27 280 9583 8193 17 296 21 278 25 288 8193 6965 15 285 20 275 22 278 6965 5882 12 276 18 268 21 268 5882 4928 9 265 18 261 19 262 4928 4093 9 249 16 246 20 264 4093 3360 10 242 16 244 20 263 3360 2713 9 249 16 253 17 250 2713 2149 10 262 13*250 15 228 2149 1679 11*267 12*248 14 220 1679 1318 10*271 11 248 13 215 1318 1069 9 271 10 247 11 211 1069 919 8 272 9 246 9*209 919 832 7 271 7 246 6*206 832 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