DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.3 - - 78.7 - - 73.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 140 - - -60 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2274 - - 4563 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1897 - - 3473 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3034 - - 5323 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1010 - - 1536 - - 993 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 294 - - 354 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 21 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 223 - - 214 - - 193 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -70 - - -912 - - -4756 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3105 - - 6235 - - 5592 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3132 - - -3749 - - -9264 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6166 - - 9072 - - 10100 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 74 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 550 - - 1000 - - 710 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.3 - - 78.7 - - 73.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.3 - - 54.1 - - 52.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.3 - - 77.8 - - 76.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.2 - - 53.6 - - 52.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 149 - - 140 - - -60 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2274 - - 4563 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 33 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 9 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] 96479 32 240 31 257 45 266 96479 89154 16 252 18 244 21 256 89154 83538 17 247 20 241 20 264 83538 78922 15 234 16 244 24 264 78922 74978 17 261 18 269 19 263 74978 71491 19 272 22 262 18 262 71491 68326 26 274 24 271 24 275 68326 65408 29 264 31 272 29 277 65408 62683 32 267 34 272 32 281 62683 60029 36 276 40 278 38 274 60029 57248 45 272 45 269 41 273 57248 54350 53 270 50 268 54 273 54350 51585 59 269 59 268 57 269 51585 49104 62 269 63 270 54 269 49104 46892 63 270 66 273 57 273 46892 44908 63 271 68 270 64 272 44908 43123 62 272 66 266 64 268 43123 41499 58 271 60 266 63 269 41499 39997 55 270 59 267 65 270 39997 38591 53 270 59 267 68 269 38591 37264 52 268 58 266 66 270 37264 35975 52 269 59 264 63 273 35975 34660 51 270 57 263 62 271 34660 33291 50 270 54 265 61 270 33291 31870 48 270 53 267 59 273 31870 30382 46 270 52 267 55 274 30382 28818 45 271 53 268 48 275 28818 27181 45 274 52 270 46 282 27181 25471 44 276 51 277 45 283 25471 23687 46 276 50 278 42 278 23687 21831 44 274 45 277 39 275 21831 19892 43 272 37 277 34 281 19892 17866 41 267 33 285 34 284 17866 15793 35 265 35 290 37 281 15793 13786 33 266 29 293 40 274 13786 11953 29 272 29 289 39 270 11953 10315 26 270 31 278 34 261 10315 8855 31 259 25 270 29 252 8855 7553 44 240 24 259 28 248 7553 6396 44 228 25 233 29 236 6396 5371 34 223 24*219 35 223 5371 4468 26 229 23*217 35 218 4468 3670 25*233 22 215 34 215 3670 2953 21*229 22 214 33 213 2953 2319 18 223 21 213 31 210 2319 1789 18 222 20 213 29 207 1789 1382 17 221 19 212 26 203 1382 1103 16 221 18 212 21 199 1103 933 15 220 17 211 17 197 933 836 13 220 14 211 10*193 836 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