DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/06 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.8 - - 58.6 - - 50.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 142 - - 21 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2146 - - 2382 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1729 - - 818 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2906 - - 3142 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 747 - - 1049 - - 403 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 274 - - 152 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 19 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 169 - - 174 - - 161 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -5310 - - -5969 - - -5761 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8217 - - 9111 - - 6595 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14997 - - -14644 - - -15141 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17903 - - 17786 - - 15975 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 75 - - 34 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.8 - - 58.6 - - 50.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.0 - - 21.8 - - 24.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.9 - - 58.5 - - 52.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.2 - - 21.5 - - 24.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 142 - - 21 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2146 - - 2382 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 9 - - 2 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96620 13 057 8 077 4 063 96620 89377 7 076 6 014 6 007 89377 83774 3 203 13 267 16 323 83774 79133 8 287 14 275 15 293 79133 75131 17 293 19 296 17 287 75131 71604 22 279 23 278 25 290 71604 68410 25 291 25 277 25 283 68410 65457 34 291 29 285 30 282 65457 62701 37 287 37 286 39 287 62701 60027 40 285 43 280 46 280 60027 57240 53 277 43 278 48 277 57240 54336 55 280 53 276 48 272 54336 51564 64 275 62 267 59 277 51564 49093 67 269 59 270 61 269 49093 46899 70 274 61 275 57 270 46899 44909 76 270 68 270 62 275 44909 43088 76 264 68 264 77 268 43088 41423 69 261 68 264 79 263 41423 39894 65 264 74 260 78 261 39894 38474 66 265 75 258 74 259 38474 37137 64 267 74 260 73 255 37137 35839 63 270 73 259 75 253 35839 34515 64 271 66 258 72 253 34515 33135 61 268 58 262 68 256 33135 31704 58 267 54 266 63 260 31704 30205 55 269 52 268 57 263 30205 28626 52 273 49 269 54 260 28626 26967 49 277 44 268 50 260 26967 25234 43 282 40 268 48 266 25234 23427 43 284 39 267 55 264 23427 21550 41 279 41 267 52 253 21550 19599 39 279 43 268 44 247 19599 17565 38 286 42 270 39 255 17565 15487 36 298 35 271 35 255 15487 13481 33 307 28 273 32 249 13481 11654 26 299 21 269 31 243 11654 10027 18 275 19 243 30 239 10027 8582 18 257 22 232 28 230 8582 7299 18 240 23 230 26 215 7299 6168 16 231 24 218 29 201 6168 5173 12 212 24 203 35 200 5173 4300 10 192 24 188 37 194 4300 3533 12*180 22*178 35 186 3533 2849 13*171 21*176 33 180 2849 2244 13 170 20 175 32 177 2244 1740 13 169 19 174 29 173 1740 1353 12 168 19 174 27 170 1353 1087 11 168 17 173 21 165 1087 926 11 168 16 173 17 164 926 834 10 168 12 172 10*161 834 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