DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/03 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 - - - - - - 27.9 - - 31.1 - - 26.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 14 - - 0 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 587 - - 73 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 816 - - 816 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1347 - - 833 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 589 - - 2653 - - 2300 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 84 - - 13 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 240 - - 306 - - 329 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -2 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 99 - - -224 - - -755 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1249 - - 1057 - - 1587 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6662 - - -457 - - -1082 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8009 - - 1290 - - 1914 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 27.9 - - 31.1 - - 26.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.7 - - 29.6 - - 22.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 27.9 - - 31.2 - - 26.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.3 - - 29.5 - - 22.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 14 - - 0 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 587 - - 73 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 94 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96301 6 241 16 306 5 282 96301 89166 1 274 6 313 7 298 89166 83622 6 238 9 299 6 280 83622 78988 6 260 10 278 13 264 78988 74968 10 280 12 269 21 266 74968 71399 18 279 14 269 22 283 71399 68144 24 277 22 271 28 279 68144 65138 30 268 29 265 27 273 65138 62341 30 253 36 267 30 279 62341 59622 31 257 45 255 41 270 59622 56775 42 264 47 253 46 269 56775 53817 51 258 53 254 64 262 53817 50995 56 251 61 252 66 257 50995 48453 64 255 67 253 66 258 48453 46176 79 251 77 257 72 257 46176 44119 85 250 91 254 82 261 44119 42240 90 252 94 248 93 257 42240 40508 98 248 103 251 96 254 40508 38902 105 246 109 252 99 255 38902 37410 112 246 111 253 105 258 37410 36025 118 248 116 255 121 261 36025 34704 121 247 131 257 141 261 34704 33372 123 246 139 254 148 260 33372 31998 121 247 129 253 135 258 31998 30589 116 248 119 253 123 258 30589 29130 107 248 110 251 114 257 29130 27602 104 249 108 253 107 255 27602 25998 100 250 104 257 105 258 25998 24314 91 251 93 254 102 259 24314 22551 84 251 88 256 100 260 22551 20723 79 253 85 258 82 263 20723 18826 69 260 73 255 68 265 18826 16849 57 260 64 256 61 263 16849 14833 51 258 54 258 55 266 14833 12891 50 259 47 262 48 269 12891 11128 47 260 43 258 44 267 11128 9568 47 260 42 259 42 264 9568 8188 42 263 36 265 37 273 8188 6967 35 265 30 270 27 285 6967 5890 26 267 25 272 22 293 5890 4941 22 277 21 282 20 300 4941 4109 19 275 17 282 17 302 4109 3379 15 282 14 304 17 318 3379 2732 16 290 17 315 22 331 2732 2163 17 281 17 315 23 331 2163 1688 16*258 16 313 22 331 1688 1323 12*242 14 310 20 330 1323 1072 11 240 12 308 18 330 1072 920 10 239 10*307 15 329 920 832 8 238 7*306 11*329 832 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