DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/11 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 - - - - - - 29.0 - - 29.7 - - 29.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - 46 - - 39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2283 - - 2068 - - 1512 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 816 - - 816 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3043 - - 2828 - - 2272 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1027 - - 767 - - 715 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 196 - - 191 - - 161 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 326 - - 277 - - 246 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -6 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1074 - - 944 - - 818 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1969 - - 1884 - - 1454 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 583 - - 503 - - 441 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2460 - - 2325 - - 1831 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 29.0 - - 29.7 - - 29.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 23.8 - - 24.9 - - 26.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 28.7 - - 29.3 - - 28.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.7 - - 23.8 - - 25.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 46 - - 46 - - 39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2283 - - 2068 - - 1512 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 94896 81 270 76 267 81 278 94896 88156 54 268 54 272 58 278 88156 82891 44 273 46 271 46 282 82891 78474 41 271 39 277 41 280 78474 74621 38 271 38 277 38 273 74621 71170 35 268 42 275 39 276 71170 68006 33 273 41 275 36 287 68006 65067 39 282 41 284 39 298 65067 62324 41 277 42 287 42 295 62324 59657 40 272 43 287 40 292 59657 56862 40 279 45 286 40 295 56862 53945 44 289 46 287 48 290 53945 51153 48 297 49 290 56 280 51153 48637 55 299 50 287 56 275 48637 46380 55 298 48 284 52 279 46380 44337 51 302 45 292 51 292 44337 42470 56 308 54 304 66 297 42470 40758 72 305 74 295 75 290 40758 39192 83 299 81 290 78 287 39192 37757 84 295 80 290 81 288 37757 36427 78 295 77 294 84 287 36427 35145 73 301 78 301 81 287 35145 33845 75 312 82 304 78 289 33845 32499 80 317 84 305 72 291 32499 31107 83 319 78 305 69 294 31107 29647 84 317 72 309 68 296 29647 28109 83 320 71 312 66 298 28109 26489 82 323 70 313 63 300 26489 24788 77 325 70 314 58 300 24788 23006 69 331 68 317 58 301 23006 21149 67 334 68 321 62 303 21149 19211 76 337 60 324 62 304 19211 17186 72 342 58 325 52 302 17186 15114 62 348 59 333 45 306 15114 13114 52 347 48 340 39 307 13114 11300 42 343 38 340 34 303 11300 9696 37 341 32 331 31 304 9696 8281 36 341 29 324 27 305 8281 7036 35 340 27 322 23 293 7036 5944 32 336 25 320 24 283 5944 4982 28 334 24 313 24 277 4982 4138 23 336 20 301 25 269 4138 3397 20*334 17*283 22 258 3397 2743 19*330 17*279 19*248 2743 2170 17 327 16 278 18*247 2170 1692 17 325 16 277 17 246 1692 1326 16 324 16 276 16 246 1326 1073 15 323 15 276 15 245 1073 920 13 322 13 276 14 245 920 833 11 322 11 275 11 244 833 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