DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/24 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.6 - - 47.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 174 - - 99 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1554 - - 1578 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1429 - - 817 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2314 - - 2338 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 540 - - 763 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 267 - - 224 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 183 - - 188 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1880 - - -2981 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4194 - - 5319 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9563 - - -9881 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11877 - - 12219 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 87 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.6 - - 47.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 27.6 - - 27.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.4 - - 46.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.4 - - 25.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 174 - - 99 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1554 - - 1578 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 53 - - 47 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 96172 23 256 24 252 96172 89003 21 259 26 254 89003 83482 23 272 21 259 83482 78878 20 275 22 272 78878 74894 25 280 30 294 74894 71379 31 280 44 282 71379 68202 30 276 39 278 68202 65259 36 290 40 290 65259 62528 43 298 52 293 62528 59877 49 302 54 289 59877 57092 52 302 60 298 57092 54186 58 303 62 304 54186 51403 65 303 66 309 51403 48902 65 305 72 310 48902 46672 70 308 76 308 46672 44655 78 306 74 306 44655 42810 77 301 76 311 42810 41113 72 301 82 313 41113 39547 73 309 77 310 39547 38093 75 312 71 311 38093 36735 74 309 70 314 36735 35432 77 304 72 313 35432 34112 80 298 73 311 34112 32746 82 299 77 310 32746 31332 82 301 79 306 31332 29851 81 299 79 304 29851 28295 72 289 71 303 28295 26662 68 285 72 300 26662 24946 66 280 73 297 24946 23154 56 274 66 295 23154 21294 45 271 57 294 21294 19356 42 270 58 288 19356 17333 41 271 57 277 17333 15271 41 271 46 269 15271 13290 37 268 33 279 13290 11492 30 269 33 288 11492 9890 28 265 37 268 9890 8465 23 261 36 261 8465 7202 24 258 25 257 7202 6086 21 253 18 251 6086 5103 17 255 13 252 5103 4241 14 252 11 242 4241 3484 14 243 10 227 3484 2809 13*212 11*204 2809 2216 9*189 10*190 2216 1722 8 184 10 188 1722 1343 8 182 9 187 1343 1083 7 180 9 187 1083 924 7 178 8 187 924 834 6 178 7 186 834 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