DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/22 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.3 - - 72.8 - - 67.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 262 - - 255 - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2466 - - 3271 - - 1210 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2223 - - 2808 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3226 - - 4031 - - 1970 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1097 - - 1260 - - 1920 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 353 - - 384 - - 105 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 16 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 099 - - 087 - - 071 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3267 - - -3503 - - -3715 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6493 - - 7534 - - 5685 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9571 - - -8926 - - -9528 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12797 - - 12957 - - 11498 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 87 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.3 - - 72.8 - - 67.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 42.9 - - 42.8 - - 46.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.6 - - 71.2 - - 67.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 42.2 - - 42.0 - - 45.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 262 - - 255 - - 11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2466 - - 3271 - - 1210 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 93 - - 50 - - 58 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 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] 98306 10 129 13 088 10 084 98306 90906 7 092 4 126 6 045 90906 85190 10 079 5 220 5 046 85190 80417 11 082 6 162 4 181 80417 76316 8 073 8 091 3 162 76316 72711 5 182 6 073 5 004 72711 69443 7 209 5 195 5 283 69443 66425 7 288 6 236 7 258 66425 63626 15 261 7 235 7 247 63626 60913 17 226 10 232 11 236 60913 58076 20 233 19 237 15 230 58076 55130 25 241 26 239 21 242 55130 52330 36 235 34 239 31 245 52330 49832 34 241 37 232 33 238 49832 47620 42 247 39 231 39 238 47620 45639 54 240 53 230 46 236 45639 43848 64 223 61 223 55 231 43848 42207 60 221 63 220 71 218 42207 40681 63 225 70 222 81 211 40681 39246 70 226 79 222 75 204 39246 37886 71 224 78 220 69 203 37886 36562 71 221 69 222 66 203 36562 35208 67 224 62 220 59 204 35208 33798 62 229 56 221 54 205 33798 32333 48 237 52 222 52 212 32333 30799 33 238 44 221 49 220 30799 29184 30 230 43 220 39 217 29184 27488 32 215 40 218 35 212 27488 25711 29 205 32 216 33 208 25711 23854 23 210 24 210 29 209 23854 21924 22 206 22 207 21 222 21924 19921 20 215 21 206 13 208 19921 17849 25 226 18 204 12 176 17849 15742 17 210 17 185 13 180 15742 13709 8 187 14 171 11 175 13709 11857 4 113 13 158 7 161 11857 10210 9 130 11 152 6 149 10210 8747 16 129 12 160 8 156 8747 7449 22 127 16 154 13 156 7449 6299 22 123 16 137 18 141 6299 5284 21 117 15 114 19 128 5284 4392 21 113 15*099 20 116 4392 3606 17*110 16*093 21 106 3606 2903 13*102 17 089 21 095 2903 2282 13 100 17 087 19*078 2282 1766 13 099 17 086 17*073 1766 1369 12 098 17 085 17 071 1369 1096 12 097 16 084 15 070 1096 930 11 097 15 084 14 070 930 835 10 097 13 084 11 069 835 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