DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/05 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 5.8 - - 20.0 - - 25.1 - - 24.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -10 - - 22 - - -11 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 71 - - 72 - - 72 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 814 - - 815 - - 816 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - 831 - - 832 - - 832 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 278 - - 762 - - 1037 - - 976 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 14 - - 49 - - 20 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 12 - - 11 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 207 - - 202 - - 196 - - 200 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1217 - - -1979 - - -1449 - - -655 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2048 - - 2812 - - 2281 - - 1487 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -15949 - - -12503 - - -8597 - - -8237 ODpotential blCL - - - 16780 - - 13335 - - 9429 - - 9069 blCL maxRH - - - 89 - - 100 - - 92 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 5.8 - - 20.0 - - 25.1 - - 24.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 0.2 - - 10.8 - - 18.2 - - 20.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 6.7 - - 19.9 - - 26.0 - - 26.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - -0.0 - - 9.9 - - 17.5 - - 20.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -10 - - 22 - - -11 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 71 - - 72 - - 72 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 57 - - 100 - - 68 - - 66 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96226 11 057 13 050 19 060 9 048 96226 89074 14 028 10 047 8 025 9 009 89074 83538 10 030 4 346 4 334 8 316 83538 78901 7 019 10 308 10 302 15 305 78901 74894 13 326 14 284 18 281 23 297 74894 71358 17 316 12 281 23 281 27 291 71358 68156 29 309 21 288 27 283 34 296 68156 65207 31 291 24 282 34 288 40 281 65207 62455 34 294 32 288 43 279 43 275 62455 59754 42 285 48 281 48 270 47 271 59754 56908 50 278 54 273 54 275 54 274 56908 53943 58 274 59 270 67 275 68 273 53943 51116 61 270 67 268 72 271 72 272 51116 48569 62 267 72 266 75 268 78 271 48569 46280 63 264 75 264 80 265 83 268 46280 44199 67 264 77 263 83 263 85 264 44199 42289 71 265 77 262 83 262 85 261 42289 40523 74 265 79 262 84 263 85 260 40523 38882 78 263 80 263 87 262 89 261 38882 37354 79 260 80 264 89 259 92 260 37354 35928 76 257 82 266 89 255 93 257 35928 34567 72 256 83 267 87 252 93 254 34567 33199 70 257 84 266 85 254 94 254 33199 31796 67 258 85 264 86 259 92 255 31796 30362 62 256 86 264 92 263 91 257 30362 28891 56 252 84 264 102 266 101 260 28891 27366 52 253 77 262 105 264 111 260 27366 25773 49 254 66 258 103 264 108 258 25773 24106 46 245 56 252 100 268 99 260 24106 22371 41 247 53 254 79 267 87 263 22371 20572 37 249 48 258 59 262 76 267 20572 18704 36 250 40 256 52 260 61 263 18704 16763 32 251 36 255 45 257 52 262 16763 14786 28 252 32 255 43 258 46 263 14786 12878 27 252 31 251 42 260 40 265 12878 11143 27 254 31 251 37 259 39 265 11143 9600 27 256 32 251 32 259 37 263 9600 8229 29 252 34 246 34 260 32 262 8229 7010 32 250 36 242 35 249 29 265 7010 5928 32 252 33 239 36 239 29 265 5928 4971 28 254 31 238 35 235 30 257 4971 4133 28 255 30 239 35 235 35 247 4133 3397 31 251 32 237 36 233 37 241 3397 2742 31 245 33 229 36 225 37 237 2742 2166 32 236 32 219 31 216 34 225 2166 1688 33 224 27 212 25 208 29 214 1688 1323 29 220 19 205 19 200 24 207 1323 1072 18 213 16 203 17 198 19 203 1072 919 16*212 14*202 15*197 17 202 919 832 8*207 12*202 11*196 11*200 832 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