DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/06 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 - - - - - - 42.7 - - 43.0 - - 41.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 60 - - 13 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1038 - - 806 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 817 - - 817 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1798 - - 1566 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 516 - - 1554 - - 1841 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 166 - - 94 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 12 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 302 - - 295 - - 283 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 531 - - 406 - - -18 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1267 - - 1160 - - 852 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 197 - - 25 - - -376 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1601 - - 1541 - - 1210 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.7 - - 43.0 - - 41.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.9 - - 40.7 - - 40.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.3 - - 42.8 - - 41.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.1 - - 40.2 - - 40.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 60 - - 13 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1038 - - 806 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 95 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 96162 47 263 54 260 57 274 96162 88969 25 261 27 263 30 270 88969 83491 23 270 20 292 17 264 83491 78936 17 284 20 283 10 273 78936 74989 19 281 29 294 21 311 74989 71504 23 270 37 287 33 306 71504 68347 23 285 35 280 37 299 68347 65421 33 297 29 284 44 283 65421 62680 43 280 52 280 42 272 62680 59999 46 259 44 273 40 287 59999 57168 38 264 46 286 55 290 57168 54190 52 284 59 275 64 276 54190 51330 63 277 61 266 66 269 51330 48767 61 269 60 268 61 269 48767 46488 60 265 65 272 59 271 46488 44426 64 265 70 275 58 274 44426 42530 69 268 74 275 63 274 42530 40773 76 271 80 273 67 274 40773 39140 85 271 82 267 74 272 39140 37617 90 268 75 265 77 268 37617 36192 88 267 70 269 73 268 36192 34827 86 267 68 273 68 271 34827 33457 89 265 74 276 71 273 33457 32057 92 264 82 276 76 274 32057 30626 95 264 83 275 75 274 30626 29152 93 263 73 272 71 276 29152 27625 80 264 55 269 72 277 27625 26046 58 268 44 266 66 275 26046 24403 51 267 38 270 53 273 24403 22688 49 264 44 273 46 275 22688 20900 45 265 46 278 47 284 20900 19031 44 266 44 282 48 287 19031 17073 43 278 39 282 46 283 17073 15070 40 278 41 283 41 281 15070 13137 37 276 42 283 38 277 13137 11375 34 299 38 285 33 278 11375 9802 40 303 35 291 31 282 9802 8400 40 299 34 290 28 281 8400 7152 39 298 34 294 23 282 7152 6047 38 299 35 308 22 297 6047 5072 34 295 33 309 22 310 5072 4219 31 287 28 300 23 299 4219 3469 24 286 24 293 24 296 3469 2799 17 293 18 295 23 294 2799 2209 18*303 17 295 21 290 2209 1718 16*303 15*295 19 288 1718 1341 16 302 14*295 17 286 1341 1081 15 302 13 295 14 284 1081 924 13 302 12 296 12*284 924 834 11 302 9 295 8*283 834 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