DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/05 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.9 - - 45.9 - - 44.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 179 - - 65 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3155 - - 4369 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2605 - - 2856 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3915 - - 5129 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 799 - - 546 - - 4136 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 346 - - 285 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 309 - - 291 - - 271 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1209 - - 2004 - - -753 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2706 - - 3125 - - 1587 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 392 - - 551 - - -1765 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3523 - - 4578 - - 2599 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 92 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.9 - - 45.9 - - 44.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.2 - - 35.4 - - 40.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.9 - - 45.6 - - 45.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.0 - - 34.3 - - 39.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 179 - - 65 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3155 - - 4369 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 69 - - 69 - - 41 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96608 19 272 24 244 30 281 96608 89359 12 243 14 268 22 259 89359 83852 8 257 12 269 12 250 83852 79258 8 235 13 259 13 278 79258 75289 10 279 13 256 12 269 75289 71773 17 262 13 264 10 262 71773 68567 14 243 20 266 17 268 68567 65603 14 250 23 246 21 249 65603 62831 17 250 21 250 19 264 62831 60137 19 250 28 256 33 275 60137 57333 21 249 31 245 36 263 57333 54406 30 277 31 262 34 261 54406 51583 45 280 44 273 38 276 51583 49025 58 273 54 270 54 279 49025 46726 56 263 61 264 63 272 46726 44633 51 253 61 255 63 268 44633 42711 47 248 54 263 65 271 42711 40941 44 256 58 269 70 271 40941 39304 52 268 67 276 72 275 39304 37790 58 271 75 274 78 277 37790 36386 61 274 73 273 84 277 36386 35043 66 275 68 278 88 278 35043 33687 66 272 71 285 88 282 33687 32292 61 270 77 288 92 287 32292 30866 57 270 79 291 96 290 30866 29396 55 274 78 293 97 293 29396 27865 54 284 74 295 97 295 27865 26262 54 290 70 298 96 297 26262 24582 53 289 69 301 92 297 24582 22826 51 287 66 300 88 300 22826 20998 51 289 60 298 78 300 20998 19094 46 294 55 297 68 297 19094 17115 42 296 47 295 57 297 17115 15101 40 298 37 299 49 296 15101 13158 39 301 33 307 40 298 13158 11389 38 307 32 314 36 302 11389 9815 37 314 31 315 33 308 9815 8415 36 321 30 315 30 314 8415 7171 36 326 27 315 29 315 7171 6068 35 328 23*306 27 307 6068 5097 30 325 19*292 24 292 5097 4245 23*314 19 291 22 284 4245 3494 22*311 18 291 22 284 3494 2820 21 309 18 291 20 283 2820 2225 20 309 17 291 19 282 2225 1728 20 308 17 291 18 281 1728 1346 19 308 16 291 15 279 1346 1084 18 308 15 290 12 276 1084 925 17 307 14 290 10*274 925 834 14 307 12 290 6*271 834 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