DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/07 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 - - - - - - 35.8 - - 39.4 - - 38.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 34 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 308 - - 372 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 817 - - 817 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1068 - - 1132 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 847 - - 794 - - 447 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 117 - - 95 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 221 - - 192 - - 166 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 235 - - 299 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 833 - - 833 - - 834 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 223 - - 150 - - -7773 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 845 - - 982 - - 8607 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 35.8 - - 39.4 - - 38.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.6 - - 38.7 - - 37.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 35.2 - - 39.0 - - 39.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.2 - - 38.4 - - 38.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - 34 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 308 - - 372 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 70 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 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] 96233 47 259 50 266 41 269 96233 89067 24 262 28 268 23 266 89067 83567 18 268 19 258 18 259 83567 78997 13 263 17 255 19 247 78997 75072 10 289 11 250 17 245 75072 71612 19 298 17 288 15 259 71612 68446 27 262 23 268 20 277 68446 65495 19 265 34 265 30 278 65495 62729 41 266 40 261 36 280 62729 60034 49 260 45 273 47 269 60034 57219 39 266 48 274 44 272 57219 54285 45 282 47 275 55 279 54285 51483 57 278 52 278 61 273 51483 48969 60 273 59 274 61 271 48969 46716 59 273 59 277 60 271 46716 44675 63 279 66 279 60 275 44675 42823 71 280 71 275 66 280 42823 41137 71 277 72 271 74 280 41137 39582 63 281 69 272 75 276 39582 38135 61 286 67 273 70 273 38135 36776 68 286 63 269 63 274 36776 35467 73 277 53 273 60 277 35467 34140 70 269 50 280 55 277 34140 32766 62 271 50 275 43 271 32766 31346 59 276 52 267 33 266 31346 29863 60 279 49 259 30 267 29863 28301 62 281 46 262 34 270 28301 26662 65 283 47 268 35 273 26662 24946 68 281 51 268 39 285 24946 23158 67 281 51 273 47 283 23158 21298 65 282 53 276 48 279 21298 19356 64 281 57 277 48 279 19356 17334 58 283 50 281 48 276 17334 15277 45 288 43 281 50 277 15277 13307 38 290 39 279 44 281 13307 11524 38 287 35 281 42 279 11524 9936 36 283 35 273 41 271 9936 8520 33 286 32 263 33 281 8520 7259 33 285 30 259 32 264 7259 6138 27 291 28 251 33 261 6138 5145 24 280 24 245 31 244 5145 4273 24 277 21 242 36 235 4273 3503 21 278 18 242 36 224 3503 2816 17 267 16 231 34 216 2816 2215 13 239 15 218 27 203 2215 1720 10 223 11 202 22 179 1720 1341 9 222 9*196 21 177 1341 1081 9*222 8*193 17 171 1081 923 8*221 8 192 14*170 923 834 7 221 7 192 7*166 834 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