DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/16 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.1 - - 49.0 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - -28 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2340 - - 74 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 818 - - 818 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3100 - - 834 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2297 - - 4648 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 205 - - 35 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 16 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 349 - - 350 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 14 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1340 - - -1035 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1761 - - 1869 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 625 - - -1595 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2475 - - 2429 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 90 - - 70 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.1 - - 49.0 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.5 - - 44.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.0 - - 49.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.3 - - 43.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - -28 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2340 - - 74 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - - 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] 97476 12 283 10 277 97476 90276 8 293 10 270 90276 84691 6 228 11 278 84691 80030 8 185 13 279 80030 76007 5 218 15 243 76007 72443 12 286 14 261 72443 69217 14 257 15 248 69217 66247 15 264 13 284 66247 63485 23 267 21 260 63485 60812 23 259 27 276 60812 58022 36 263 38 271 58022 55123 42 250 45 252 55123 52357 44 243 45 242 52357 49852 53 252 49 252 49852 47587 68 252 60 250 47587 45524 81 248 66 243 45524 43623 91 241 67 239 43623 41856 99 233 67 239 41856 40202 104 226 68 240 40202 38650 105 221 73 240 38650 37192 105 221 74 235 37192 35789 106 221 74 230 35789 34374 105 222 72 229 34374 32913 100 222 62 233 32913 31407 96 223 51 240 31407 29843 95 227 39 252 29843 28214 94 232 25 283 28214 26527 93 233 29 329 26527 24780 91 233 34 342 24780 22973 74 237 35 345 22973 21110 49 249 34 346 21110 19187 30 277 34 343 19187 17196 21 314 30 332 17196 15169 25 346 27 330 15169 13215 30 350 28 337 13215 11434 30 352 27 341 11434 9850 29 356 26 337 9850 8445 30 359 27 343 8445 7202 30 001 28 001 7202 6101 31 006 34 002 6101 5126 33 003 38 360 5126 4268 32 000 40 357 4268 3511 31*356 39 356 3511 2833 29*353 37 354 2833 2234 27 351 35 354 2234 1734 25 349 32 353 1734 1350 23 348 28 352 1350 1086 21 347 24 352 1086 926 19 346 21*351 926 834 15 346 16*350 834 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