DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/05 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 - - - - - - 41.9 - - 43.8 - - 38.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 71 - - 17 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1003 - - 986 - - 73 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 817 - - 817 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1763 - - 1746 - - 833 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 271 - - 425 - - 188 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 173 - - 109 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 268 - - 176 - - 117 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 287 - - 282 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1476 - - 1464 - - 833 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8692 - - -8733 - - -10078 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10455 - - 10479 - - 10911 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 97 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.9 - - 43.8 - - 38.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.4 - - 40.3 - - 37.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.3 - - 43.5 - - 40.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.4 - - 39.6 - - 38.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 71 - - 17 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1003 - - 986 - - 73 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 90 - - 89 - - 42 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] 95996 54 254 55 263 55 265 95996 88919 32 273 31 276 31 280 88919 83439 25 275 26 285 25 287 83439 78868 26 281 23 274 27 286 78868 74941 22 300 17 273 27 287 74941 71464 26 306 23 295 26 288 71464 68292 30 288 32 295 29 281 68292 65352 24 305 33 290 29 282 65352 62606 41 301 37 295 31 289 62606 59936 49 284 44 285 32 289 59936 57136 48 282 37 274 39 281 57136 54216 48 285 36 274 42 272 54216 51421 54 287 51 277 54 275 51421 48919 62 279 62 272 67 269 48919 46698 59 283 61 279 67 276 46698 44689 67 287 71 283 77 278 44689 42855 80 282 85 281 92 274 42855 41177 83 278 96 277 106 274 41177 39635 87 282 103 281 119 275 39635 38204 99 285 120 284 130 276 38204 36859 102 282 122 283 128 275 36859 35555 96 278 113 280 118 273 35555 34227 94 275 102 277 108 272 34227 32850 92 273 93 274 97 269 32850 31425 88 272 92 272 94 266 31425 29937 88 273 94 272 95 265 29937 28375 91 275 91 272 89 266 28375 26739 89 276 88 272 81 266 26739 25026 85 277 84 272 75 266 25026 23241 82 277 79 271 71 261 23241 21388 73 278 72 267 68 258 21388 19455 67 274 68 263 64 256 19455 17436 61 271 61 263 55 255 17436 15380 51 277 48 268 44 251 15380 13399 44 290 39 272 37 248 13399 11593 35 289 33 268 30 254 11593 9982 30 283 34 268 24 255 9982 8547 24 278 32 272 20 255 8547 7275 23 278 27 282 13 265 7275 6150 23 277 23 285 9 263 6150 5155 21 277 16 282 10 228 5155 4280 20 279 14 284 10 222 4280 3507 20 282 12 277 10 230 3507 2820 19 278 10 258 14 203 2820 2220 14*267 5*208 15 182 2220 1724 10*269 4*181 15 170 1724 1343 9 268 4 176 13 152 1343 1082 8 268 3 175 12 134 1082 924 8 268 3 174 10 123 924 833 7 268 3 174 5*117 833 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