DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/26 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.3 - - 87.0 - - 84.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 300 - - 208 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4966 - - 6069 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4179 - - 4851 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5726 - - 6829 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2449 - - 1858 - - 7316 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 470 - - 446 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 148 - - 150 - - 136 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3592 - - -4279 - - -9047 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9319 - - 11108 - - 9883 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8648 - - -8707 - - -12637 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14374 - - 15536 - - 13473 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 88 - - 37 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.3 - - 87.0 - - 84.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.3 - - 41.0 - - 43.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.3 - - 85.4 - - 84.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.0 - - 39.7 - - 42.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 300 - - 208 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4966 - - 6069 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 12 - - 51 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 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] 98644 4 149 8 062 19 048 98644 91208 10 110 10 104 7 082 91208 85484 13 107 11 103 7 106 85484 80707 13 090 8 095 10 087 80707 76582 9 087 8 091 8 071 76582 72961 7 085 9 102 9 052 72961 69696 6 085 8 110 9 042 69696 66688 5 102 5 057 5 060 66688 63892 4 188 4 262 4 347 63892 61185 2 239 6 215 6 294 61185 58364 12 238 13 246 12 281 58364 55439 18 221 18 239 22 245 55439 52663 28 234 25 237 25 246 52663 50178 30 229 31 227 34 238 50178 47967 34 236 33 226 36 228 47967 45978 45 229 39 229 37 228 45978 44165 53 217 46 219 39 224 44165 42499 58 215 48 216 38 220 42499 40952 60 217 47 217 37 213 40952 39503 56 219 49 215 35 206 39503 38133 45 219 51 210 30 205 38133 36806 41 213 54 205 22 204 36806 35451 43 212 54 206 17 212 35451 34036 43 216 48 215 19 213 34036 32564 39 218 41 220 23 211 32564 31021 27 210 37 226 28 209 31021 29394 15 208 34 245 30 219 29394 27690 16 217 15 228 27 223 27690 25913 17 234 11 258 2 268 25913 24062 15 254 10 267 6 318 24062 22141 14 276 8 295 7 330 22141 20141 13 277 9 304 5 345 20141 18056 9 258 6 303 2 016 18056 15932 3 192 1 265 4 022 15932 13889 4 057 4 014 8 037 13889 12030 9 024 10 015 11 046 12030 10375 9 358 11 019 8 064 10375 8905 5 331 7 004 5 069 8905 7597 3 325 1*131 3 131 7597 6435 2*175 6*155 5 150 6435 5405 6*155 7 153 6 146 5405 4495 6 152 7 151 7 143 4495 3690 7 150 8 150 7 142 3690 2969 7 148 8 149 8 140 2969 2330 7 146 9 148 8 139 2330 1797 7 144 9 147 8 138 1797 1388 7 142 9 147 8 137 1388 1106 7 142 8 146 8 137 1106 934 6 141 8 146 7 136 934 836 6 142 8 146 5*136 836 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