DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/01 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 - - - - - - 24.4 - - 25.9 - - 20.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 30 - - 11 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 594 - - 582 - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 816 - - 816 - - 816 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1354 - - 1342 - - 832 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1034 - - 2203 - - 1237 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 107 - - 76 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 180 - - 162 - - 132 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 150 - - 94 - - -278 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1204 - - 1248 - - 1110 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -892 - - -124 - - -1781 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2246 - - 1466 - - 2613 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 98 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.4 - - 25.9 - - 20.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 22.6 - - 23.8 - - 19.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 24.1 - - 25.7 - - 21.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 22.1 - - 23.4 - - 20.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 30 - - 11 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 594 - - 582 - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 91 - - 92 - - 83 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 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] 96255 38 037 31 032 26 031 96255 89143 25 036 26 031 17 057 89143 83622 17 043 18 016 16 039 83622 79011 17 028 12 020 14 020 79011 75000 18 019 13 011 16 004 75000 71407 15 025 13 356 20 339 71407 68129 12 022 8 338 16 316 68129 65088 15 331 12 336 13 305 65088 62244 26 295 26 309 24 303 62244 59488 34 280 34 288 33 293 59488 56615 35 269 36 272 37 274 56615 53638 38 272 38 270 44 270 53638 50806 50 274 48 271 50 272 50806 48264 62 269 58 270 57 270 48264 45997 67 265 64 264 64 265 45997 43951 72 259 69 259 67 260 43951 42087 72 255 72 255 70 255 42087 40373 70 253 74 254 73 251 40373 38784 71 256 78 254 74 249 38784 37303 81 262 82 253 74 247 37303 35918 97 263 88 253 77 246 35918 34591 117 261 100 251 83 244 34591 33260 128 258 113 249 90 243 33260 31895 128 256 121 248 103 241 31895 30495 121 254 119 245 111 239 30495 29041 112 252 115 243 113 237 29041 27512 99 248 104 242 111 235 27512 25910 92 246 87 239 105 236 25910 24232 85 248 80 239 88 234 24232 22477 73 248 77 242 73 230 22477 20647 57 250 68 243 68 240 20647 18739 48 254 65 243 60 246 18739 16747 42 252 59 243 50 245 16747 14722 41 243 50 244 47 241 14722 12783 33 241 40 242 38 236 12783 11031 25 229 32 245 29 244 11031 9482 21 224 25 232 23 264 9482 8114 23 217 17 220 18 252 8114 6910 21 207 20 211 12 221 6910 5850 20 195 25 190 16 206 5850 4915 20 191 22 177 18 188 4915 4094 17 188 18 184 14 195 4094 3370 11 182 13 184 11 192 3370 2724 8 182 10 178 10 171 2724 2154 8 190 8 175 12 162 2154 1681 7*188 7*167 13 152 1681 1318 6*183 6*164 13 144 1318 1069 5 179 6 162 11 139 1069 919 5 178 6 161 9*136 919 832 4 178 5 160 5*132 832 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