DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/12 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.6 - - 73.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 308 - - -60 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3655 - - 76 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3174 - - 819 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4415 - - 836 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1818 - - 8616 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 426 - - 31 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 15 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 228 - - 239 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 16 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 10 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3870 - - -7065 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8286 - - 7901 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6279 - - -8256 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10694 - - 9092 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.6 - - 73.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 42.1 - - 42.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.0 - - 75.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.1 - - 41.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 308 - - -60 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3655 - - 76 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 7 - - 99 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 98098 5 120 7 301 98098 90669 8 038 8 198 90669 84929 10 339 2 256 84929 80169 5 315 5 353 80169 76061 3 349 1 274 76061 72421 8 327 5 342 72421 69132 6 304 10 291 69132 66104 13 310 12 303 66104 63281 14 306 16 288 63281 60556 21 306 17 302 60556 57717 29 279 21 295 57717 54765 29 277 30 282 54765 51946 42 293 36 290 51946 49409 52 285 50 280 49409 47147 50 281 49 276 47147 45109 48 285 50 281 45109 43264 50 288 53 283 43264 41590 59 289 60 282 41590 40061 63 285 66 276 40061 38640 60 283 66 271 38640 37301 58 285 62 269 37301 36001 57 286 60 269 36001 34675 58 286 59 269 34675 33295 59 285 60 271 33295 31864 61 287 62 274 31864 30369 62 290 63 273 30369 28796 60 294 63 269 28796 27147 55 292 61 263 27147 25417 55 285 62 263 25417 23608 57 281 67 266 23608 21725 58 282 68 269 21725 19762 60 279 63 276 19762 17718 53 267 47 276 17718 15636 48 242 46 270 15636 13624 45 245 54 266 13624 11793 46 241 52 256 11793 10171 45 242 47 248 10171 8737 47 248 45 244 8737 7462 50 249 44 238 7462 6326 48 248 43 235 6326 5317 42*244 42 235 5317 4426 33*237 41 236 4426 3637 29 232 39 237 3637 2929 27 227 37 238 2929 2303 26 225 34 238 2303 1779 25 224 31 239 1779 1377 24 224 28 239 1377 1100 23 223 24 240 1100 932 21 223 20*240 932 836 17 223 15*239 836 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