DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/11 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 - - - - - - 60.7 - - 63.4 - - 59.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 436 - - 302 - - 28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5513 - - 5795 - - 2005 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4747 - - 4811 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6273 - - 6555 - - 2765 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 901 - - 1426 - - 3892 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 544 - - 490 - - 160 W* B/S - - - - - - 15 - - 20 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 010 - - 002 - - 096 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 10 - - 16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1637 - - -2418 - - -5164 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7910 - - 8973 - - 7930 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6429 - - -9450 - - -13149 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12702 - - 16005 - - 15914 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 56 - - 52 - - 58 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.7 - - 63.4 - - 59.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 28.9 - - 26.7 - - 27.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.3 - - 61.5 - - 58.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 27.8 - - 25.7 - - 26.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 436 - - 302 - - 28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5513 - - 5795 - - 2005 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 98135 10 219 4 195 3 281 98135 90676 4 185 7 262 10 319 90676 84964 3 283 5 250 8 289 84964 80222 4 255 4 228 7 246 80222 76119 4 264 4 281 3 292 76119 72486 2 226 6 228 8 282 72486 69189 5 277 2 316 4 232 69189 66152 12 243 12 286 11 324 66152 63338 6 260 10 266 14 285 63338 60614 20 300 16 314 15 293 60614 57765 27 290 28 298 21 305 57765 54797 35 285 36 291 34 302 54797 51966 37 278 42 289 41 294 51966 49431 37 285 43 285 47 296 49431 47169 41 297 42 288 55 293 47169 45129 48 304 42 293 54 291 45129 43270 55 307 49 309 53 303 43270 41577 63 308 62 310 62 300 41577 40020 66 309 68 310 62 295 40020 38576 72 322 68 313 67 315 38576 37235 88 328 70 315 78 318 37235 35944 93 329 73 316 81 313 35944 34625 93 327 75 317 80 314 34625 33249 86 331 78 318 73 315 33249 31820 77 324 78 321 68 309 31820 30321 77 319 73 321 64 309 30321 28741 75 320 70 325 58 311 28741 27080 65 318 70 326 55 312 27080 25336 59 316 66 326 54 316 25336 23509 57 314 57 321 52 321 23509 21603 55 315 50 314 49 321 21603 19619 51 315 46 313 46 318 19619 17559 46 312 44 313 45 314 17559 15460 42 309 43 313 44 314 15460 13437 34 307 39 314 41 315 13437 11599 28 308 33 306 38 314 11599 9975 24 305 26 295 34 307 9975 8545 21 300 22 291 29 296 8545 7284 14*291 12*297 19 284 7284 6170 6*332 4*339 8 273 6170 5184 6 343 4 346 7 273 5184 4314 6 012 4 356 2 269 4314 3546 7 016 5 002 3 106 3546 2859 7 018 5 007 7*100 2859 2252 7 019 5 010 10*097 2252 1746 7 021 5 013 11 096 1746 1357 7 021 5 016 11 096 1357 1090 7 021 5 016 11 095 1090 927 7 022 5 016 11 094 927 835 7 021 5 017 9 094 835 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