DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/29 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 - - - - - - 53.2 - - 57.2 - - 60.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 131 - - 79 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1514 - - 1654 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1247 - - 818 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2274 - - 2414 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 624 - - 878 - - 3603 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 241 - - 208 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 16 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 203 - - 181 - - 198 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3006 - - -4371 - - -7559 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5280 - - 6785 - - 8394 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12505 - - -12415 - - -14756 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14779 - - 14829 - - 15591 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 53.2 - - 57.2 - - 60.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.3 - - 30.7 - - 26.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 52.4 - - 56.6 - - 61.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.2 - - 30.1 - - 25.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 131 - - 79 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1514 - - 1654 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 96 - - 101 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 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] 96432 21 239 26 245 30 280 96432 89167 16 254 17 271 19 256 89167 83563 18 262 18 295 12 263 83563 78917 19 277 21 280 21 282 78917 74939 18 313 14 276 27 283 74939 71452 21 308 20 272 22 279 71452 68300 25 300 26 289 26 278 68300 65389 37 294 36 293 28 289 65389 62681 41 285 39 289 44 298 62681 60059 44 287 48 284 50 289 60059 57313 52 288 56 279 51 282 57313 54441 64 284 64 282 59 284 54441 51688 73 281 74 280 69 286 51688 49204 79 280 78 279 78 285 49204 46976 80 281 82 279 82 282 46976 44962 78 281 82 279 81 278 44962 43129 78 282 76 278 76 277 43129 41450 79 280 72 277 72 281 41450 39907 74 277 70 274 71 286 39907 38476 63 277 67 272 71 287 38476 37139 60 281 64 276 70 283 37139 35848 58 282 62 278 68 280 35848 34534 58 280 63 278 66 277 34534 33168 68 283 69 280 66 273 33168 31751 73 281 74 279 67 271 31751 30266 68 281 72 279 66 273 30266 28702 59 285 67 279 62 276 28702 27060 56 285 66 280 57 276 27060 25339 56 284 63 281 51 281 25339 23541 55 282 59 282 49 288 23541 21671 55 283 55 282 50 291 21671 19724 55 283 53 279 45 287 19724 17687 51 280 52 272 44 272 17687 15602 48 277 51 273 45 267 15602 13586 38 274 44 271 43 279 13586 11745 29 268 37 268 38 286 11745 10106 33 259 38 265 29 282 10106 8650 39 244 39 258 24 283 8650 7360 31 236 35 251 29 268 7360 6219 25 229 30 247 31 252 6219 5217 26 227 25 238 29 226 5217 4340 26 223 23 226 27 209 4340 3567 27 224 22 214 26 206 3567 2876 27*218 21*205 25 206 2876 2264 22*209 17*184 24 206 2264 1753 18 202 17 181 22 205 1753 1361 17 201 16 180 19 204 1361 1092 16 200 16 180 15 201 1092 928 15 200 14 179 12*200 928 835 13 199 12 178 7*198 835 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