DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/02 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 - - - - - - 62.3 - - 64.5 - - 63.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -35 - - -28 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 75 - - 76 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 819 - - 819 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 835 - - 836 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1551 - - 2023 - - 1496 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 0 - - 24 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 18 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 181 - - 208 - - 199 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 835 - - 836 - - 835 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1035 - - -711 - - -1084 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1870 - - 1547 - - 1919 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 300 - - 540 - - 920 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.3 - - 64.5 - - 63.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.5 - - 63.2 - - 62.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.5 - - 65.2 - - 64.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.6 - - 63.0 - - 62.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -35 - - -28 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 75 - - 76 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - 12 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] 96629 15 260 15 252 21 254 96629 89397 9 244 18 280 10 267 89397 83864 5 226 10 280 8 282 83864 79291 8 262 7 295 12 325 79291 75355 11 291 10 275 19 306 75355 71871 13 314 9 260 11 274 71871 68686 19 305 14 292 14 299 68686 65736 22 276 25 286 21 294 65736 62996 24 254 28 269 24 283 62996 60333 21 246 28 268 28 268 60333 57551 29 266 29 262 28 264 57551 54654 33 257 30 258 30 263 54654 51881 35 246 40 249 34 263 51881 49389 37 235 43 239 40 253 49389 47172 41 226 46 243 44 241 47172 45182 71 231 57 231 51 244 45182 43374 76 217 86 213 65 240 43374 41711 75 214 95 207 68 230 41711 40161 76 213 92 203 72 219 40161 38708 74 213 92 202 80 212 38708 37337 73 212 90 203 88 208 37337 36010 71 212 87 204 94 207 36010 34659 67 211 83 203 97 207 34659 33257 63 208 82 204 96 207 33257 31805 60 206 82 207 85 206 31805 30293 58 208 76 205 75 205 30293 28707 57 209 70 199 76 206 28707 27048 54 207 69 199 74 208 27048 25321 50 208 71 202 68 214 25321 23524 51 212 69 203 60 217 23524 21655 55 214 61 204 55 221 21655 19705 58 219 56 212 57 223 19705 17671 65 215 57 222 61 226 17671 15594 67 212 61 224 61 228 15594 13592 70 205 62 225 57 225 13592 11774 68 202 60 226 54 221 11774 10157 65 206 57 228 53 223 10157 8719 62 208 56 228 54 224 8719 7437 57 208 55 228 54 226 7437 6300 52 210 56 226 54 224 6300 5294 52 211 56 221 55 222 5294 4405 53 208 55 216 54 221 4405 3618 50 204 53 214 54 220 3618 2913 45 198 50 213 50 216 2913 2290 42 197 47 213 45 212 2290 1769 35 191 41 211 37 207 1769 1371 30 187 35 210 32 204 1371 1097 24 184 30 208 25 201 1097 931 21 182 26*208 22 200 931 835 14*181 18*208 15*199 835 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