DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/29 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 56.6 - - 56.7 - - 56.0 - - 50.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 177 - - 409 - - 116 - - 43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2161 - - 4286 - - 5011 - - 2102 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1867 - - 3756 - - 3651 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2921 - - 5046 - - 5771 - - 2862 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4918 - - 2810 - - 3804 - - 3346 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 300 - - 490 - - 340 - - 183 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 18 - - 20 - - 22 BL Wind Direction - - - 312 - - 308 - - 313 - - 342 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 4 - - 6 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -6 - - -9 - - -16 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -484 - - 10 - - -159 - - -451 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3406 - - 5036 - - 5930 - - 3314 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1376 - - -244 - - -627 - - -1133 ODpotential blCL - - - 4297 - - 5290 - - 6398 - - 3995 blCL maxRH - - - 94 - - 95 - - 100 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 150 - - 30 - - 40 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.6 - - 56.7 - - 56.0 - - 50.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 44.5 - - 37.5 - - 32.8 - - 39.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.4 - - 54.7 - - 55.2 - - 50.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 43.4 - - 36.8 - - 32.4 - - 38.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 177 - - 409 - - 116 - - 43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2161 - - 4286 - - 5011 - - 2102 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 77 - - 78 - - 100 - - 42 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 97390 20 234 23 248 28 278 22 279 97390 89958 12 254 13 245 16 247 18 270 89958 84349 7 247 7 255 7 244 9 272 84349 79717 1 346 3 206 6 229 8 258 79717 75717 6 337 3 191 6 247 4 347 75717 72174 8 295 9 269 13 292 13 336 72174 68956 1 246 6 234 17 263 18 296 68956 65985 7 321 2 137 10 232 14 263 65985 63199 18 268 13 304 5 332 6 269 63199 60464 20 259 26 271 18 289 15 284 60464 57585 24 257 28 252 24 261 22 275 57585 54573 23 248 24 256 28 263 28 269 54573 51689 30 256 29 260 32 260 31 264 51689 49098 33 260 33 259 29 263 36 263 49098 46784 41 268 34 262 32 264 37 267 46784 44693 51 267 40 269 40 268 40 273 44693 42783 57 261 49 264 50 266 44 273 42783 41020 59 260 50 261 53 261 48 275 41020 39386 61 259 53 263 55 262 55 274 39386 37869 58 257 60 262 61 265 58 272 37869 36453 52 259 61 259 66 265 61 273 36453 35095 51 260 58 259 70 265 67 274 35095 33733 52 257 57 264 72 267 73 272 33733 32339 53 255 61 268 74 269 75 269 32339 30913 56 258 64 268 74 269 75 267 30913 29436 60 262 65 268 71 267 74 266 29436 27890 62 264 63 269 69 267 70 266 27890 26273 61 265 60 268 67 268 64 267 26273 24583 59 266 58 267 63 269 58 270 24583 22820 57 265 58 270 57 270 55 271 22820 20985 53 266 55 274 51 270 51 272 20985 19075 46 268 45 272 46 272 44 277 19075 17090 40 268 37 270 39 273 36 286 17090 15069 31 270 31 272 34 275 33 290 15069 13117 24 269 26 275 28 281 33 290 13117 11348 22 286 21 276 24 281 28 297 11348 9790 22 293 18 287 16 290 26 307 9790 8410 16 297 15 299 16 291 26 311 8410 7180 13 300 15 298 17 298 26 316 7180 6085 15 297 17 295 19*303 25 319 6085 5116 14 306 18*302 20*308 25 324 5116 4261 13 316 18*305 20 310 25 328 4261 3505 11*327 18 307 20 312 25*332 3505 2829 11*323 18 308 20 313 24*339 2829 2231 12 313 18 309 20 314 24 341 2231 1733 12 311 18 309 20 315 23 342 1733 1350 12 309 17 310 19 315 22 343 1350 1086 12 308 17 310 19 316 21 343 1086 926 11 308 16 311 17 316 19 343 926 834 10 307 14 310 14 316 15 343 834 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