DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/03 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 - - - - - - 52.1 - - 55.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 57 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1175 - - 1213 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 818 - - 818 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1935 - - 1973 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 439 - - 550 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 211 - - 176 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 24 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 193 - - 097 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 452 - - 693 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1483 - - 1280 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 218 - - 350 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1717 - - 1623 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 160 - - 390 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.1 - - 55.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.6 - - 52.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.2 - - 55.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.3 - - 51.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - 57 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1175 - - 1213 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 93 - - 100 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - - 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] 96737 22 236 30 253 96737 89519 17 256 18 264 89519 83972 13 221 15 276 83972 79372 7 300 18 279 79372 75432 9 266 13 260 75432 71939 10 317 14 310 71939 68757 18 288 22 292 68757 65830 15 290 22 284 65830 63105 19 303 24 291 63105 60449 30 279 29 274 60449 57664 29 269 24 266 57664 54764 28 260 24 261 54764 51986 28 264 29 271 51986 49485 38 266 39 265 49485 47259 41 258 46 251 47259 45260 46 250 48 247 45260 43455 58 241 58 245 43455 41817 62 237 66 241 41817 40313 64 241 65 240 40313 38904 65 239 66 242 38904 37564 63 238 71 243 37564 36259 64 239 71 241 36259 34926 62 238 66 240 34926 33536 60 238 61 240 33536 32091 55 243 58 245 32091 30579 52 248 56 247 30579 28992 55 249 55 243 28992 27331 59 249 56 237 27331 25589 60 250 57 240 25589 23765 61 256 54 247 23765 21864 58 259 49 257 21864 19880 48 257 45 259 19880 17810 35 249 40 253 17810 15707 22 255 31 250 15707 13684 20 248 29 246 13684 11839 20 241 24 241 11839 10197 22 243 25 228 10197 8738 24 249 31 228 8738 7440 23 246 32 231 7440 6285 23 244 30 222 6285 5260 24 246 24 222 5260 4358 26 245 20 219 4358 3564 26 239 16 208 3564 2861 17 232 9 177 2861 2250 3*207 10*099 2250 1744 2*199 10*098 1744 1356 2 196 10 097 1356 1089 1 189 10 096 1089 927 1 188 9 096 927 834 1 186 8 096 834 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