DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/19 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 12.3 - - 15.1 - - 15.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 146 - - 64 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1428 - - 1369 - - 365 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1227 - - 815 - - 815 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2188 - - 2129 - - 1125 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 303 - - 207 - - 1089 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 242 - - 181 - - 47 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 9 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 294 - - 238 - - 199 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 2 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 64 - - 230 - - -376 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2124 - - 1899 - - 1501 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -17240 - - -17853 - - -18073 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 19428 - - 19982 - - 19198 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 88 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 12.3 - - 15.1 - - 15.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 6.2 - - 10.0 - - 12.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 11.4 - - 14.6 - - 15.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 5.1 - - 9.1 - - 11.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 146 - - 64 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1428 - - 1369 - - 365 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 72 - - 53 - - 85 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 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] 96262 29 249 32 238 33 257 96262 89148 10 261 19 237 18 256 89148 83651 13 240 20 231 19 234 83651 79084 16 235 19 232 22 235 79084 75127 17 245 19 235 23 242 75127 71606 16 256 17 236 19 252 71606 68394 15 247 18 247 17 252 68394 65414 17 239 25 258 19 269 65414 62639 17 261 28 254 19 259 62639 59941 28 271 23 245 35 280 59941 57121 25 259 41 273 44 270 57121 54190 47 271 53 266 37 279 54190 51373 59 262 51 270 53 286 51373 48839 53 271 53 281 65 281 48839 46594 44 289 69 290 69 286 46594 44574 51 307 83 293 76 281 44574 42719 77 304 90 294 78 283 42719 41005 98 298 95 294 87 290 41005 39423 104 295 96 290 103 292 39423 37952 102 295 92 287 106 288 37952 36576 97 295 87 295 101 286 36576 35250 88 297 91 300 95 287 35250 33911 89 312 94 302 96 290 33911 32527 104 318 99 303 100 292 32527 31100 112 315 103 302 103 293 31100 29610 113 309 102 302 104 293 29610 28045 115 306 98 300 100 293 28045 26408 118 313 90 302 95 292 26408 24697 108 317 85 302 82 287 24697 22905 93 308 82 294 78 283 22905 21034 84 302 81 292 77 286 21034 19080 79 305 83 296 72 288 19080 17049 76 302 72 300 63 289 17049 14987 65 305 61 296 60 296 14987 12999 62 311 56 294 61 288 12999 11200 62 312 46 292 55 273 11200 9618 57 316 36 291 43 271 9618 8227 48 318 28 294 29 275 8227 6994 43 318 27 289 28 273 6994 5899 41 315 29 286 28 267 5899 4931 37 316 27 288 23 264 4931 4084 33 321 21 289 18 253 4084 3344 28 323 14 288 17 237 3344 2693 24*316 9*267 18 221 2693 2129 16*295 9*239 17 208 2129 1665 16 294 9 238 15 201 1665 1310 15 293 9 237 14*200 1310 1065 14 294 8 237 12*200 1065 917 13 293 8 238 10 199 917 832 11 293 7 237 7 199 832 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