DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/25 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.9 - - 71.5 - - 65.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 218 - - 159 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2693 - - 3632 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2328 - - 2861 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3453 - - 4392 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1074 - - 1060 - - 2419 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 344 - - 341 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 22 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 211 - - 219 - - 206 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -5590 - - -4153 - - -5387 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9043 - - 8545 - - 6222 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11723 - - -8588 - - -10433 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15176 - - 12980 - - 11268 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 83 - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.9 - - 71.5 - - 65.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.3 - - 36.8 - - 41.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.6 - - 70.5 - - 67.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.0 - - 36.3 - - 41.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 218 - - 159 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2693 - - 3632 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 19 - - 31 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 6 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] 96280 19 249 19 250 32 257 96280 89097 23 280 26 268 19 294 89097 83582 21 267 20 278 18 300 83582 78993 18 280 25 267 28 283 78993 75044 20 291 24 270 32 286 75044 71569 30 305 27 299 35 299 71569 68424 37 306 39 300 32 303 68424 65532 51 307 50 294 47 302 65532 62845 56 298 53 296 51 298 62845 60223 53 302 57 305 58 302 60223 57487 60 316 68 309 68 305 57487 54651 78 318 79 309 73 305 54651 51931 84 313 89 311 81 309 51931 49468 86 312 94 309 90 310 49468 47253 91 312 96 307 94 310 47253 45243 95 311 100 308 98 309 45243 43417 99 311 103 309 102 308 43417 41756 101 311 104 308 103 306 41756 40232 101 310 102 306 101 304 40232 38805 100 310 102 306 99 304 38805 37452 99 312 102 308 98 303 37452 36136 98 313 99 308 97 303 36136 34793 95 313 94 308 95 303 34793 33397 92 311 90 307 92 303 33397 31948 92 310 88 307 89 304 31948 30434 91 309 86 308 87 307 30434 28842 89 309 78 306 83 308 28842 27175 80 307 72 301 71 305 27175 25435 69 297 73 297 59 299 25435 23622 63 291 68 293 57 293 23622 21740 58 297 59 297 53 289 21740 19778 54 302 51 300 50 283 19778 17733 49 304 47 304 48 292 17733 15649 46 299 44 303 45 298 15649 13640 39 300 40 301 43 302 13640 11812 43 298 38 295 30 308 11812 10187 44 290 40 292 23 309 10187 8742 32 283 36 276 26 296 8742 7453 25 275 36 271 28 286 7453 6306 24 256 33 264 27 280 6306 5291 30 237 28*251 29 261 5291 4399 27 225 23*226 32 244 4399 3613 24*215 23 221 32 233 3613 2910 23*212 23 219 32 228 2910 2288 22 211 22 218 31 226 2288 1770 22 211 22 217 29 223 1770 1371 21 210 21 217 24 220 1371 1097 20 210 20 217 19 215 1097 930 18 210 19 216 15 213 930 835 15 210 16 216 8*206 835 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