DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.0 - - 42.5 - - 36.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 5 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 975 - - 972 - - 73 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 817 - - 817 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1735 - - 1732 - - 833 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 236 - - 379 - - 286 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 181 - - 88 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 251 - - 244 - - 222 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -316 - - -213 - - -134 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2051 - - 1945 - - 967 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8363 - - -6500 - - -8062 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10098 - - 8232 - - 8895 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 84 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 38.0 - - 42.5 - - 36.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.3 - - 37.2 - - 35.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 37.4 - - 42.6 - - 38.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.0 - - 36.1 - - 35.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 5 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 975 - - 972 - - 73 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 19 - - 34 - - 35 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 94529 46 286 42 295 56 328 94529 87813 53 292 52 303 53 318 87813 82614 52 289 52 305 49 316 82614 78276 48 282 49 301 43 314 78276 74495 38 283 42 295 40 307 74495 71086 33 293 36 292 37 297 71086 67937 33 291 32 295 37 298 67937 65010 33 292 31 297 38 303 65010 62289 36 295 32 298 36 299 62289 59644 43 288 33 298 32 295 59644 56854 42 278 37 298 30 292 56854 53922 30 283 41 288 35 296 53922 51109 39 295 46 288 45 288 51109 48585 46 290 53 289 52 290 48585 46340 53 290 57 289 56 295 46340 44312 58 284 59 290 60 298 44312 42465 53 281 58 286 62 300 42465 40780 53 293 55 298 59 301 40780 39227 63 303 62 305 59 310 39227 37784 73 301 70 304 68 313 37784 36439 80 295 71 298 70 308 36439 35150 83 289 67 296 63 305 35150 33848 78 287 63 298 57 306 33848 32499 72 296 60 301 54 310 32499 31104 74 304 58 304 53 317 31104 29647 77 307 58 306 53 320 29647 28116 79 309 59 306 53 319 28116 26505 78 310 62 304 51 313 26505 24811 77 311 64 305 51 308 24811 23042 71 310 64 309 51 305 23042 21206 63 308 61 313 45 303 21206 19294 51 303 56 316 44 302 19294 17298 46 297 48 316 37 301 17298 15261 46 295 39 306 32 302 15261 13297 45 301 35 295 28 298 13297 11507 42 304 34 299 24 292 11507 9914 37 304 32 302 21 288 9914 8497 33 301 30 304 20 283 8497 7238 30 297 26 299 21 278 7238 6121 26 294 26 290 22 277 6121 5134 24 288 27 291 23 282 5134 4265 23 284 27 291 25 292 4265 3498 25 286 26 290 23 298 3498 2813 25 283 24 284 19 288 2813 2214 22*268 20*271 19 263 2214 1718 18*258 14*246 21 242 1718 1340 14 251 14 245 20 236 1340 1080 13 249 13 244 16 229 1080 923 12 248 11 243 13 227 923 833 10 247 9 242 6*222 833 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