DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/02 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 58.8 - - 59.1 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - 9 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2532 - - 2886 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1826 - - 818 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3292 - - 3646 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 873 - - 719 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 264 - - 171 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 13 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 009 - - 003 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -5 - - -21 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3297 - - 3667 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8102 - - -10076 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11394 - - 13722 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 78 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 58.8 - - 59.1 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.5 - - 46.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.2 - - 59.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.2 - - 44.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 86 - - 9 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2532 - - 2886 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 19 - - 14 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 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] 97725 19 252 21 254 97725 90461 16 254 16 231 90461 84853 10 248 13 235 84853 80209 3 270 7 287 80209 76220 2 320 8 269 76220 72681 9 319 10 283 72681 69465 14 286 14 292 69465 66508 16 270 17 281 66508 63757 20 268 19 260 63757 61088 25 269 28 269 61088 58305 37 264 33 258 58305 55422 43 260 49 267 55422 52700 60 263 61 259 52700 50261 68 257 63 259 50261 48065 70 255 70 267 48065 46077 72 257 76 269 46077 44264 76 258 78 267 44264 42594 78 259 79 265 42594 41036 74 260 74 269 41036 39570 68 263 72 277 39570 38182 65 265 73 282 38182 36833 63 264 71 282 36833 35454 62 264 68 278 35454 34014 59 264 67 275 34014 32519 59 263 67 274 32519 30955 61 264 65 276 30955 29312 58 264 61 273 29312 27590 53 261 58 268 27590 25787 51 254 56 270 25787 23910 50 257 50 272 23910 21960 46 262 46 274 21960 19932 42 263 45 273 19932 17824 39 267 41 279 17824 15676 36 274 35 281 15676 13608 31 280 30 288 13608 11738 24 289 24 295 11738 10088 19 321 18 308 10088 8633 16 337 15 329 8633 7347 16 343 12 345 7347 6211 17 350 12 357 6211 5209 18 357 15 010 5209 4331 16 007 15*006 4331 3559 14*009 14*004 3559 2870 14*009 13 003 2870 2260 13 009 13 003 2260 1751 13 009 13 002 1751 1361 12 009 12 002 1361 1091 12 009 11 002 1091 928 11 009 10 002 928 835 9 009 8 001 835 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