DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 02/15 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 42.5 - - 48.7 - - 56.4 - - 42.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 30 - - 107 - - 58 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 558 - - 1135 - - 2305 - - 74 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 817 - - 818 - - 818 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1318 - - 1895 - - 3065 - - 834 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 724 - - 609 - - 1274 - - 212 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 105 - - 204 - - 213 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 10 - - 10 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 266 - - 272 - - 298 - - 227 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -2 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 297 - - 349 - - -1283 - - -110 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1021 - - 1546 - - 4348 - - 944 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 170 - - 289 - - -3906 - - -6807 ODpotential blCL - - - 1148 - - 1606 - - 6971 - - 7641 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 68 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 42.5 - - 48.7 - - 56.4 - - 42.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 41.0 - - 44.8 - - 40.3 - - 41.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 42.3 - - 47.8 - - 56.0 - - 45.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 40.8 - - 44.2 - - 39.5 - - 42.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 30 - - 107 - - 58 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 558 - - 1135 - - 2305 - - 74 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 101 - - 0 - - 39 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - 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] 96734 22 077 27 053 21 066 19 054 96734 89613 25 075 26 083 18 080 12 067 89613 84027 21 081 22 099 12 093 10 043 84027 79349 15 076 14 088 7 078 9 011 79349 75307 7 082 4 086 5 011 7 360 75307 71725 7 083 3 247 7 285 11 322 71725 68467 11 327 7 281 9 284 15 315 68467 65471 19 292 20 286 24 284 23 295 65471 62692 21 280 22 270 23 263 25 275 62692 59998 28 292 24 292 33 294 28 281 59998 57161 42 291 46 281 40 282 37 287 57161 54207 55 277 44 282 57 282 57 280 54207 51415 57 281 58 286 68 280 56 289 51415 48903 63 288 72 279 74 284 75 293 48903 46643 66 285 73 276 79 285 86 289 46643 44596 67 281 71 280 79 283 91 289 44596 42720 68 278 75 285 78 285 93 291 42720 40990 67 276 76 286 82 289 93 292 40990 39392 60 280 74 288 87 290 91 294 39392 37918 59 284 75 291 91 291 91 296 37918 36552 60 287 76 293 95 295 95 298 36552 35249 63 295 75 296 96 299 99 299 35249 33934 71 302 78 302 94 302 97 300 33934 32571 78 304 84 305 92 304 93 303 32571 31163 74 299 86 305 91 307 90 307 31163 29694 64 291 84 305 88 309 89 307 29694 28150 55 287 79 307 86 311 87 302 28150 26527 52 280 74 305 79 313 78 301 26527 24829 57 277 68 302 70 313 68 302 24829 23059 57 283 61 300 63 312 56 307 23059 21220 47 290 52 300 56 310 48 312 21220 19307 41 292 43 305 49 309 43 308 19307 17317 39 302 39 313 42 307 38 304 17317 15289 40 311 39 318 38 309 36 313 15289 13331 33 311 39 321 38 319 35 319 13331 11545 27 315 33 319 39 329 32 320 11545 9951 21 316 25 307 34 332 26 326 9951 8531 17 310 22 307 28 325 22 327 8531 7267 16 304 18 301 23 318 21 325 7267 6148 16 288 18 297 20 313 20 328 6148 5161 15 284 19 300 19 312 18 331 5161 4293 15 294 19 303 19 311 16 323 4293 3529 18 300 18 305 15*307 15 318 3529 2844 23 293 16 301 12*302 13 313 2844 2239 23 281 14*288 11 299 12 297 2239 1735 19 271 11*273 10 298 14 269 1735 1349 17*268 11 271 9 297 15 248 1349 1085 14*266 10 271 8 296 13 239 1085 925 12 266 10 271 8 295 11*234 925 834 10 266 8 270 7 296 6*227 834 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