DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/30 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 - - - - - - 54.5 - - 56.0 - - 46.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 39 - - 22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4741 - - 4709 - - 1376 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2802 - - 2186 - - 817 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5501 - - 5469 - - 2136 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3580 - - 2346 - - 1257 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 267 - - 238 - - 136 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 262 - - 271 - - 063 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 9 - - 31 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1214 - - 397 - - -321 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6716 - - 5072 - - 2458 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2513 - - -188 - - -2039 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8014 - - 5657 - - 4175 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 40 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.5 - - 56.0 - - 46.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 27.9 - - 36.7 - - 38.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.0 - - 55.8 - - 46.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.7 - - 35.7 - - 37.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 54 - - 39 - - 22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4741 - - 4709 - - 1376 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 95 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 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] 97317 13 251 21 262 16 262 97317 89910 12 210 15 257 13 269 89910 84294 10 210 7 237 10 272 84294 79640 5 250 4 195 6 279 79640 75627 3 271 6 239 6 313 75627 72070 3 023 6 213 4 309 72070 68823 5 033 7 240 11 259 68823 65813 5 310 6 255 13 238 65813 62997 10 269 12 259 12 263 62997 60250 15 230 23 245 24 251 60250 57372 15 253 23 241 22 249 57372 54370 28 268 29 263 24 270 54370 51497 35 264 31 272 38 275 51497 48909 39 263 42 277 44 271 48909 46601 38 266 48 271 46 274 46601 44514 40 269 49 264 51 275 44514 42604 45 273 48 267 56 276 42604 40841 51 277 52 275 59 274 40841 39207 56 279 61 278 62 274 39207 37688 59 276 67 275 65 274 37688 36270 61 274 70 272 68 274 36270 34915 61 274 70 271 72 275 34915 33558 64 276 70 273 76 272 33558 32172 69 278 73 276 78 269 32172 30755 76 281 78 277 78 271 30755 29287 78 282 79 278 81 272 29287 27754 72 284 73 279 76 272 27754 26152 66 285 63 280 67 273 26152 24479 59 286 56 278 57 273 24479 22738 53 290 51 277 50 271 22738 20928 52 288 50 277 49 271 20928 19042 52 284 49 277 49 269 19042 17073 49 284 45 275 48 266 17073 15060 50 284 38 270 42 263 15060 13122 38 290 30 261 37 261 13122 11362 29 281 24 248 34 264 11362 9798 27 265 21 249 32 268 9798 8406 26 263 17 251 29 274 8406 7167 20 264 14 256 22 282 7167 6068 16*261 13*261 15 293 6068 5096 12*256 12*266 10 307 5096 4241 9 256 12 268 6 334 4241 3486 8 259 11 271 6 043 3486 2812 7 263 11 272 12 066 2812 2219 7 266 11 274 15*064 2219 1725 6 270 11 274 15*063 1725 1345 6 273 10 275 14 063 1345 1084 6 274 10 275 14 063 1084 925 5 276 9 276 13 062 925 834 5 276 8 275 10 061 834 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