DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/27 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 - - - 39.8 - - 51.6 - - 61.1 - - 52.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 24 - - 123 - - 68 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 253 - - 1058 - - 2236 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 817 - - 818 - - 818 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1013 - - 1818 - - 2996 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 263 - - 555 - - 3628 - - 126 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 79 - - 212 - - 222 - - 13 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 12 - - 17 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 203 - - 237 - - 216 - - 260 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 4 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - -1 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1106 - - -2041 - - -4394 - - -3263 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2119 - - 3859 - - 7391 - - 4098 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5859 - - -4770 - - -6792 - - -6749 ODpotential blCL - - - 6872 - - 6588 - - 9788 - - 7584 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 74 - - 84 - - 53 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 39.8 - - 51.6 - - 61.1 - - 52.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.6 - - 37.7 - - 31.4 - - 37.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 39.6 - - 50.8 - - 60.6 - - 55.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.6 - - 36.5 - - 30.3 - - 37.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 24 - - 123 - - 68 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 253 - - 1058 - - 2236 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 35 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 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] 96663 23 093 9 110 11 104 9 086 96663 89472 27 097 19 122 5 105 13 079 89472 83872 14 096 10 111 9 137 4 122 83872 79177 12 123 7 205 6 227 3 341 79177 75112 5 017 6 171 11 212 14 257 75112 71517 9 360 3 220 10 245 18 250 71517 68237 23 290 16 276 17 256 15 253 68237 65202 30 260 29 278 26 273 33 286 65202 62398 20 269 33 276 39 267 37 257 62398 59668 17 300 32 269 30 269 27 269 59668 56817 34 292 30 265 37 285 37 280 56817 53875 35 290 30 271 38 278 43 273 53875 51057 41 292 41 275 46 275 45 285 51057 48508 46 286 45 280 46 279 62 290 48508 46250 51 288 59 282 60 291 67 287 46250 44232 54 282 67 279 66 283 62 285 44232 42398 58 284 58 277 61 275 59 283 42398 40717 64 285 55 282 58 277 61 279 40717 39170 63 287 57 287 63 282 64 276 39170 37738 63 293 65 294 69 283 67 275 37738 36405 76 309 71 295 72 281 70 275 36405 35125 90 309 75 297 76 279 71 276 35125 33824 84 301 77 297 77 279 71 278 33824 32472 86 301 76 294 76 279 71 280 32472 31069 85 302 75 291 75 279 71 280 31069 29601 81 300 75 288 73 280 70 280 29601 28058 79 299 75 288 72 284 70 281 28058 26440 78 297 72 290 69 287 69 282 26440 24746 80 296 67 290 66 290 70 283 24746 22981 79 297 65 291 62 288 69 285 22981 21144 74 298 63 289 59 287 65 285 21144 19231 68 301 61 286 59 288 58 285 19231 17239 64 304 60 286 57 288 50 283 17239 15215 51 298 52 290 49 285 42 284 15215 13270 45 291 46 284 46 270 38 271 13270 11503 30 292 49 283 52 265 39 263 11503 9934 25 276 48 289 47 262 39 264 9934 8537 28 264 41 298 44 259 31 260 8537 7292 34 258 31 295 41 253 30 268 7292 6183 33 252 22 288 33 248 30 279 6183 5199 30 245 24 272 28 246 30 280 5199 4330 26 240 27 267 26 241 30 271 4330 3562 25 236 26 266 24*231 30 267 3562 2872 28 231 24 263 21*222 29 266 2872 2262 29 221 22*260 18 217 27 266 2262 1752 25 208 13*239 18 215 25 266 1752 1360 22 206 13 237 17 215 23 265 1360 1091 16*204 12 236 16 215 19 263 1091 927 14*203 11 235 14 214 16*262 927 835 11 203 10 235 12 214 7*260 835 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