DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/14 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 - - - - - - 76.6 - - 79.7 - - 75.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 276 - - 181 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3828 - - 4904 - - 810 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3263 - - 3875 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4588 - - 5664 - - 1570 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2213 - - 2395 - - 4551 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 417 - - 394 - - 78 W* B/S - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 123 - - 136 - - 121 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 344 - - 103 - - -1931 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4244 - - 5561 - - 3501 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -55 - - -481 - - -2993 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4643 - - 6145 - - 4563 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 92 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 930 - - 730 - - 1200 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.6 - - 79.7 - - 75.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.5 - - 57.8 - - 62.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.7 - - 78.4 - - 75.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.0 - - 57.4 - - 61.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 276 - - 181 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3828 - - 4904 - - 810 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 44 - - 66 - - 47 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 12 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] 97993 9 157 6 013 9 108 97993 90582 12 098 3 139 9 108 90582 84901 8 052 9 107 11 087 84901 80189 4 071 9 064 9 024 80189 76140 5 078 8 044 7 353 76140 72563 6 040 5 013 5 356 72563 69315 4 355 3 305 4 326 69315 66324 2 117 4 241 2 347 66324 63551 6 083 6 208 3 297 63551 60868 5 022 4 181 6 268 60868 58068 6 295 4 228 11 240 58068 55155 7 253 8 230 10 221 55155 52366 10 229 10 222 11 235 52366 49847 14 209 16 216 14 234 49847 47589 18 199 16 208 13 237 47589 45553 15 186 11 234 13 238 45553 43705 5 207 12 253 14 261 43705 42011 10 281 13 275 20 274 42011 40438 16 274 23 283 23 282 40438 38965 20 269 27 280 22 296 38965 37583 17 269 22 273 27 299 37583 36251 10 255 18 270 28 293 36251 34904 5 230 15 256 23 285 34904 33510 4 242 10 253 16 264 33510 32071 4 260 9 258 12 251 32071 30569 6 264 10 265 13 260 30569 28988 8 266 11 273 14 263 28988 27327 8 272 10 269 15 270 27327 25587 9 263 11 265 16 276 25587 23768 12 263 14 267 17 281 23768 21874 13 266 16 267 17 282 21874 19901 10 268 16 265 14 277 19901 17842 8 246 11 268 10 274 17842 15742 6 223 7 236 9 254 15742 13720 5 202 6 194 7 226 13720 11883 6 185 5 185 6 209 11883 10257 7 187 7 225 7 227 10257 8810 5 197 7 224 8 232 8810 7518 3 205 5 199 8 214 7518 6369 2 183 4*185 8 195 6369 5352 3*143 5*146 8 178 5352 4453 4*132 5 141 7 158 4453 3658 6 125 5 138 7 135 3658 2945 6 123 5 134 7 129 2945 2314 6 122 5 133 7 127 2314 1787 6 121 5 131 7*123 1787 1382 6 120 5 129 7*122 1382 1102 6 120 5 129 7 121 1102 933 6 120 5 128 7 121 933 836 6 120 5 128 6 121 836 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