DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/01 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 - - - - - - 61.3 - - 57.0 - - 59.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - 52 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1460 - - 1365 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 818 - - 818 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2220 - - 2125 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1390 - - 1158 - - 2880 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 185 - - 178 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 18 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 251 - - 270 - - 275 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -3 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 924 - - 853 - - -179 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1296 - - 1272 - - 1014 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 475 - - 475 - - -596 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1745 - - 1650 - - 1431 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 150 - - 0 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.3 - - 57.0 - - 59.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.0 - - 53.9 - - 57.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.9 - - 56.6 - - 59.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.1 - - 53.2 - - 56.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - 52 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1460 - - 1365 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 10 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] 97645 8 242 3 007 8 003 97645 90271 4 163 1 177 4 156 90271 84598 4 105 7 165 4 213 84598 79896 4 106 6 166 2 009 79896 75840 6 148 5 191 2 042 75840 72240 10 152 8 195 2 202 72240 68977 10 163 10 194 4 220 68977 65976 8 194 7 221 8 194 65976 63193 11 247 10 241 11 200 63193 60501 17 248 13 228 14 211 60501 57686 16 243 13 228 14 242 57686 54742 21 230 22 239 24 239 54742 51920 23 223 26 230 27 231 51920 49379 25 234 28 222 30 230 49379 47108 36 234 34 228 34 236 47108 45053 48 205 51 219 42 239 45053 43172 51 193 60 206 53 227 43172 41444 51 201 68 201 55 212 41444 39847 87 203 70 201 53 211 39847 38360 103 188 77 199 56 216 38360 36973 98 187 78 194 62 213 36973 35644 93 192 74 191 57 206 35644 34302 86 185 69 203 51 215 34302 32922 78 192 78 204 50 228 32922 31506 72 199 74 203 36 237 31506 30034 73 202 57 209 35 255 30034 28486 71 201 41 216 38 255 28486 26860 69 199 34 236 39 247 26860 25154 66 195 26 232 38 242 25154 23368 66 199 21 223 34 249 23368 21507 38 229 20 225 34 257 21507 19564 29 240 22 229 34 261 19564 17536 26 235 31 233 33 261 17536 15464 27 223 34 247 31 263 15464 13467 32 225 34 258 28 269 13467 11653 32 227 32 262 27 266 11653 10042 30 228 33 266 30 256 10042 8613 29 232 31 262 33 254 8613 7345 30 239 30 255 33 255 7345 6218 30 238 28 260 29 258 6218 5221 31 230 27 267 30 260 5221 4344 27 228 29 269 28 263 4344 3570 21 241 29 269 25 264 3570 2877 20 248 25 268 23 266 2877 2265 20*249 22*269 22 268 2265 1755 19*251 21*269 19 271 1755 1363 19 251 20 270 17 273 1363 1093 18 251 18 270 15 275 1093 929 17 251 17 270 13*275 929 835 13 251 13 270 10*275 835 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