DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/09 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1553z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.6 - - 52.8 - - 54.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 23 - - 0 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1432 - - 74 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 818 - - 818 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2192 - - 834 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2209 - - 1621 - - 2735 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 143 - - 28 - - 29 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 12 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 048 - - 045 - - 031 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 769 - - -423 - - -613 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1423 - - 1257 - - 1448 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 308 - - -2182 - - -1038 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1884 - - 3016 - - 1873 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 150 - - 20 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.6 - - 52.8 - - 54.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.1 - - 50.0 - - 51.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 55.5 - - 52.8 - - 55.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.4 - - 49.5 - - 50.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 23 - - 0 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1432 - - 74 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 65 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 8 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] 98184 22 224 12 270 12 222 98184 90712 14 235 12 219 17 260 90712 84986 10 213 15 200 14 277 84986 80255 3 201 12 206 8 264 80255 76185 2 299 9 245 3 261 76185 72592 4 330 7 259 3 305 72592 69336 5 276 9 323 7 312 69336 66336 8 246 12 292 12 302 66336 63549 7 254 12 277 13 274 63549 60836 9 272 16 259 13 281 60836 57980 10 268 14 252 15 288 57980 54997 14 237 13 261 14 285 54997 52141 19 252 17 272 18 295 52141 49571 29 257 27 267 32 276 49571 47273 22 258 24 262 28 266 47273 45188 26 271 23 280 26 279 45188 43272 34 258 34 277 31 283 43272 41498 44 258 40 262 41 274 41498 39850 56 258 43 257 44 266 39850 38316 65 250 48 260 40 268 38316 36887 68 248 53 261 42 267 36887 35526 70 246 54 260 45 266 35526 34162 69 248 53 260 47 268 34162 32765 67 249 54 261 49 270 32765 31337 64 249 54 262 46 269 31337 29859 57 250 52 261 34 270 29859 28312 36 256 45 260 29 273 28312 26686 33 263 41 259 30 274 26686 24980 30 257 40 259 29 277 24980 23198 26 253 40 259 25 277 23198 21345 26 255 38 260 19 277 21345 19415 27 262 30 260 19 274 19415 17400 23 265 23 262 22 273 17400 15339 24 255 19 279 26 286 15339 13355 25 261 21 287 14 343 13355 11555 24 258 20 264 21 358 11555 9956 21 235 13 225 25 003 9956 8535 20 220 9 138 24 013 8535 7276 14 160 18 092 22 030 7276 6162 24 099 19 078 21 047 6162 5178 21 087 21 061 19 056 5178 4310 20 079 25 050 17 057 4310 3543 21 069 29 049 17 052 3543 2856 22 059 30 051 17 041 2856 2250 22*052 29 051 16 037 2250 1745 21*050 26 050 14 034 1745 1357 21 048 21 047 13 033 1357 1090 19 047 18 046 11 032 1090 927 17 046 16 045 10*032 927 835 13 046 12*045 8*031 835 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