DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/29 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.2 - - 73.7 - - 65.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - -12 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1294 - - 76 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 819 - - 819 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2054 - - 836 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1460 - - 3977 - - 110 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 202 - - 43 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 196 - - 189 - - 160 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1766 - - -4801 - - -2042 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3820 - - 5637 - - 2878 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6520 - - -9784 - - -7621 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8574 - - 10620 - - 8457 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 64 - - 45 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.2 - - 73.7 - - 65.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.4 - - 52.0 - - 55.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.6 - - 74.4 - - 68.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.0 - - 50.7 - - 54.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 76 - - -12 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1294 - - 76 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 7 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 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] 97811 13 263 24 256 21 286 97811 90614 17 264 15 258 18 279 90614 85036 11 248 9 261 15 266 85036 80370 6 226 7 283 11 256 80370 76338 3 186 5 294 3 258 76338 72791 2 121 3 261 2 099 72791 69592 4 351 3 308 5 033 69592 66647 7 316 5 313 10 353 66647 63915 9 305 8 313 11 326 63915 61272 13 279 10 296 11 305 61272 58512 17 264 17 283 18 298 58512 55653 19 276 22 278 26 290 55653 52928 23 283 30 277 29 281 52928 50475 24 283 30 270 38 282 50475 48281 33 300 41 287 43 276 48281 46295 48 300 49 289 36 288 46295 44474 52 294 46 293 51 300 44474 42794 50 286 49 301 60 297 42794 41236 44 289 60 295 73 288 41236 39776 58 302 68 292 69 283 39776 38394 59 299 61 290 49 289 38394 37050 47 299 52 289 43 273 37050 35678 34 293 45 280 40 270 35678 34248 33 292 34 287 39 269 34248 32762 34 292 31 278 38 266 32762 31203 33 293 29 273 37 266 31203 29562 33 294 27 286 33 264 29562 27841 31 292 23 291 30 246 27841 26038 26 279 24 282 28 235 26038 24157 19 265 26 268 29 248 24157 22203 17 253 23 264 30 265 22203 20170 14 247 21 264 28 268 20170 18052 15 249 20 250 23 268 18052 15898 17 236 21 241 22 261 15898 13830 16 227 21 230 22 249 13830 11958 15 220 19 228 17 239 11958 10299 15 217 17 226 16 229 10299 8825 14 214 17 220 16 229 8825 7516 13 215 18 217 16 238 7516 6356 13 217 17 218 18 239 6356 5332 13 218 15 220 19 225 5332 4434 12 221 14 211 18 204 4434 3642 12 223 12 203 18 193 3642 2932 12 220 11 199 17 190 2932 2304 10*212 10 196 17 187 2304 1780 7*198 8 193 16 183 1780 1377 7 196 7 191 16 178 1377 1099 6 195 7 190 14 172 1099 931 6 194 6*190 11*167 931 836 5 194 5*189 5*160 836 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