DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/01 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.8 - - 69.2 - - 72.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 381 - - 152 - - 10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3232 - - 1488 - - 1718 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2920 - - 1300 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3992 - - 2248 - - 2478 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1480 - - 1644 - - 2889 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 437 - - 249 - - 115 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 4 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 13 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 055 - - 036 - - 066 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4921 - - -4370 - - -5605 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8914 - - 6618 - - 8083 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10533 - - -9182 - - -11376 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14525 - - 11430 - - 13854 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 100 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.8 - - 69.2 - - 72.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.7 - - 43.4 - - 39.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.5 - - 68.1 - - 71.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.5 - - 42.8 - - 39.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 381 - - 152 - - 10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3232 - - 1488 - - 1718 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 71 - - 100 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 98505 24 081 14 064 20 073 98505 91048 17 054 17 074 14 058 91048 85335 14 070 20 076 19 048 85335 80614 15 085 17 082 18 047 80614 76533 17 069 20 083 15 052 76533 72905 18 058 19 072 16 059 72905 69619 20 061 16 068 19 046 69619 66608 21 048 15 058 13 025 66608 63825 20 021 15 019 12 028 63825 61123 23 001 20 002 19 010 61123 58298 25 337 25 346 17 332 58298 55382 25 319 31 328 22 331 55382 52617 28 309 39 315 37 328 52617 50131 30 303 44 304 47 317 50131 47896 35 308 44 297 48 307 47896 45864 38 313 40 294 43 295 45864 44006 39 314 42 305 39 303 44006 42304 44 308 50 306 43 309 42304 40739 45 305 52 303 49 305 40739 39279 43 302 49 304 50 309 39279 37906 38 302 46 309 42 311 37906 36578 32 303 43 308 35 314 36578 35226 27 308 37 306 32 321 35226 33819 24 316 36 309 31 322 33819 32359 23 316 37 309 32 320 32359 30831 20 311 38 307 33 319 30831 29221 17 312 37 307 34 319 29221 27530 17 317 35 307 36 317 27530 25758 21 320 31 306 38 319 25758 23904 25 313 27 306 39 322 23904 21977 28 313 26 312 34 323 21977 19972 27 317 26 316 29 324 19972 17886 24 310 26 312 24 333 17886 15763 26 305 25 314 24 341 15763 13718 29 309 22 323 27 341 13718 11859 28 317 17 324 24 345 11859 10210 26 328 13 309 18 347 10210 8752 19 334 8 324 13 003 8752 7459 16 337 11 004 13 028 7459 6313 14 335 12 013 15 034 6313 5300 10 321 12 015 16 034 5300 4408 4*007 13 033 14 037 4408 3621 7*054 15 045 14 042 3621 2916 8 055 15 045 12*051 2916 2293 8 055 15*041 11*061 2293 1772 9 055 14*037 11 065 1772 1373 9 055 13 036 11 067 1373 1098 9 055 12 036 10 068 1098 931 8 055 12 035 10 069 931 836 8 055 10 035 8 069 836 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