DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/23 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 - - - - - - 72.7 - - 74.5 - - 74.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 104 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4224 - - 5689 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3376 - - 4207 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4984 - - 6449 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2874 - - 1576 - - 7139 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 377 - - 364 - - 33 W* B/S - - - - - - 18 - - 33 - - 4 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 025 - - 289 - - 203 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -5 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -134 - - 396 - - -4049 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5118 - - 6054 - - 4885 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1515 - - -4005 - - -4879 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6499 - - 10454 - - 5715 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 70 - - 73 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 40 - - 10 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.7 - - 74.5 - - 74.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.3 - - 51.0 - - 56.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.5 - - 73.5 - - 74.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.0 - - 49.7 - - 54.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 104 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4224 - - 5689 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 39 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 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] 99473 32 075 22 082 32 072 99473 91907 25 082 21 077 27 078 91907 86065 19 093 19 081 22 072 86065 81233 19 103 17 091 12 069 81233 77077 16 101 10 096 8 080 77077 73389 12 098 12 110 4 127 73389 70044 6 109 12 104 4 109 70044 66972 2 142 7 049 5 052 66972 64128 6 240 3 276 7 324 64128 61374 11 188 5 255 12 297 61374 58516 6 268 16 275 20 289 58516 55571 17 260 18 270 22 287 55571 52756 18 260 24 278 27 282 52756 50217 23 278 30 283 31 285 50217 47954 32 283 34 274 45 282 47954 45920 32 277 43 290 45 285 45920 44070 43 296 47 283 61 300 44070 42380 57 295 64 304 71 297 42380 40828 66 301 83 304 77 296 40828 39384 73 300 88 302 76 292 39384 38020 76 301 85 300 75 288 38020 36695 78 302 84 298 76 287 36695 35342 77 302 83 297 77 285 35342 33933 71 303 79 296 78 283 33933 32472 68 302 75 294 76 283 32472 30941 71 300 72 294 72 286 30941 29331 70 305 66 297 66 290 29331 27640 53 309 59 296 55 294 27640 25872 49 305 55 290 43 293 25872 24026 39 301 52 300 40 276 24026 22101 41 300 35 298 40 272 22101 20090 32 308 31 295 38 277 20090 17988 19 294 26 301 36 286 17988 15842 17 284 23 298 29 290 15842 13782 12 296 17 300 18 307 13782 11915 12 305 17 313 15 320 11915 10265 11 299 14 321 19 317 10265 8807 8 321 8 320 17 315 8807 7513 9 348 4*296 11 317 7513 6365 9 341 3*291 7 318 6365 5347 7*342 3 290 5 306 5347 4448 5*351 3 289 2 262 4448 3653 4 018 2 289 2 251 3653 2940 4 027 2 289 2 231 2940 2310 4 032 2 289 2 219 2310 1783 4 036 1 285 2 211 1783 1379 4 039 1 286 2 207 1379 1101 4 041 1 289 2 202 1101 933 4 040 1 289 2*205 933 836 3 042 1 282 2*203 836 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