DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - - - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 61.1 - - 59.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - -3 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 852 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 818 - - 818 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 1612 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 965 - - 2531 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 66 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 334 - - 302 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - -8 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - -1412 - - -1162 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 3024 - - 1997 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - -5686 - - -3136 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 7298 - - 3971 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 100 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 61.1 - - 59.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 50.9 - - 53.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 61.3 - - 60.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 50.2 - - 53.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - -3 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 852 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 101 - - 18 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 9 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] 98761 4 201 2 273 98761 91385 10 242 2 262 91385 85658 11 235 6 229 85658 80880 8 250 6 267 80880 76749 11 256 12 273 76749 73099 16 260 16 268 73099 69817 15 256 16 265 69817 66806 19 264 18 263 66806 64007 16 284 15 286 64007 61302 18 287 17 289 61302 58488 31 285 30 285 58488 55581 43 281 37 282 55581 52817 50 274 44 284 52817 50343 55 279 51 290 50343 48129 70 282 63 291 48129 46125 83 282 80 283 46125 44307 93 283 86 283 44307 42629 103 279 88 283 42629 41059 105 275 92 282 41059 39581 101 276 96 281 39581 38186 98 278 97 281 38186 36835 96 278 98 282 36835 35458 92 278 98 284 35458 34026 87 278 97 287 34026 32542 81 274 93 288 32542 30992 79 269 87 283 30992 29363 78 266 85 281 29363 27655 78 265 82 283 27655 25868 79 267 78 284 25868 24006 76 271 75 285 24006 22069 72 277 70 284 22069 20050 68 284 65 282 20050 17938 64 282 66 279 17938 15785 64 272 63 281 15785 13715 64 261 58 285 13715 11838 59 258 46 300 11838 10178 27 275 37 310 10178 8708 20 322 29 317 8708 7407 24 325 22 321 7407 6259 23 319 18 328 6259 5247 21 314 14 328 5247 4360 18 312 16 318 4360 3579 15 311 15 311 3579 2883 12 316 11 306 2883 2269 11 327 10 304 2269 1757 11*332 9 303 1757 1364 10*334 9 303 1364 1093 9 334 8 303 1093 929 8 335 6*301 929 835 6 336 4*302 835 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