DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/19 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.6 - - 74.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 63 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4554 - - 5582 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3607 - - 3862 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5314 - - 6342 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1534 - - 2255 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 383 - - 325 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 304 - - 280 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -356 - - 278 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5670 - - 6064 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3987 - - -1795 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9301 - - 8137 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 62 - - 72 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 20 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.6 - - 74.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.7 - - 51.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.6 - - 74.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.3 - - 49.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 63 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4554 - - 5582 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - - 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] 98959 22 086 23 082 98959 91452 22 079 16 074 91452 85677 16 076 15 083 85677 80886 12 094 17 080 80886 76758 13 088 12 079 76758 73111 7 092 6 092 73111 69813 8 122 5 125 69813 66781 5 082 4 141 66781 63967 7 263 2 216 63967 61246 10 254 11 265 61246 58399 10 265 15 282 58399 55452 24 266 20 259 55452 52637 24 279 24 276 52637 50096 45 286 42 281 50096 47822 54 275 53 281 47822 45753 53 261 56 279 45753 43861 47 260 70 277 43861 42127 54 286 84 272 42127 40532 85 286 88 267 40532 39049 98 279 88 267 39049 37658 102 279 91 272 37658 36318 106 281 99 278 36318 34961 109 283 104 280 34961 33553 108 285 105 281 33553 32094 106 285 104 282 32094 30566 104 285 101 283 30566 28959 101 285 98 283 28959 27274 100 287 97 286 27274 25519 91 295 89 287 25519 23692 81 301 82 285 23692 21793 75 299 68 290 21793 19820 74 304 57 298 19820 17765 50 299 52 305 17765 15673 41 279 41 307 15673 13655 32 271 34 297 13655 11819 26 278 35 296 11819 10189 25 290 30 297 10189 8746 26 300 26 302 8746 7466 28 309 24*300 7466 6328 27*312 19*289 6328 5318 18*308 16 282 5318 4426 15 304 15 280 4426 3636 14 303 15 279 3636 2929 13 303 14 278 2929 2302 13 303 13 277 2302 1779 12 302 13 277 1779 1377 11 302 12 276 1377 1100 11 303 12 276 1100 932 10 302 11 276 932 836 9 302 9 275 836 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