DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 07/05 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.9 - - 90.8 - - 84.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 146 - - 57 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5406 - - 7518 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4217 - - 5194 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6166 - - 8278 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3478 - - 1591 - - 7019 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 399 - - 350 - - 31 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 18 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 218 - - 212 - - 212 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 5 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 27 - - 1081 - - -3786 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6139 - - 7198 - - 4623 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1385 - - -266 - - -5573 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7551 - - 8544 - - 6410 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 86 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 250 - - 60 - - 640 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.9 - - 90.8 - - 84.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.8 - - 62.0 - - 67.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 88.1 - - 90.4 - - 86.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.4 - - 60.7 - - 66.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 146 - - 57 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5406 - - 7518 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 4 - - 44 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 15 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] 99375 29 079 31 085 32 074 99375 91856 29 097 28 089 24 081 91856 86051 27 088 27 085 24 085 86051 81252 25 085 23 077 27 080 81252 77137 21 087 19 084 20 070 77137 73516 19 090 18 086 12 085 73516 70243 21 095 14 086 13 095 70243 67235 22 092 16 098 11 071 67235 64456 16 090 12 090 7 071 64456 61789 10 064 8 084 8 090 61789 59027 9 003 8 041 9 074 59027 56175 7 316 7 350 9 017 56175 53466 8 274 9 298 11 337 53466 51027 5 285 9 266 9 299 51027 48837 9 325 9 288 5 307 48837 46850 14 315 13 310 15 320 46850 45031 16 338 9 341 15 322 45031 43341 23 352 13 358 10 349 43341 41757 12 324 9 328 7 280 41757 40261 7 239 13 288 6 230 40261 38845 8 175 12 253 4 233 38845 37474 10 170 12 228 6 249 37474 36081 11 195 14 236 10 233 36081 34633 9 222 16 258 12 228 34633 33130 11 263 14 258 13 226 33130 31557 9 277 13 245 13 219 31557 29900 9 240 15 237 14 211 29900 28159 13 228 18 237 18 216 28159 26341 15 227 20 226 23 219 26341 24451 17 227 23 221 28 220 24451 22486 20 230 25 226 29 230 22486 20441 22 231 22 230 22 238 20441 18315 17 235 19 224 18 241 18315 16153 16 228 19 229 20 253 16153 14071 17 237 17 234 22 253 14071 12180 18 238 18 243 22 256 12180 10505 15 232 20 231 23 239 10505 9020 17 226 21*218 22 219 9020 7697 18 223 20*214 22 213 7697 6520 19*219 20 214 23 210 6520 5475 20*218 19 212 23 209 5475 4552 20 218 19 212 22 208 4552 3734 20 218 18 211 22 208 3734 3001 20 217 18 211 21 209 3001 2353 19 218 17 210 19 210 2353 1812 19 217 16 210 17 211 1812 1396 18 217 16 210 15 212 1396 1110 18 217 15 210 12 213 1110 936 16 217 14 209 9*213 936 837 13 217 11 209 5*212 837 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