DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/02 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.6 - - 89.2 - - 84.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 36 - - -29 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1277 - - 77 - - 78 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 821 - - 821 - - 821 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2037 - - 837 - - 838 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2065 - - 8554 - - 696 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 181 - - 53 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 237 - - 232 - - 206 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1913 - - -3459 - - -1310 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3950 - - 4296 - - 2148 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4554 - - -5559 - - -4371 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6591 - - 6396 - - 5209 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 61 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3340 - - 3220 - - 4260 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.6 - - 89.2 - - 84.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.7 - - 72.9 - - 76.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 88.4 - - 90.2 - - 85.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.4 - - 71.5 - - 76.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 36 - - -29 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1277 - - 77 - - 78 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 18 - - 20 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] 99024 8 112 12 162 2 164 99024 91592 12 093 5 184 5 029 91592 85846 9 072 2 114 7 067 85846 81069 8 057 7 093 6 078 81069 76959 7 050 7 052 7 075 76959 73340 5 029 5 032 8 050 73340 70075 5 010 5 329 8 008 70075 67084 3 329 3 320 5 341 67084 64315 4 297 8 278 10 321 64315 61646 4 331 10 247 14 290 61646 58889 11 324 9 269 15 267 58889 56041 21 299 16 289 16 285 56041 53332 34 278 29 282 26 275 53332 50908 41 284 38 289 42 301 50908 48734 52 284 55 283 52 290 48734 46751 59 286 61 284 59 290 46751 44920 67 290 66 291 64 293 44920 43220 71 292 73 295 66 296 43220 41632 69 291 74 295 68 297 41632 40137 61 286 72 294 69 297 40137 38727 49 275 67 295 67 297 38727 37361 50 267 58 291 63 296 37361 35973 48 269 50 285 57 293 35973 34532 46 269 48 280 51 290 34532 33039 44 264 45 269 48 286 33039 31480 43 261 45 266 45 276 31480 29841 42 263 41 270 45 269 29841 28123 41 265 39 273 44 272 28123 26323 35 266 37 270 41 276 26323 24444 32 267 36 265 38 277 24444 22493 33 265 32 266 34 263 22493 20466 32 263 33 265 35 263 20466 18355 33 254 35 265 35 267 18355 16204 32 255 32 257 30 269 16204 14133 27 260 27 261 22 268 14133 12251 23 274 26 259 17 274 12251 10577 20 265 28 249 15 280 10577 9086 20 254 27 246 16 271 9086 7755 22 255 25 249 17 250 7755 6570 24 257 25 253 23 243 6570 5517 25 256 26 250 25 242 5517 4587 26 256 26 248 25 238 4587 3763 26 251 25 246 24 231 3763 3024 25 249 24 244 22 223 3024 2370 24*248 19 237 21 220 2370 1822 16*238 17 235 20 218 1822 1402 15 237 16 234 18 216 1402 1113 14 236 14 233 14 211 1113 937 13 236 12 233 11*210 937 838 10 235 9*232 5*206 838 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