DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/01 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.2 - - 89.5 - - 83.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 72 - - -15 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2062 - - 2308 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1423 - - 821 - - 821 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2822 - - 3068 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1292 - - 1673 - - 929 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 241 - - 162 - - 27 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 228 - - 230 - - 213 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -838 - - -893 - - -1270 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3660 - - 3961 - - 2107 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4018 - - -4257 - - -4733 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6840 - - 7325 - - 5570 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 73 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3470 - - 3870 - - 4270 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.2 - - 89.5 - - 83.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.5 - - 74.5 - - 76.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 87.6 - - 90.1 - - 85.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.2 - - 73.1 - - 76.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 72 - - -15 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2062 - - 2308 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 24 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 17 - - 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] 98941 2 207 5 096 7 060 98941 91562 3 092 3 025 14 055 91562 85844 12 108 2 210 9 083 85844 81072 9 097 4 182 6 022 81072 76973 9 101 5 107 5 013 76973 73358 3 043 3 345 9 009 73358 70084 4 029 6 264 12 312 70084 67087 7 319 4 280 12 279 67087 64317 8 308 4 267 10 283 64317 61638 16 297 10 291 14 288 61638 58858 18 287 12 282 18 272 58858 55990 22 286 19 270 23 270 55990 53272 24 266 27 256 32 261 53272 50845 29 275 29 281 30 268 50845 48678 47 287 45 288 42 276 48678 46715 49 275 49 279 48 278 46715 44914 49 264 46 276 47 275 44914 43245 50 257 45 268 40 269 43245 41683 45 256 40 262 37 264 41683 40209 38 260 38 261 38 255 40209 38813 34 263 36 254 37 249 38813 37458 32 260 35 249 36 247 37458 36074 32 264 37 247 38 246 36074 34632 34 267 38 248 36 250 34632 33136 35 269 38 252 34 258 33136 31571 35 270 36 258 35 263 31571 29926 37 267 37 263 35 264 29926 28207 41 260 40 263 34 269 28207 26410 40 260 40 261 33 269 26410 24533 38 265 38 263 33 265 24533 22579 36 268 36 264 35 266 22579 20543 30 279 31 268 33 271 20543 18425 30 275 24 268 29 264 18425 16268 31 263 25 266 27 258 16268 14185 31 247 26 262 23 258 14185 12287 28 251 23 259 13 261 12287 10600 25 272 21 262 10 239 10600 9097 22 284 19 266 13 211 9097 7757 22 282 19 261 18 216 7757 6566 18 278 22 259 23 226 6566 5510 15 272 24 258 26 233 5510 4579 15 265 23 252 25 238 4579 3756 14 261 20*246 22 238 3756 3019 11*252 16*233 23 236 3019 2366 7*232 15 231 23 228 2366 1821 7 229 14 230 21 224 1821 1401 7 228 13 229 19 222 1401 1113 6 226 12 228 15 218 1113 937 6 226 11 228 12 216 937 837 5 225 9 227 6*213 837 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