DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/29 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 - - - - - - 78.8 - - 81.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 191 - - 106 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3224 - - 4685 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2692 - - 3470 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3984 - - 5445 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1631 - - 2140 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 358 - - 341 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 037 - - 029 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1881 - - -658 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5866 - - 6103 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6383 - - -5431 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10367 - - 10876 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 59 - - 71 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.8 - - 81.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.0 - - 57.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.6 - - 80.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.7 - - 56.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 191 - - 106 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3224 - - 4685 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 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] 99727 29 106 31 102 99727 92194 37 105 24 100 92194 86367 37 094 23 099 86367 81530 24 087 25 093 81530 77360 23 102 21 077 77360 73684 22 093 14 100 73684 70366 14 094 17 108 70366 67317 15 072 15 103 67317 64499 11 046 17 094 64499 61784 7 054 13 071 61784 58981 14 028 14 016 58981 56102 25 356 19 342 56102 53372 34 334 27 328 53372 50920 36 326 34 320 50920 48719 37 333 36 317 48719 46715 44 334 42 316 46715 44871 51 332 47 317 44871 43160 58 331 50 318 43160 41560 64 329 54 320 41560 40054 68 331 58 320 40054 38628 70 331 61 322 38628 37244 69 331 62 325 37244 35831 65 329 63 328 35831 34366 60 327 62 328 34366 32851 53 328 60 328 32851 31275 41 326 52 324 31275 29629 35 323 41 323 29629 27915 29 327 35 320 27915 26125 26 335 33 322 26125 24256 26 340 34 328 24256 22307 29 341 31 332 22307 20271 26 341 27 341 20271 18147 22 343 25 345 18147 15985 23 346 22 349 15985 13907 24 348 19 351 13907 12021 23 351 17 003 12021 10353 19 358 16 009 10353 8879 16 008 17 008 8879 7573 16 012 18 006 7573 6414 16 022 15*008 6414 5387 16 033 10*018 5387 4481 12*035 10 022 4481 3679 10*035 9 027 3679 2960 9 036 9 031 2960 2324 9 037 9 033 2324 1793 9 037 8 036 1793 1386 8 038 8 038 1386 1104 8 038 8 039 1104 934 8 038 7 040 934 836 7 038 7 039 836 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