DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/23 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 - - - - - - 72.8 - - 73.8 - - 69.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 30 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5583 - - 6081 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4196 - - 3571 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6343 - - 6841 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1247 - - 1180 - - 6294 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 373 - - 278 - - 25 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 316 - - 299 - - 348 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 4 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1021 - - 1468 - - -2485 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5322 - - 5373 - - 3321 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4639 - - 354 - - -3965 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10982 - - 6487 - - 4801 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 84 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 40 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.8 - - 73.8 - - 69.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.4 - - 53.2 - - 57.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.1 - - 73.6 - - 70.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.1 - - 51.9 - - 56.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 30 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5583 - - 6081 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 35 - - 14 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 10 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] 99316 20 092 18 088 13 087 99316 91847 17 080 14 078 9 089 91847 86059 14 098 6 061 14 071 86059 81271 12 089 7 115 13 070 81271 77155 8 072 10 099 10 085 77155 73505 8 134 9 080 6 101 73505 70185 8 116 4 116 6 110 70185 67113 4 129 2 181 6 043 67113 64250 7 101 3 224 9 342 64250 61491 14 009 6 357 16 347 61491 58640 19 347 12 352 21 338 58640 55692 25 335 20 334 28 327 55692 52881 34 329 34 320 37 317 52881 50361 40 321 40 330 41 326 50361 48111 49 325 53 332 54 332 48111 46079 62 329 65 328 65 331 46079 44223 76 328 77 327 77 329 44223 42516 85 329 92 324 87 326 42516 40936 92 329 98 322 95 322 40936 39461 95 328 96 322 91 318 39461 38072 96 326 93 322 84 319 38072 36727 94 324 88 320 82 321 36727 35358 93 325 85 320 81 322 35358 33937 86 326 85 319 82 321 33937 32463 79 326 86 319 80 322 32463 30919 77 324 87 319 77 323 30919 29294 76 321 80 321 75 322 29294 27592 74 323 70 321 71 323 27592 25816 64 325 64 320 63 322 25816 23965 53 323 59 320 57 319 23965 22039 48 322 53 318 52 317 22039 20029 46 320 49 318 48 320 20029 17934 43 318 45 319 43 320 17934 15799 39 318 40 318 39 319 15799 13745 34 318 37 319 36 321 13745 11880 32 319 33 322 33 325 11880 10226 30 318 29 323 29 328 10226 8763 22 313 23 312 25 322 8763 7473 15*307 17*299 19 313 7473 6333 12*308 16*298 16 314 6333 5321 12 314 14 298 14 319 5321 4428 12 316 13 299 12 325 4428 3637 12 317 12 299 11 333 3637 2928 12 318 11 300 10 339 2928 2302 12 319 11 301 10 345 2302 1778 11 320 10 301 10 348 1778 1377 11 320 10 301 9 351 1377 1100 10 319 9 301 7 351 1100 932 10 320 8 302 6*351 932 836 8 320 7 302 3*348 836 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