DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/27 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 - - - - - - 92.0 - - 95.8 - - 90.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 41 - - 10 - - -57 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2998 - - 4796 - - 78 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1529 - - 2180 - - 821 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3758 - - 5556 - - 838 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2419 - - 2426 - - 2734 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 232 - - 237 - - 38 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 20 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 234 - - 242 - - 245 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -553 - - -863 - - -3273 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4312 - - 6419 - - 4112 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2994 - - -3749 - - -5863 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6752 - - 9305 - - 6701 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 94 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3980 - - 2600 - - 3790 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.0 - - 95.8 - - 90.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 75.3 - - 70.2 - - 74.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 91.7 - - 95.8 - - 92.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 74.4 - - 68.9 - - 74.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 41 - - 10 - - -57 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2998 - - 4796 - - 78 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 30 - - 74 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 14 - - 19 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] 99605 42 088 36 107 26 089 99605 92037 30 097 25 085 32 075 92037 86215 25 106 24 090 24 071 86215 81414 24 097 24 099 17 084 81414 77283 21 091 18 095 19 094 77283 73623 19 093 18 093 14 088 73623 70314 18 078 19 085 9 097 70314 67284 13 041 18 067 11 098 67284 64485 8 008 11 042 7 033 64485 61790 6 351 11 331 8 344 61790 59004 8 356 13 321 10 325 59004 56137 18 329 18 316 12 322 56137 53412 29 324 31 316 25 320 53412 50966 42 324 47 318 43 318 50966 48779 49 322 55 317 56 319 48779 46792 57 323 58 317 61 315 46792 44959 62 323 58 322 59 312 44959 43251 66 324 61 326 61 317 43251 41650 71 325 66 327 67 319 41650 40142 77 327 74 326 73 320 40142 38721 83 326 79 325 75 319 38721 37347 85 327 81 324 75 320 37347 35951 83 329 80 324 75 319 35951 34505 75 328 76 326 74 318 34505 33010 67 326 72 327 70 319 33010 31451 59 325 66 321 65 322 31451 29815 49 322 58 315 59 318 29815 28104 43 314 49 313 54 313 28104 26316 42 308 43 305 50 311 26316 24454 42 310 41 309 43 309 24454 22519 39 314 39 315 38 311 22519 20504 33 315 34 316 37 318 20504 18405 30 313 30 309 35 317 18405 16265 27 312 28 302 32 311 16265 14199 24 301 27 298 32 308 14199 12317 25 281 26 290 35 306 12317 10640 25 271 29 289 32 300 10640 9146 22 271 30 274 28 299 9146 7812 19 272 28 268 29 289 7812 6620 17 271 26*263 31 274 6620 5560 18 266 23*250 31 268 5560 4621 18 253 22 244 30 265 4621 3790 17*241 21 243 30 264 3790 3044 16*237 21 241 29 262 3044 2383 15 236 20 241 27 260 2383 1832 15 234 19 240 24 257 1832 1408 14 233 18 239 21 254 1408 1116 13 233 17 239 16 249 1116 939 12 232 15 238 13*247 939 838 10 231 12 238 8*245 838 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