DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/29 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.6 - - 89.2 - - 84.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 130 - - 46 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3210 - - 3460 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2554 - - 2193 - - 821 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3970 - - 4220 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1114 - - 1582 - - 4831 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 327 - - 262 - - 39 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 20 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 194 - - 192 - - 189 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 339 - - 263 - - -1997 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3631 - - 3957 - - 2834 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5762 - - -5582 - - -3363 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9732 - - 9802 - - 4200 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 78 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3200 - - 3490 - - 3400 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.6 - - 89.2 - - 84.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.9 - - 74.1 - - 74.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.7 - - 88.9 - - 86.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.7 - - 72.9 - - 73.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 130 - - 46 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3210 - - 3460 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 31 - - 12 - - 41 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 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] 99118 28 103 21 080 34 080 99118 91652 27 100 23 083 27 079 91652 85925 23 087 24 087 18 073 85925 81170 18 076 23 087 13 068 81170 77063 17 067 19 086 8 076 77063 73420 11 050 18 075 8 091 73420 70121 5 035 14 050 12 075 70121 67089 6 089 5 043 10 038 67089 64281 5 105 2 347 2 041 64281 61587 5 121 4 184 1 319 61587 58804 15 279 15 285 11 311 58804 55934 23 264 26 259 25 274 55934 53219 29 271 29 272 30 278 53219 50807 31 265 29 278 23 289 50807 48664 23 259 25 267 18 291 48664 46716 14 259 20 256 19 278 46716 44919 13 265 14 251 18 269 44919 43245 14 272 12 258 15 258 43245 41673 12 278 10 267 10 246 41673 40192 12 274 9 270 5 268 40192 38787 19 262 16 256 10 281 38787 37426 29 254 25 252 17 258 37426 36042 37 251 36 257 23 259 36042 34606 36 249 41 258 28 264 34606 33121 33 249 39 257 33 257 33121 31569 29 246 35 254 36 251 31569 29938 26 244 34 249 35 252 29938 28228 25 239 34 248 33 255 28228 26438 25 236 33 248 31 258 26438 24567 26 247 31 249 27 259 24567 22619 22 254 28 257 22 258 22619 20591 21 257 23 264 18 252 20591 18474 23 252 20 259 17 245 18474 16308 25 246 19 238 16 226 16308 14211 22 239 21 221 17 215 14211 12298 18 229 20 218 18 212 12298 10594 17 223 17 219 18 211 10594 9083 18 230 17 228 18 223 9083 7739 22 234 22 232 22 238 7739 6547 25 225 26 221 26 223 6547 5496 23 209 24 208 28 209 5496 4570 19*197 22*196 28 205 4570 3750 19*195 22*193 28 203 3750 3014 18 194 21 193 27 201 3014 2362 18 194 21 192 26 198 2362 1818 18 193 20 191 24 195 1818 1400 17 193 19 191 22 193 1400 1112 16 193 18 191 18 191 1112 937 15 193 16 191 15 190 937 837 12 193 13 190 10*189 837 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