DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/03 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 - - - - - - 78.5 - - 80.3 - - 77.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 156 - - 87 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3608 - - 4913 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2892 - - 3520 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4368 - - 5673 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2698 - - 1128 - - 5073 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 351 - - 329 - - 30 W* B/S - - - - - - 24 - - 13 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 134 - - 169 - - 186 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -6 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 403 - - 1327 - - -2694 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3965 - - 4346 - - 3530 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -767 - - -6411 - - -3618 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5135 - - 12084 - - 4454 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 73 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 50 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.5 - - 80.3 - - 77.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.8 - - 63.9 - - 64.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.3 - - 79.6 - - 78.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.5 - - 62.6 - - 63.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 156 - - 87 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3608 - - 4913 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 19 - - 0 - - 41 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 13 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] 99599 26 090 35 081 27 090 99599 92065 27 091 29 084 27 086 92065 86266 28 091 25 090 23 086 86266 81472 21 095 20 099 19 083 81472 77342 12 085 17 104 16 089 77342 73688 13 090 15 104 12 088 73688 70385 12 081 10 106 5 104 70385 67358 12 077 8 114 4 163 67358 64553 10 055 8 077 6 137 64553 61840 5 016 8 009 5 016 61840 59026 3 294 11 342 7 341 59026 56116 9 324 14 320 12 316 56116 53351 13 326 18 307 21 298 53351 50878 22 331 20 295 24 281 50878 48667 24 327 23 313 25 301 48667 46660 39 328 31 315 28 312 46660 44815 44 323 37 316 35 316 44815 43106 44 325 42 317 39 318 43106 41514 44 329 43 319 41 320 41514 40020 42 329 42 323 38 322 40020 38612 37 321 40 322 31 325 38612 37252 29 316 34 312 28 324 37252 35868 27 319 32 306 28 319 35868 34434 26 322 29 304 27 320 34434 32951 22 328 25 298 24 321 32951 31400 18 321 22 297 21 330 31400 29767 19 303 16 308 17 323 29767 28052 20 298 13 316 11 314 28052 26254 17 304 12 302 10 326 26254 24373 14 335 12 293 8 315 24373 22413 16 355 8 316 7 298 22413 20368 11 000 9 347 5 338 20368 18241 8 017 8 355 5 030 18241 16079 8 038 7 025 3 040 16079 13996 8 040 10 051 5 077 13996 12098 9 037 12 054 9 085 12098 10411 11 039 11 053 10 093 10411 8917 11 040 9 066 7 098 8917 7594 4 081 4 079 4 072 7594 6425 5 127 4*165 4 229 6425 5395 5 132 4*171 6 197 5395 4489 4*136 5 171 6 194 4489 3685 3*135 5 170 5 194 3685 2965 3 135 5 169 5 192 2965 2328 3 135 4 169 4 192 2328 1796 3 134 4 169 4 190 1796 1386 3 133 4 169 4 189 1386 1105 2 135 4 167 3 187 1105 934 2 134 4 167 3 186 934 836 2 132 4 167 2*186 836 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