DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/01 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 - - - - - - 89.6 - - 90.3 - - 85.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 121 - - 35 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3841 - - 3873 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2991 - - 2351 - - 821 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4601 - - 4633 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1401 - - 1594 - - 5007 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 343 - - 261 - - 38 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 19 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 218 - - 218 - - 209 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 107 - - -258 - - -2560 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4494 - - 4892 - - 3397 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3757 - - -4397 - - -4339 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8358 - - 9030 - - 5176 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 73 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2520 - - 2340 - - 2880 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.6 - - 90.3 - - 85.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 72.4 - - 71.4 - - 73.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 88.8 - - 90.1 - - 87.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 71.0 - - 70.0 - - 72.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 121 - - 35 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3841 - - 3873 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 18 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] 99440 28 105 27 091 35 083 99440 91896 25 100 25 109 25 069 91896 86103 25 097 17 100 19 083 86103 81284 27 092 19 082 21 099 81284 77129 24 086 15 089 21 105 77129 73471 16 077 16 106 13 096 73471 70186 8 051 13 086 8 085 70186 67174 7 104 5 050 6 069 67174 64376 7 118 5 179 7 311 64376 61670 4 150 11 151 9 226 61670 58866 8 242 8 237 8 197 58866 56003 13 231 16 242 14 237 56003 53327 12 194 19 211 19 228 53327 50943 10 200 22 187 22 214 50943 48792 15 228 19 214 23 223 48792 46821 26 232 28 239 29 240 46821 44999 29 224 30 236 34 238 44999 43307 30 229 28 226 34 230 43307 41729 30 227 28 222 33 221 41729 40248 30 221 28 223 31 219 40248 38846 29 224 29 225 28 222 38846 37484 27 233 30 226 29 231 37484 36093 25 239 31 226 31 239 36093 34646 29 242 32 226 34 238 34646 33147 31 239 33 229 34 235 33147 31576 28 233 33 232 33 229 31576 29923 28 230 31 232 32 231 29923 28191 30 236 31 233 31 240 28191 26382 33 240 31 239 29 244 26382 24500 36 240 30 248 27 246 24500 22545 37 244 33 252 28 249 22545 20515 39 247 32 253 27 248 20515 18403 40 241 34 251 27 250 18403 16250 42 237 37 248 30 252 16250 14173 45 234 41 246 36 248 14173 12279 45 233 43 244 38 243 12279 10590 40 232 41 241 38 241 10590 9087 37 231 38 240 36 241 9087 7749 32 230 33 236 32 238 7749 6560 27 232 27 232 30 234 6560 5508 24*232 23*223 27 225 5508 4578 18*222 22*219 25 224 4578 3756 18 219 21 218 25 222 3756 3018 18 218 20 218 24 219 3018 2365 17 217 20 218 23 217 2365 1819 17 217 19 218 21 214 1819 1401 16 217 18 218 18 212 1401 1112 15 216 17 217 15 211 1112 937 14 216 16 217 12 210 937 837 12 216 12 217 8*209 837 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