DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/17 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 - - - - - - 76.0 - - 76.3 - - 74.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 90 - - 37 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4641 - - 4951 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3413 - - 3009 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5401 - - 5711 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1578 - - 1391 - - 6203 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 336 - - 275 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 346 - - 319 - - 310 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -9 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 761 - - 1037 - - -2148 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4640 - - 4674 - - 2984 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7836 - - -6697 - - -3546 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13237 - - 12408 - - 4382 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 74 - - 75 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 30 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.0 - - 76.3 - - 74.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.5 - - 58.7 - - 63.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.3 - - 76.1 - - 75.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.1 - - 57.4 - - 62.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 90 - - 37 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4641 - - 4951 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 52 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 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] 99404 28 094 23 098 20 082 99404 91933 26 095 21 075 23 099 91933 86155 18 091 20 077 19 089 86155 81348 15 095 11 083 14 077 81348 77188 12 101 7 122 7 059 77188 73501 7 106 10 130 4 066 73501 70171 1 147 9 131 3 094 70171 67118 4 118 6 140 2 154 67118 64293 6 031 1 263 3 308 64293 61578 6 354 7 213 12 261 61578 58770 11 295 7 302 11 267 58770 55869 21 277 20 256 25 262 55869 53107 32 279 29 266 30 257 53107 50621 46 268 41 274 38 271 50621 48398 57 256 61 269 57 272 48398 46399 67 252 74 251 77 258 46399 44583 71 243 72 246 77 250 44583 42911 70 268 70 261 81 259 42911 41354 80 266 80 270 88 264 41354 39888 78 256 81 267 88 263 39888 38497 86 266 81 263 86 262 38497 37142 85 274 82 264 77 261 37142 35761 63 265 70 264 64 259 35761 34327 53 256 63 259 53 260 34327 32842 53 261 58 255 50 268 32842 31287 54 264 53 263 48 271 31287 29649 49 267 47 267 45 273 29649 27928 41 278 46 272 45 271 27928 26126 39 281 42 279 44 270 26126 24247 36 280 34 283 40 271 24247 22294 32 279 32 288 35 272 22294 20257 29 276 27 289 34 281 20257 18135 26 275 27 288 30 290 18135 15972 26 285 26 289 23 294 15972 13892 24 287 21 287 22 294 13892 12005 17 279 21 301 21 305 12005 10332 17 289 22 311 18 322 10332 8850 15 312 20 326 18 328 8850 7544 13 333 17 328 17 323 7544 6391 11*349 13*321 16 320 6391 5369 11*349 12*319 14 320 5369 4466 11 348 11 319 12 321 4466 3667 11 347 11 319 10 321 3667 2951 11 346 10 318 8 320 2951 2318 11 345 10 319 7 320 2318 1789 11 344 9 318 6 320 1789 1383 10 344 9 318 5 321 1383 1103 10 344 8 319 4 318 1103 933 9 343 8 319 3*315 933 836 8 343 7 319 2*310 836 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