DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/15 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.7 - - 75.3 - - 74.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 9 - - 58 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 211 - - 855 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 820 - - 820 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 971 - - 1615 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1379 - - 863 - - 2191 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 52 - - 157 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 246 - - 201 - - 309 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 135 - - 426 - - -339 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 836 - - 1189 - - 1176 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -93 - - -5399 - - -1132 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1064 - - 7014 - - 1969 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 97 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 720 - - 1040 - - 1050 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.7 - - 75.3 - - 74.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 72.4 - - 72.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.5 - - 74.8 - - 75.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.8 - - 71.9 - - 71.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 9 - - 58 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 211 - - 855 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 87 - - 90 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 17 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] 98936 18 115 16 129 11 101 98936 91621 12 113 8 134 14 094 91621 85962 11 144 5 135 8 096 85962 81220 12 160 5 186 4 117 81220 77094 7 179 11 169 6 178 77094 73425 4 233 8 144 9 175 73425 70105 10 221 5 210 8 212 70105 67069 12 207 11 223 12 231 67069 64278 10 208 13 221 13 229 64278 61592 16 234 17 212 12 219 61592 58805 26 231 28 232 26 239 58805 55946 36 222 40 231 35 236 55946 53256 33 243 38 240 40 239 53256 50862 46 254 44 246 43 251 50862 48725 54 248 49 249 47 254 48725 46780 54 245 52 244 53 245 46780 44991 55 251 52 248 52 244 44991 43326 55 246 55 252 47 248 43326 41762 51 235 55 251 48 260 41762 40280 51 231 54 250 48 260 40280 38871 49 234 52 246 47 253 38871 37500 49 239 52 240 49 248 37500 36101 50 241 51 237 51 247 36101 34646 50 247 51 239 53 247 34646 33136 52 248 52 245 54 244 33136 31561 53 248 53 248 54 246 31561 29906 50 247 54 250 54 251 29906 28168 47 246 56 250 53 255 28168 26347 46 245 55 247 51 257 26347 24453 47 246 50 244 40 261 24453 22487 44 248 48 243 34 266 22487 20440 42 248 46 252 28 262 20440 18312 43 251 46 255 30 256 18312 16151 43 246 44 256 28 252 16151 14076 42 242 42 252 24 258 14076 12188 42 240 40 254 19 258 12188 10507 42 242 37 262 17 263 10507 9010 40 245 34 271 19 274 9010 7676 37 251 28 274 16 268 7676 6487 32 259 13 281 15 249 6487 5435 29 260 8 269 19 234 5435 4509 24 258 12 230 19 232 4509 3693 21 256 15 225 14 242 3693 2966 23 256 15 217 11 269 2966 2327 23 255 14 208 13 286 2327 1794 19 252 13*204 14 299 1794 1386 16 249 11*202 13 305 1386 1105 13*247 10 200 12 308 1105 934 11*247 9 200 11*308 934 837 9 246 8 201 7*309 837 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