DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/24 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 - - - - - - 73.0 - - 76.2 - - 70.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 11 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2054 - - 3107 - - 185 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 819 - - 820 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2814 - - 3867 - - 945 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3443 - - 3197 - - 2681 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 197 - - 191 - - 39 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 213 - - 222 - - 210 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -164 - - 497 - - -421 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2978 - - 3370 - - 1366 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1860 - - -982 - - -1176 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4674 - - 4849 - - 2121 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 93 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 570 - - 1260 - - 1640 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 76.2 - - 70.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.6 - - 64.1 - - 67.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.8 - - 76.2 - - 71.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.3 - - 62.8 - - 66.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 11 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2054 - - 3107 - - 185 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 98 - - 73 - - 94 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 14 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] 99193 33 077 26 092 28 059 99193 91709 29 093 25 080 24 074 91709 85926 23 090 20 083 22 078 85926 81118 17 086 20 087 18 087 81118 76968 11 101 12 076 15 072 76968 73292 8 117 7 102 8 034 73292 69964 8 093 8 084 0 038 69964 66899 5 049 9 037 4 046 66899 64055 8 345 8 330 9 334 64055 61309 10 323 11 303 12 299 61309 58450 19 303 17 292 15 295 58450 55477 26 281 18 288 21 292 55477 52638 31 280 36 290 41 290 52638 50087 42 273 51 267 52 278 50087 47816 42 270 42 263 50 274 47816 45777 49 287 48 280 53 279 45777 43924 72 288 67 286 68 278 43924 42229 79 282 80 279 79 277 42229 40667 77 283 84 276 84 275 40667 39212 77 284 84 277 85 272 39212 37841 77 281 81 277 85 271 37841 36514 72 278 79 277 84 270 36514 35163 70 279 78 278 81 270 35163 33757 68 280 72 279 77 271 33757 32298 67 279 67 278 73 273 32298 30773 67 278 64 276 69 276 30773 29169 64 277 63 272 64 276 29169 27488 58 279 61 269 61 272 27488 25729 51 277 56 270 56 270 25729 23894 47 269 50 275 55 268 23894 21985 47 266 47 275 50 268 21985 19997 43 267 47 272 38 268 19997 17921 40 268 45 274 41 270 17921 15806 35 274 39 274 34 270 15806 13768 31 279 34 267 32 276 13768 11919 26 281 27 269 31 276 11919 10282 28 279 28 273 27 278 10282 8826 27 266 26 269 21 284 8826 7529 27 243 24 261 16 283 7529 6377 27 235 25 252 14 263 6377 5354 26 239 23 247 14 253 5354 4453 25 238 20*237 14 246 4453 3655 24 230 17*225 13 240 3655 2940 21*221 17 224 13 236 2940 2309 18*216 17 222 12 238 2309 1783 16 214 16 222 11 227 1783 1379 14 212 15 221 9 216 1379 1101 12 211 14 221 8*212 1101 932 11 210 13 220 7*211 932 836 9 210 11 219 6 209 836 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