DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/13 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 80.6 - - 85.2 - - 87.9 - - 86.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 88 - - 104 - - 36 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1291 - - 2838 - - 3337 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 820 - - 2197 - - 1870 - - 821 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2051 - - 3598 - - 4097 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2146 - - 1257 - - 1315 - - 4384 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 209 - - 297 - - 243 - - 31 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 9 - - 7 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 6 - - 6 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 317 - - 303 - - 304 - - 264 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -2 - - -3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1255 - - -1305 - - -1791 - - -3155 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3306 - - 4903 - - 5888 - - 3992 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5016 - - -5682 - - -6140 - - -6859 ODpotential blCL - - - 7067 - - 9280 - - 10237 - - 7696 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 64 - - 60 - - 55 maxRH CAPE - - - 1090 - - 830 - - 770 - - 2070 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 80.6 - - 85.2 - - 87.9 - - 86.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 68.9 - - 66.6 - - 65.1 - - 71.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 79.9 - - 84.3 - - 87.6 - - 87.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 67.9 - - 65.2 - - 63.7 - - 69.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 88 - - 104 - - 36 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1291 - - 2838 - - 3337 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 47 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 15 - - 13 - - 12 - - 16 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] 99727 44 089 47 089 37 097 32 096 99727 92163 38 096 33 098 30 089 29 084 92163 86334 30 088 28 093 22 088 28 072 86334 81507 25 088 22 093 21 093 24 061 81507 77371 22 078 23 085 21 096 20 059 77371 73732 20 077 21 070 23 087 15 091 73732 70439 22 078 18 063 21 063 19 086 70439 67418 17 053 15 056 19 061 20 046 67418 64637 16 062 17 058 13 055 12 037 64637 61960 20 049 17 043 13 052 10 023 61960 59177 14 031 14 008 12 019 13 022 59177 56302 14 021 20 356 24 018 21 027 56302 53575 26 345 24 355 32 013 33 024 53575 51130 25 011 26 010 35 009 37 014 51130 48939 43 019 38 016 38 020 35 020 48939 46939 50 019 47 021 48 025 39 035 46939 45095 54 018 51 023 52 024 47 039 45095 43383 52 022 49 025 50 026 51 039 43383 41785 48 027 42 029 45 027 46 039 41785 40285 42 027 33 034 39 028 40 040 40285 38875 35 022 28 034 33 032 31 044 38875 37515 30 032 26 034 27 041 26 056 37515 36133 27 047 27 037 26 053 33 067 36133 34699 27 052 27 041 31 058 39 071 34699 33213 31 047 26 046 35 055 42 076 33213 31657 33 048 27 051 33 050 45 076 31657 30018 34 049 32 059 30 052 45 072 30018 28297 36 051 36 065 32 060 40 070 28297 26494 37 053 38 065 35 066 36 073 26494 24611 40 058 38 063 37 068 36 076 24611 22646 36 062 35 066 36 069 39 071 22646 20594 34 066 34 066 32 068 36 068 20594 18456 45 058 38 062 31 063 33 072 18456 16283 46 045 38 056 35 058 31 068 16283 14193 32 031 32 044 32 050 27 069 14193 12290 28 050 23 035 26 039 31 062 12290 10594 25 045 17 037 22 047 31 046 10594 9085 25 038 15 035 17 049 22 047 9085 7743 19 040 14 021 15 034 16 057 7743 6548 13 041 12 014 12 019 12 037 6548 5492 8 044 9 004 11 001 13 358 5492 4564 7 029 8 340 9*322 11 338 4564 3743 9 359 7*315 8*310 8 324 3743 3008 10 343 6*307 7 307 7 315 3008 2358 10*326 6 304 6 304 5 302 2358 1815 8*320 6 303 6 302 5 289 1815 1398 7 317 5 302 5 300 4 280 1398 1111 7 317 5 300 5 300 4 273 1111 937 6 316 5 300 5 299 3 269 937 837 6 316 4 299 4 300 2*264 837 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