DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/22 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.3 - - 72.5 - - 69.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 49 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3930 - - 5500 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2973 - - 3651 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4690 - - 6260 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1922 - - 1310 - - 5690 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 330 - - 307 - - 35 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 020 - - 022 - - 053 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1078 - - 1735 - - -2434 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3612 - - 4526 - - 3270 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -219 - - 341 - - -3718 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4909 - - 5919 - - 4554 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 82 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 50 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.3 - - 72.5 - - 69.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.2 - - 55.6 - - 57.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.4 - - 72.0 - - 70.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.9 - - 54.3 - - 56.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 49 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3930 - - 5500 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 26 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 10 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] 99498 33 111 25 103 30 081 99498 91906 28 101 25 107 21 093 91906 86052 25 102 23 107 20 099 86052 81189 20 098 17 101 15 101 81189 77005 15 101 21 094 14 112 77005 73333 11 109 14 076 18 098 73333 70022 8 102 6 115 11 079 70022 66985 5 130 6 149 7 072 66985 64166 6 139 4 193 1 069 64166 61442 3 147 7 203 6 225 61442 58608 5 288 5 203 7 243 58608 55674 16 252 16 267 12 277 55674 52889 18 257 20 260 25 265 52889 50391 30 254 31 252 38 255 50391 48142 40 259 44 255 46 240 48142 46094 45 251 46 253 43 257 46094 44226 49 255 50 254 55 261 44226 42513 58 258 52 253 59 255 42513 40922 63 258 50 256 56 252 40922 39436 62 257 48 258 51 251 39436 38039 59 253 45 256 45 256 38039 36693 57 247 40 254 40 256 36693 35326 51 248 37 266 34 257 35326 33906 40 253 37 272 32 255 33906 32438 31 256 27 272 32 260 32438 30906 24 264 22 268 25 257 30906 29293 24 275 20 269 21 257 29293 27598 23 278 21 277 18 259 27598 25821 21 277 20 283 15 265 25821 23963 18 268 17 286 13 274 23963 22029 18 259 14 275 10 282 22029 20013 16 257 15 259 11 277 20013 17913 10 271 13 269 12 286 17913 15778 6 290 10 261 12 290 15778 13726 8 351 5 293 9 294 13726 11862 11 006 7 345 9 318 11862 10210 15 011 11 005 8 347 10210 8754 19 022 15 023 10 015 8754 7466 20 035 15 027 13 017 7466 6324 17 038 13*022 14 009 6324 5312 15*036 13*022 13 009 5312 4418 13*029 12 022 12 014 4418 3629 12 021 12 022 11 021 3629 2923 11 019 12 022 9 037 2923 2297 11 018 12 022 9 045 2297 1776 10 017 11 022 9 049 1776 1375 10 016 11 022 9 051 1375 1099 10 015 10 022 8 052 1099 931 9 015 10 021 7*053 931 836 8 015 8 022 5*053 836 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