DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/28 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.7 - - 83.5 - - 79.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 81 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3251 - - 3958 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2618 - - 2804 - - 821 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4011 - - 4718 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1311 - - 1388 - - 2572 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 336 - - 302 - - 35 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 140 - - 154 - - 165 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -9 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 731 - - 844 - - -907 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3281 - - 3874 - - 1744 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -175 - - -333 - - -6468 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4186 - - 5051 - - 7305 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 86 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 810 - - 1160 - - 2810 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.7 - - 83.5 - - 79.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.8 - - 69.0 - - 74.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.7 - - 82.8 - - 80.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.5 - - 67.7 - - 73.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 81 - - -39 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3251 - - 3958 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 76 - - 43 - - 21 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 19 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] 99235 32 082 22 094 26 063 99235 91696 26 081 22 083 25 062 91696 85912 19 073 22 079 18 073 85912 81131 19 090 19 071 16 084 81131 77022 17 074 14 078 14 073 77022 73389 10 078 13 087 13 071 73389 70094 9 091 9 101 7 069 70094 67068 3 117 4 094 7 064 67068 64268 1 259 3 252 1 297 64268 61569 3 255 6 261 1 161 61569 58757 3 298 9 251 11 277 58757 55855 20 248 19 256 24 257 55855 53126 20 243 28 260 26 252 53126 50705 28 257 29 265 24 277 50705 48539 37 270 36 273 33 287 48539 46568 37 277 34 267 46 273 46568 44767 32 288 28 272 47 249 44767 43106 39 296 30 279 45 228 43106 41553 53 306 28 270 32 217 41553 40090 55 308 22 284 24 231 40090 38702 50 306 19 297 22 257 38702 37352 39 310 17 296 21 253 37352 35972 32 312 20 307 19 262 35972 34534 28 318 28 308 19 271 34534 33040 28 318 33 308 22 286 33040 31477 33 317 32 304 27 302 31477 29838 34 315 31 302 33 312 29838 28122 35 310 29 299 33 314 28122 26325 36 310 30 296 29 315 26325 24447 34 311 34 289 27 310 24447 22494 27 291 34 285 30 298 22494 20467 25 277 26 277 32 305 20467 18363 25 286 25 282 29 321 18363 16217 18 307 23 297 30 326 16217 14141 16 298 20 302 30 308 14141 12245 13 281 19 295 29 276 12245 10555 12 271 17 283 26 259 10555 9050 13 266 14 272 19 253 9050 7710 12 259 10 263 8 254 7710 6519 7 235 10 212 4 122 6519 5464 8 182 10*179 12 163 5464 4537 10*155 10*172 23 187 4537 3721 10*144 9 157 29 187 3721 2991 10 141 9 153 29 177 2991 2345 10 140 9 151 28 170 2345 1807 10 140 9 150 27 168 1807 1393 10 139 8 149 24 167 1393 1109 9 138 8 149 20 165 1109 936 9 139 8 148 17*165 936 837 8 138 7 147 11*165 837 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