DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/04 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 - - - - - - 89.0 - - 90.5 - - 84.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 60 - - -2 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1755 - - 2302 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 821 - - 821 - - 821 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2515 - - 3062 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1198 - - 3954 - - 2576 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 222 - - 158 - - 25 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 231 - - 245 - - 248 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 4 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1435 - - -865 - - -1426 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3951 - - 3927 - - 2263 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3948 - - -3158 - - -4631 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6463 - - 6220 - - 5468 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 78 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3490 - - 4460 - - 4490 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.0 - - 90.5 - - 84.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.0 - - 75.6 - - 76.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 88.6 - - 90.6 - - 86.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.7 - - 74.3 - - 76.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 60 - - -2 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1755 - - 2302 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 13 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 18 - - 20 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] 99058 4 237 2 305 5 327 99058 91603 1 322 6 293 9 358 91603 85845 3 166 4 298 5 014 85845 81059 3 121 2 096 5 008 81059 76941 7 022 6 051 4 052 76941 73308 5 025 11 014 8 052 73308 70034 4 054 6 012 9 040 70034 67037 8 014 5 052 10 015 67037 64261 9 346 7 345 8 342 64261 61588 7 335 9 315 15 310 61588 58812 20 306 20 315 18 297 58812 55951 27 287 26 277 25 283 55951 53241 37 285 38 287 36 292 53241 50806 52 272 53 273 49 286 50806 48623 60 266 57 271 54 281 48623 46639 62 271 60 275 61 281 46639 44812 66 272 63 274 62 282 44812 43119 65 272 57 275 58 281 43119 41539 57 273 49 278 52 281 41539 40058 53 274 47 277 46 278 40058 38664 51 271 44 278 40 278 38664 37315 47 268 46 284 38 282 37315 35941 42 267 50 280 41 281 35941 34511 39 267 54 275 47 274 34511 33029 38 267 51 277 51 275 33029 31477 38 268 47 280 49 279 31477 29847 31 265 42 286 44 282 29847 28138 25 263 37 285 38 284 28138 26345 26 265 34 279 34 290 26345 24473 26 260 33 273 33 289 24473 22528 26 265 31 272 29 290 22528 20501 27 274 26 274 23 288 20501 18390 25 273 21 276 16 287 18390 16241 23 278 17 290 13 290 16241 14174 14 263 19 300 13 301 14174 12286 12 268 18 299 14 314 12286 10599 12 268 13 284 16 305 10599 9094 12 258 11 279 14 279 9094 7755 8 248 12 254 16 264 7755 6566 7 240 15 237 19 260 6566 5512 10 244 16 243 21 259 5512 4582 13 251 15 251 21 257 4582 3759 15 256 15*251 21 254 3759 3021 15*254 14*247 20 253 3021 2368 12*235 13 245 19 254 2368 1821 12 232 12 245 18 254 1821 1402 11 230 12 244 16 253 1402 1113 11 230 11 244 13 251 1113 937 10 229 10 243 10*250 937 837 8 229 8 243 5*248 837 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