DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/14 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.5 - - 69.3 - - 64.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 142 - - 12 - - -58 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2544 - - 2174 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2069 - - 819 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3304 - - 2934 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 717 - - 843 - - 484 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 301 - - 162 - - 27 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 17 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 138 - - 147 - - 136 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -775 - - -1886 - - -2643 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4079 - - 4820 - - 3478 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9961 - - -11548 - - -11769 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13265 - - 14482 - - 12604 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 99 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 230 - - 260 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 67.5 - - 69.3 - - 64.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.7 - - 51.4 - - 52.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 66.6 - - 69.3 - - 66.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.4 - - 50.1 - - 51.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 142 - - 12 - - -58 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2544 - - 2174 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 45 - - 97 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 8 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] 98910 9 137 8 112 11 094 98910 91520 8 142 6 152 10 070 91520 85779 13 158 7 205 2 178 85779 80998 8 163 6 161 11 203 80998 76870 11 236 4 216 7 208 76870 73231 12 232 16 246 9 262 73231 69963 3 308 10 226 8 236 69963 66975 10 314 4 159 8 199 66975 64196 11 285 11 283 2 217 64196 61508 6 240 19 267 11 303 61508 58729 10 307 17 276 14 297 58729 55874 28 308 20 287 29 286 55874 53185 52 294 35 284 31 275 53185 50788 64 280 35 281 28 283 50788 48635 55 288 40 291 37 292 48635 46672 53 302 51 289 44 286 46672 44864 58 302 57 286 47 278 44864 43186 63 298 58 284 48 271 43186 41619 65 295 57 284 47 272 41619 40144 66 291 56 284 43 281 40144 38748 64 293 52 287 38 276 38748 37391 57 288 50 292 33 270 37391 36004 54 290 46 292 31 270 36004 34560 51 291 43 283 33 273 34560 33060 52 288 47 275 37 276 33060 31487 53 287 49 273 36 277 31487 29831 52 285 48 271 35 279 29831 28095 47 287 48 272 35 274 28095 26279 44 294 49 274 41 270 26279 24385 39 295 40 275 44 264 24385 22417 30 295 37 269 45 255 22417 20373 27 285 28 260 44 251 20373 18250 28 280 30 260 42 250 18250 16089 22 290 29 267 35 254 16089 14006 20 298 22 265 34 256 14006 12108 20 290 19 269 34 252 12108 10418 28 281 23 277 32 247 10418 8915 28 285 24 266 30 243 8915 7578 23 292 21 242 29 237 7578 6393 15 284 16 229 25 220 6393 5347 4 237 14 205 25 203 5347 4430 11 142 20 169 25 189 4430 3626 14*138 22*153 28 171 3626 2914 14*138 21*148 29 157 2914 2291 14 138 19 147 28 150 2291 1771 14 137 18 147 26 148 1771 1371 13 138 17 147 24 145 1371 1097 12 138 15 146 19 140 1097 930 12 137 13 146 16 138 930 835 10 138 10 146 8*136 835 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