DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/24 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 - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.7 - - 64.6 - - 62.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - -3 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2839 - - 2318 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1431 - - 819 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3599 - - 3078 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1022 - - 1631 - - 3489 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 230 - - 101 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 088 - - 077 - - 054 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1110 - - 515 - - -843 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2489 - - 2564 - - 1678 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 410 - - -237 - - -1684 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3189 - - 3315 - - 2519 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.7 - - 64.6 - - 62.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.8 - - 56.5 - - 57.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.2 - - 64.8 - - 63.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.6 - - 55.4 - - 57.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 52 - - -3 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2839 - - 2318 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 97 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 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] 98500 9 148 7 184 2 185 98500 91156 4 132 4 138 2 093 91156 85474 5 164 6 074 3 120 85474 80725 9 164 4 162 3 025 80725 76639 5 153 7 193 5 324 76639 73051 0 300 1 174 3 319 73051 69817 1 215 1 155 2 149 69817 66847 3 204 4 265 3 078 66847 64089 2 208 9 267 5 319 64089 61426 1 067 8 255 6 295 61426 58661 8 315 7 293 10 309 58661 55804 12 297 10 295 15 277 55804 53085 21 315 16 320 15 299 53085 50641 31 301 29 303 26 309 50641 48451 31 301 39 300 41 300 48451 46469 37 306 45 294 46 291 46469 44661 41 304 40 294 39 296 44661 42986 41 316 42 306 45 314 42986 41427 59 320 57 309 59 314 41427 39966 67 315 63 305 65 310 39966 38584 62 311 62 305 63 303 38584 37237 59 313 58 308 55 306 37237 35859 59 320 53 311 50 310 35859 34420 53 321 49 311 47 310 34420 32924 49 318 49 309 44 312 32924 31356 45 316 47 305 41 312 31356 29704 40 326 42 310 36 312 29704 27971 35 335 33 329 27 306 27971 26155 34 337 28 324 24 304 26155 24259 31 330 22 331 20 310 24259 22288 26 327 20 322 18 301 22288 20238 20 339 18 331 16 304 20238 18104 14 346 13 341 7 323 18104 15931 6 000 7 359 4 310 15931 13845 1 061 3 009 4 282 13845 11950 3 113 2 084 3 281 11950 10270 6 116 7 124 3 155 10270 8783 12 124 10 138 7 153 8783 7468 12 123 9 133 8 150 7468 6305 10 121 7 121 6 120 6305 5281 13 113 7 103 5 120 5281 4387 13*096 8 079 5 122 4387 3602 12*094 8*077 6 105 3602 2902 12 091 7*077 7 089 2902 2282 10 087 7 077 8 080 2282 1765 9 085 6 076 9 074 1765 1368 9 084 6 077 10 070 1368 1095 8 084 6 077 9 065 1095 930 8 084 5 076 7 060 930 835 7 083 4 076 4*054 835 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