DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/08 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.3 - - 84.2 - - 81.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 37 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3616 - - 3155 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2699 - - 1827 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4376 - - 3915 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1763 - - 1924 - - 5112 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 313 - - 244 - - 35 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 5 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 244 - - 199 - - 219 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1418 - - -1761 - - -2727 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5794 - - 5677 - - 3564 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5444 - - -7058 - - -4922 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9820 - - 10973 - - 5759 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 64 - - 61 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 100 - - 1080 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.3 - - 84.2 - - 81.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.8 - - 62.2 - - 68.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.5 - - 83.8 - - 82.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.5 - - 60.8 - - 66.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 37 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3616 - - 3155 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 15 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] 99649 26 083 29 090 23 092 99649 92072 26 102 22 089 20 075 92072 86235 25 098 19 086 22 072 86235 81408 21 081 19 082 18 066 81408 77262 19 080 15 082 12 058 77262 73603 19 087 13 098 7 079 73603 70293 16 058 15 070 12 096 70293 67253 11 039 14 051 13 066 67253 64453 5 038 12 011 14 032 64453 61767 4 081 7 337 12 025 61767 58979 11 004 8 017 12 359 58979 56101 13 327 12 339 17 324 56101 53362 14 335 9 327 10 315 53362 50887 28 338 26 341 21 335 50887 48664 28 332 29 330 28 331 48664 46642 26 332 22 326 32 326 46642 44787 13 325 19 331 28 322 44787 43073 12 286 29 335 22 314 43073 41479 10 236 33 315 27 295 41479 39985 8 230 17 262 28 288 39985 38578 5 220 13 223 13 278 38578 37220 6 169 12 207 7 272 37220 35839 8 190 11 219 16 273 35839 34403 4 219 7 215 16 257 34403 32916 2 250 4 246 13 251 32916 31361 4 335 8 288 17 276 31361 29722 7 337 11 291 19 295 29722 28004 5 322 12 290 18 296 28004 26205 3 281 12 290 16 290 26205 24328 6 261 14 296 16 287 24328 22374 7 256 14 302 15 290 22374 20343 9 253 14 302 11 302 20343 18232 7 243 12 286 11 310 18232 16083 3 257 9 281 10 294 16083 14013 2 247 7 283 8 308 14013 12127 3 250 6 281 6 321 12127 10450 3 286 6 273 4 253 10450 8964 5 315 5 247 5 232 8964 7645 5 328 4 221 6 228 7645 6474 3 331 4 185 10 236 6474 5437 3 283 5 189 14 236 5437 4522 6*254 8*201 13 232 4522 3712 6*250 9*200 12 230 3712 2985 6 247 9 200 11 229 2985 2342 6 244 9 199 10 228 2342 1805 6 242 9 198 9 226 1805 1392 6 241 8 197 8 224 1392 1108 6 240 8 197 7 223 1108 935 6 240 8 197 5*220 935 837 5 239 7 197 4*219 837 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