DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/16 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.4 - - 69.2 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 89 - - 65 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3343 - - 4383 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2466 - - 3056 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4103 - - 5143 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4871 - - 3489 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 299 - - 306 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 26 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 243 - - 272 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 9 - - -13 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1155 - - -238 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2948 - - 5381 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -687 - - -1673 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4790 - - 6816 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 72 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1850 - - 100 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.4 - - 69.2 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.9 - - 48.2 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.9 - - 68.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.4 - - 46.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 89 - - 65 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3343 - - 4383 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 6 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - - 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] 98819 23 108 23 097 98819 91319 21 101 18 088 91319 85542 19 092 17 094 85542 80746 20 090 17 079 80746 76609 13 068 15 089 76609 72943 8 039 13 065 72943 69629 8 012 6 047 69629 66584 1 245 2 049 66584 63754 7 025 4 310 63754 61014 13 339 5 256 61014 58138 21 307 11 295 58138 55147 18 287 29 292 55147 52302 27 296 33 272 52302 49733 38 280 28 277 49733 47423 33 266 33 289 47423 45326 27 278 39 288 45326 43408 32 287 43 290 43408 41641 39 289 47 291 41641 40009 50 286 51 292 40009 38494 59 288 55 289 38494 37079 70 287 57 288 37079 35721 76 282 59 286 35721 34351 79 278 62 285 34351 32936 78 274 62 288 32936 31476 72 271 63 296 31476 29955 66 272 63 300 29955 28363 57 272 61 302 28363 26702 48 277 59 299 26702 24980 43 279 54 294 24980 23198 41 274 47 294 23198 21351 39 272 43 291 21351 19431 36 272 41 284 19431 17427 37 268 38 280 17427 15384 40 263 36 277 15384 13416 40 260 35 273 13416 11625 37 254 32 269 11625 10032 35 249 30 275 10032 8617 34 249 28 276 8617 7362 33 251 28 276 7362 6245 32 253 28 275 6245 5252 31 254 28*274 5252 4374 29*252 28*273 4374 3598 28*249 28 273 3598 2900 26 244 27 272 2900 2283 25 242 27 271 2283 1767 24 241 26 271 1767 1370 23 240 25 271 1370 1097 22 240 24 271 1097 930 20 239 22 271 930 835 16 238 17 270 835 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