DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/26 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 - - - - - - 84.0 - - 85.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 177 - - 112 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2235 - - 2047 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1931 - - 1571 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2995 - - 2807 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2032 - - 2184 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 306 - - 257 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 199 - - 218 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 410 - - -73 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2585 - - 2881 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -96 - - -1353 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3091 - - 4160 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 90 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2850 - - 3190 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.0 - - 85.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.8 - - 75.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 82.7 - - 84.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 74.2 - - 74.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 177 - - 112 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2235 - - 2047 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 75 - - 61 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 19 - - 19 - - - 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] 99586 29 085 27 106 99586 92039 28 093 27 092 92039 86232 24 087 25 092 86232 81415 20 080 23 093 81415 77271 19 097 20 083 77271 73628 18 090 12 088 73628 70330 18 080 17 089 70330 67295 17 062 18 065 67295 64501 18 055 13 054 64501 61815 19 015 12 360 61815 59020 20 349 9 337 59020 56135 30 334 26 337 56135 53405 40 322 39 315 53405 50958 39 319 42 321 50958 48769 54 334 60 329 48769 46786 70 329 63 321 46786 44954 66 321 62 318 44954 43247 63 320 60 317 43247 41645 60 322 59 316 41645 40139 59 320 60 317 40139 38721 57 319 59 317 38721 37353 56 316 55 313 37353 35967 56 311 58 308 35967 34526 57 314 61 303 34526 33026 56 320 64 307 33026 31456 53 317 65 312 31456 29805 51 317 58 315 29805 28078 46 315 45 303 28078 26283 41 317 42 302 26283 24413 39 312 40 306 24413 22466 36 308 36 313 22466 20437 35 311 34 310 20437 18326 37 321 33 314 18326 16181 42 326 33 325 16181 14117 44 317 36 335 14117 12237 43 315 35 342 12237 10559 42 325 26 352 10559 9063 32 334 12 340 9063 7728 15 331 10 339 7728 6539 10 335 9 312 6539 5487 6 327 11 281 5487 4560 3 268 12 270 4560 3739 5*222 12 269 3739 3005 6*207 6*241 3005 2356 6 201 5*224 2356 1814 6 199 5 220 1814 1398 6 196 5 216 1398 1111 6 195 4 213 1111 937 6 195 4 213 937 837 5 195 4 212 837 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