DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/03 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.9 - - 89.9 - - 84.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 20 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2892 - - 5242 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2112 - - 3001 - - 821 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3652 - - 6002 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3201 - - 2440 - - 2362 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 280 - - 266 - - 35 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 233 - - 219 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 332 - - 1504 - - -1490 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3320 - - 4498 - - 2327 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -828 - - -49 - - -3578 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4480 - - 6051 - - 4415 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 83 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3470 - - 3190 - - 4220 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.9 - - 89.9 - - 84.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.7 - - 72.7 - - 76.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.1 - - 89.8 - - 84.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.4 - - 71.3 - - 75.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 20 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2892 - - 5242 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 30 - - 34 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 15 - - 20 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] 99484 33 087 30 087 27 074 99484 91930 30 099 26 097 23 065 91930 86112 27 094 21 097 21 074 86112 81286 21 076 24 089 18 088 81286 77146 14 059 21 075 17 099 77146 73513 8 071 14 057 15 082 73513 70227 7 106 9 039 11 046 70227 67198 5 121 3 040 10 031 67198 64380 3 075 4 122 5 060 64380 61655 4 338 3 032 2 105 61655 58828 7 270 6 309 3 236 58828 55937 23 217 29 236 25 244 55937 53222 19 205 30 223 26 224 53222 50786 19 235 25 234 20 239 50786 48607 30 238 35 243 42 251 48607 46647 42 246 40 242 46 243 46647 44856 39 239 40 242 45 243 44856 43196 33 246 36 232 45 248 43196 41638 32 263 35 232 43 248 41638 40164 29 257 36 235 40 244 40164 38764 27 237 36 233 40 243 38764 37402 27 232 36 231 43 249 37402 36011 33 235 35 233 46 253 36011 34563 37 231 37 240 44 252 34563 33062 36 231 37 245 38 253 33062 31495 31 233 34 247 35 255 31495 29846 28 231 31 241 31 244 29846 28119 28 239 30 241 27 235 28119 26312 32 253 30 243 24 234 26312 24429 35 256 30 242 22 245 24429 22475 34 251 29 241 20 248 22475 20446 33 244 30 245 19 260 20446 18338 34 239 30 248 21 276 18338 16190 34 237 30 245 19 273 16190 14118 33 237 31 242 20 256 14118 12233 29 239 29 240 21 245 12233 10555 25 244 26 237 21 246 10555 9062 22 241 24 233 23 245 9062 7732 21 237 22 231 24 238 7732 6549 20 239 19*229 24 227 6549 5498 19 239 15*224 23 221 5498 4570 18 239 14 222 22 221 4570 3748 14*237 13 220 20 224 3748 3011 10*233 12 218 18 228 3011 2359 8 233 12 217 16 227 2359 1816 8 233 11 215 13 222 1816 1398 7 232 10 215 9 212 1398 1111 7 233 10 214 8 209 1111 937 6 233 9 214 7 207 937 837 6 233 8 214 5*207 837 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