DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/17 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.1 - - 71.0 - - 70.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 53 - - 7 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 752 - - 660 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 819 - - 819 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1512 - - 1420 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1595 - - 1613 - - 2588 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 154 - - 91 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 29 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 173 - - 206 - - 261 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 16 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 13 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 220 - - 567 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1292 - - 853 - - 836 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1039 - - -199 - - -605 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2551 - - 1619 - - 1441 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 440 - - 1260 - - 1520 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.1 - - 71.0 - - 70.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.5 - - 68.8 - - 69.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.0 - - 71.1 - - 71.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.8 - - 68.5 - - 68.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 53 - - 7 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 752 - - 660 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 16 - - 16 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] 99043 30 089 23 100 21 080 99043 91496 25 106 20 097 17 085 91496 85676 16 098 19 099 19 077 85676 80876 10 094 20 081 17 087 80876 76763 10 093 15 065 15 092 76763 73123 11 097 7 115 8 041 73123 69821 11 085 11 130 4 216 69821 66783 7 022 3 034 3 056 66783 63965 11 291 11 299 12 324 63965 61251 11 274 19 274 21 286 61251 58424 14 279 21 288 28 287 58424 55489 26 293 33 286 39 285 55489 52696 33 298 35 280 55 268 52696 50179 48 293 40 285 45 264 50179 47902 49 287 60 289 42 280 47902 45829 48 289 80 285 65 296 45829 43938 74 289 91 276 89 294 43938 42209 92 277 91 274 105 290 42209 40614 90 272 97 278 115 287 40614 39120 88 273 101 277 118 286 39120 37711 88 271 101 275 119 284 37711 36351 85 270 99 273 119 281 36351 34974 82 269 95 270 119 278 34974 33548 79 269 93 269 118 275 33548 32077 77 267 92 269 117 272 32077 30543 75 264 91 267 116 271 30543 28933 73 262 89 267 114 270 28933 27248 71 261 89 267 111 270 27248 25491 70 260 86 267 107 271 25491 23664 67 259 84 268 98 268 23664 21774 68 260 78 269 88 260 21774 19815 68 261 77 266 85 253 19815 17779 65 261 78 266 84 251 17779 15701 64 261 72 266 82 256 15701 13694 65 257 66 261 73 268 13694 11873 61 253 65 255 53 271 11873 10256 53 246 62 248 37 247 10256 8813 46 238 60 242 37 240 8813 7521 46 236 62 237 40 248 7521 6369 50 229 64 230 41 255 6369 5347 53 214 64 220 36 263 5347 4445 54 203 61 213 35 266 4445 3650 50 196 57 210 34 266 3650 2938 44 187 50 209 33 266 2938 2309 39 182 46 210 32 265 2309 1784 35*179 40*208 29 264 1784 1380 31*175 35*206 25 263 1380 1102 27 173 31 206 22 262 1102 933 24 172 27 206 19*262 933 836 18 171 20 206 14*261 836 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