DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/06 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 - - - - - - 77.8 - - 78.4 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 112 - - 54 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3054 - - 3291 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2387 - - 2145 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3814 - - 4051 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1362 - - 1469 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 311 - - 264 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 052 - - 041 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -27 - - -3 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3841 - - 4054 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4887 - - -3528 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8701 - - 7579 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 75 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 20 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.8 - - 78.4 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.7 - - 63.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.9 - - 78.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.3 - - 62.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 112 - - 54 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3054 - - 3291 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 1 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - - 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] 99468 33 087 29 100 99468 91933 29 093 27 102 91933 86113 28 089 22 088 86113 81295 23 083 26 076 81295 77151 17 096 21 072 77151 73488 16 097 13 077 73488 70186 14 099 10 076 70186 67168 12 083 11 092 67168 64378 9 054 11 086 64378 61679 8 049 7 072 61679 58869 9 044 8 013 58869 55961 9 037 11 330 55961 53194 8 023 9 317 53194 50711 4 031 7 321 50711 48489 2 264 7 293 48489 46475 7 252 8 243 46475 44627 9 240 9 216 44627 42917 18 239 6 223 42917 41330 24 240 5 272 41330 39847 26 237 11 260 39847 38452 21 228 13 244 38452 37100 8 234 11 243 37100 35724 7 252 9 272 35724 34296 4 272 8 279 34296 32818 2 001 4 290 32818 31271 6 027 4 355 31271 29644 8 038 9 029 29644 27937 9 037 14 034 27937 26149 10 027 18 035 26149 24279 11 030 19 035 24279 22331 15 035 19 029 22331 20299 18 028 20 029 20299 18181 16 030 15 035 18181 16025 12 019 14 038 16025 13949 10 039 15 038 13949 12064 17 057 16 058 12064 10391 18 049 15 071 10391 8906 16 049 12 061 8906 7587 16 063 9 045 7587 6418 19 069 11 042 6418 5384 21 067 13 044 5384 4475 20*060 13*037 4475 3674 16*054 12*038 3674 2957 14 052 12 039 2957 2322 14 052 12 040 2322 1792 13 052 11 042 1792 1384 13 052 11 043 1384 1104 12 052 10 044 1104 934 11 052 10 043 934 837 10 053 8 043 837 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