DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/04 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.8 - - 84.7 - - 81.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 356 - - 228 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5812 - - 6306 - - 208 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4910 - - 5083 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6572 - - 7066 - - 968 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 985 - - 1144 - - 7263 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 522 - - 465 - - 44 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 214 - - 212 - - 203 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2330 - - -2128 - - -6255 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8902 - - 9194 - - 7224 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8426 - - -7621 - - -10389 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14998 - - 14687 - - 11357 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 69 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.8 - - 84.7 - - 81.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.6 - - 47.3 - - 52.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.7 - - 83.3 - - 82.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.5 - - 46.2 - - 52.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 356 - - 228 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5812 - - 6306 - - 208 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 11 - - 0 - - 1 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 9 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] 98792 9 137 6 137 6 122 98792 91306 14 109 11 062 12 074 91306 85533 11 110 9 052 14 078 85533 80758 9 134 7 098 8 064 80758 76673 6 143 10 120 5 021 76673 73069 7 115 7 132 6 016 73069 69795 10 071 4 156 6 032 69795 66783 10 068 0 154 5 022 66783 63991 7 035 4 360 7 017 63991 61288 11 341 4 334 7 340 61288 58474 12 308 7 334 9 293 58474 55565 10 254 11 308 13 289 55565 52789 15 269 15 268 14 283 52789 50301 17 260 19 244 15 256 50301 48096 19 250 23 245 25 249 48096 46126 22 242 28 239 35 236 46126 44342 28 238 33 233 39 235 44342 42700 31 233 34 237 44 236 42700 41165 28 228 36 236 45 233 41165 39715 29 230 37 233 43 231 39715 38338 30 229 36 233 42 230 38338 36998 29 227 36 235 41 230 36998 35629 27 226 34 234 40 228 35629 34203 27 226 33 235 40 227 34203 32723 29 225 34 238 38 230 32723 31172 29 223 34 241 38 232 31172 29541 30 221 34 242 38 234 29541 27830 32 222 35 241 39 238 27830 26039 33 227 37 238 39 241 26039 24168 35 229 37 241 40 244 24168 22225 35 233 34 247 40 248 22225 20203 33 241 33 250 37 244 20203 18095 29 242 32 247 30 241 18095 15949 25 234 27 236 24 233 15949 13886 23 225 25 233 21 227 13886 12014 22 222 24 226 20 228 12014 10354 21 221 22 223 18 229 10354 8883 17 221 18 222 17 226 8883 7580 14*220 15*216 18 222 7580 6424 14*217 15*214 18 219 6424 5396 14 216 15 213 19 215 5396 4488 14 215 15 212 19 213 4488 3685 14 214 15 212 19 210 3685 2965 14 213 15 211 19 209 2965 2327 14 212 15 210 19 207 2327 1795 14 211 14 210 18 206 1795 1387 13 211 14 209 17 206 1387 1105 13 211 14 209 16*205 1105 934 12 211 13 209 14*204 934 836 11 210 11 209 10 203 836 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