DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/24 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0657z - - 1005z - - 1330z - - 1600z - - 1857z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 52.1 - - 64.3 - - 71.0 - - 70.0 - - 67.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -13 - - 100 - - 191 - - 84 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 76 - - 811 - - 2738 - - 1634 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit 819 - - 820 - - 2318 - - 821 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top 836 - - 1571 - - 3498 - - 2394 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 283 - - 1178 - - 664 - - 1216 - - 1751 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 180 - - 334 - - 214 - - 15 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 9 - - 13 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 101 - - 131 - - 126 - - 144 - - 118 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 3 - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -33 - - -941 - - 323 - - 183 - - -484 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 869 - - 2512 - - 3175 - - 2211 - - 1321 sfcLCL ODpotential -10902 - - -6178 - - -3445 - - -740 - - -1963 ODpotential blCL 11738 - - 7749 - - 6943 - - 3134 - - 2800 blCL maxRH 92 - - 82 - - 91 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m 52.1 - - 64.3 - - 71.0 - - 70.0 - - 67.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 51.2 - - 56.1 - - 59.8 - - 62.8 - - 64.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 52.9 - - 63.4 - - 69.7 - - 69.2 - - 67.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 51.6 - - 55.5 - - 59.0 - - 62.4 - - 63.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -13 - - 100 - - 191 - - 84 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 76 - - 811 - - 2738 - - 1634 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 69 - - 26 - - 64 - - 92 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 9 - - 11 - - 12 - - 13 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] 98224 12 192 8 219 13 216 15 254 11 266 98224 90835 13 234 7 227 12 224 15 242 14 239 90835 85120 15 261 6 248 9 198 14 233 15 252 85120 80372 9 258 6 222 8 220 11 222 11 260 80372 76283 6 259 6 217 11 230 11 241 11 254 76283 72671 11 241 9 255 11 228 14 248 12 260 72671 69411 12 262 15 264 12 256 16 246 15 260 69411 66429 22 282 20 266 15 269 16 262 18 261 66429 63681 29 269 25 265 23 267 22 255 23 255 63681 61030 32 262 27 260 26 253 21 270 23 263 61030 58269 34 259 31 266 35 270 39 270 33 262 58269 55400 44 265 42 263 50 260 47 260 46 265 55400 52659 45 259 44 260 50 254 57 260 59 262 52659 50199 44 262 47 264 52 254 63 257 66 260 50199 48000 48 262 51 264 53 254 63 255 67 258 48000 46009 51 258 52 260 53 252 59 252 66 256 46009 44189 51 252 49 254 51 248 53 248 61 252 44189 42515 48 247 44 250 46 244 47 244 55 246 42515 40962 44 244 39 253 39 248 41 243 50 242 40962 39505 38 240 36 252 34 255 37 246 47 239 39505 38130 30 245 32 249 31 260 36 250 44 239 38130 36795 26 251 28 250 30 263 37 252 42 241 36795 35433 24 243 26 253 31 264 37 251 41 243 35433 34016 23 236 25 248 29 266 37 252 40 244 34016 32546 19 235 24 240 25 266 34 256 38 245 32546 31005 16 238 22 234 22 263 28 259 36 243 31005 29385 15 244 19 234 21 252 23 257 33 239 29385 27687 14 247 16 230 20 242 22 254 30 237 27687 25913 11 246 13 221 18 241 22 250 27 241 25913 24061 12 214 13 212 16 239 23 246 23 247 24061 22132 16 203 14 209 15 238 20 248 20 250 22132 20123 15 195 14 195 14 228 15 254 17 250 20123 18030 12 173 13 178 11 198 13 242 11 252 18030 15897 9 163 12 166 12 170 13 200 11 219 15897 13843 9 158 13 165 15 179 22 215 17 222 13843 11977 11 165 13 169 17 199 27 219 24 220 11977 10318 13 165 13 168 18 208 24 217 23 229 10318 8842 13 162 14 163 18 190 20 204 19 226 8842 7531 14 161 14 160 16 167 19 194 16 217 7531 6369 18 155 16 151 17 163 19 192 14 215 6369 5343 19 146 20 142 18 161 19 194 17 217 5343 4440 16 137 19 134 17 151 19 197 18 208 4440 3643 15 137 18 130 15*141 18 197 17 192 3643 2931 17 145 18 135 14*130 14*184 17 176 2931 2302 18 151 18 136 14 126 11*160 16 162 2302 1778 21 152 17*136 13 125 10 143 13 148 1778 1377 23 141 11*131 13 124 9 140 11 140 1377 1100 15 119 10 131 12 123 9 138 9 132 1100 933 13*116 9 131 11 123 8 138 7*126 933 837 4*101 7 130 9 123 7 137 4*118 837 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