DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/11 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 - - - - - - 76.2 - - 83.0 - - 78.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - 14 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 796 - - 1541 - - 338 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 820 - - 821 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1556 - - 2301 - - 1098 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1333 - - 2684 - - 1255 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 136 - - 148 - - 39 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 3 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 9 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 157 - - 265 - - 134 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 553 - - 471 - - 26 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1003 - - 1831 - - 1072 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 121 - - -791 - - -4468 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1435 - - 3092 - - 5566 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2720 - - 4930 - - 4160 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.2 - - 83.0 - - 78.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.8 - - 77.0 - - 76.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.8 - - 82.9 - - 78.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.3 - - 76.0 - - 75.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - 14 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 796 - - 1541 - - 338 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 96 - - 72 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 20 - - 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] 99454 17 121 15 089 19 070 99454 91959 21 098 11 105 16 057 91959 86161 13 075 15 092 11 081 86161 81339 9 072 10 079 8 065 81339 77180 5 059 7 071 6 026 77180 73500 5 050 6 011 8 023 73500 70172 6 056 3 043 4 356 70172 67120 6 026 7 071 5 352 67120 64290 8 327 11 352 12 352 64290 61570 10 285 18 275 17 308 61570 58756 11 278 12 256 20 281 58756 55839 33 311 23 313 23 299 55839 53066 45 296 38 303 35 298 53066 50578 48 287 45 295 45 299 50578 48354 47 279 53 294 51 295 48354 46347 50 289 61 288 57 292 46347 44517 55 285 62 281 57 287 44517 42832 46 276 55 278 54 282 42832 41266 41 266 45 280 50 281 41266 39800 42 264 45 280 48 280 39800 38420 42 264 43 280 43 282 38420 37084 42 266 42 281 43 286 37084 35721 44 268 41 282 43 290 35721 34298 48 275 39 284 43 296 34298 32822 49 283 38 285 41 297 32822 31276 47 280 38 286 38 297 31276 29648 47 283 39 285 38 298 29648 27939 49 284 43 281 37 297 27939 26149 52 286 46 278 37 291 26149 24283 51 288 46 281 40 285 24283 22349 51 292 48 284 39 287 22349 20338 55 291 52 284 42 287 20338 18242 58 290 52 285 44 287 18242 16110 60 289 47 287 42 280 16110 14056 61 288 41 294 40 282 14056 12188 57 287 37 295 39 295 12188 10523 48 282 31 279 38 299 10523 9037 40 275 26 268 34 296 9037 7710 33 266 21 257 29 287 7710 6526 25 257 21 241 28 277 6526 5475 13 236 21 235 27 267 5475 4546 6 185 19 237 25 254 4546 3726 5 160 17 240 22 243 3726 2992 4 191 15 246 16 233 2992 2344 6 245 14*254 9 219 2344 1804 3*169 12*259 4 183 1804 1392 3*159 10 266 3 144 1392 1108 3 156 9 268 3*137 1108 935 3 155 8 269 3*134 935 837 3 158 7 271 2 134 837 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