DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/09 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 - - - - - - 80.6 - - 82.3 - - 80.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - -1 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3276 - - 3768 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1850 - - 820 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4036 - - 4528 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1968 - - 2207 - - 5159 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 243 - - 190 - - 29 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 258 - - 267 - - 240 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1769 - - 1626 - - -962 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2267 - - 2902 - - 1799 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 451 - - 209 - - -2107 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3585 - - 4319 - - 2944 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 99 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1720 - - 1700 - - 2350 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.6 - - 82.3 - - 80.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 71.8 - - 74.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.3 - - 82.5 - - 80.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 71.5 - - 70.5 - - 73.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - -1 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3276 - - 3768 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 72 - - 96 - - 89 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 19 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] 99011 24 089 23 107 14 083 99011 91484 17 095 19 098 17 087 91484 85727 21 084 17 081 22 082 85727 80977 18 080 13 077 20 082 80977 76882 13 091 13 064 17 082 76882 73272 10 095 13 058 16 060 73272 70027 10 095 10 064 14 041 70027 67059 15 088 7 066 8 354 67059 64315 9 081 8 102 6 293 64315 61661 1 107 4 095 2 333 61661 58902 5 274 5 259 5 315 58902 56051 9 274 11 248 14 264 56051 53337 14 293 13 268 14 235 53337 50899 31 277 30 273 21 260 50899 48719 33 263 33 256 31 256 48719 46733 34 272 33 253 39 250 46733 44900 40 277 39 252 41 244 44900 43191 41 281 42 264 43 247 43191 41585 38 278 44 272 44 248 41585 40067 33 272 39 273 42 253 40067 38632 33 261 33 271 40 257 38632 37244 35 227 35 263 39 255 37244 35839 34 219 41 253 40 247 35839 34388 31 220 45 237 39 244 34388 32893 28 227 45 231 34 253 32893 31334 27 238 45 238 38 266 31334 29693 31 246 42 247 34 264 29693 27973 33 244 34 253 30 258 27973 26179 33 237 33 253 37 272 26179 24313 31 236 39 262 36 289 24313 22375 28 232 30 261 28 284 22375 20360 23 242 23 276 18 301 20360 18262 22 275 21 278 16 302 18262 16121 22 288 20 288 24 294 16121 14052 25 285 22 298 27 294 14052 12162 27 285 24 300 25 303 12162 10477 26 286 23 297 23 309 10477 8981 23 283 20 288 20 305 8981 7653 19 269 20 280 20 292 7653 6475 16 260 16 272 17 278 6475 5437 15 259 13*267 13 267 5437 4523 14*259 12*266 12 264 4523 3713 12*259 11 266 11 261 3713 2986 11 258 10 267 9 259 2986 2343 11 258 9 267 8 255 2343 1806 10 258 9 268 7 252 1806 1393 10 258 9 268 6 248 1393 1109 9 258 8 267 5 244 1109 936 9 258 8 268 4*242 936 837 8 257 6 268 3*240 837 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