DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/02 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 - - - - - - 89.4 - - 90.7 - - 88.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 126 - - 36 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4797 - - 4999 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3707 - - 3159 - - 821 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5557 - - 5759 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1933 - - 1691 - - 6996 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 372 - - 285 - - 37 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 19 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 225 - - 225 - - 219 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 975 - - 589 - - -2970 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4582 - - 5170 - - 3807 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1288 - - -3214 - - -4429 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6845 - - 8973 - - 5266 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 76 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2510 - - 2330 - - 3400 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.4 - - 90.7 - - 88.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.9 - - 70.7 - - 73.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 88.5 - - 90.3 - - 89.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.5 - - 69.3 - - 72.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 126 - - 36 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4797 - - 4999 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 15 - - 4 - - 49 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 18 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] 99539 29 104 23 082 30 072 99539 91955 26 089 23 101 24 082 91955 86129 21 096 24 105 19 089 86129 81329 19 097 22 096 20 090 81329 77198 17 091 15 082 20 080 77198 73547 17 096 11 073 15 069 73547 70244 14 110 6 070 12 062 70244 67212 12 114 3 102 4 098 67212 64411 9 105 7 144 2 144 64411 61710 1 333 8 136 4 225 61710 58908 7 257 4 191 7 241 58908 56034 12 190 14 191 18 203 56034 53324 15 216 16 227 13 217 53324 50905 21 221 20 236 21 243 50905 48742 20 224 23 234 24 240 48742 46773 28 222 27 234 28 243 46773 44964 31 220 30 230 31 239 44964 43289 27 224 28 217 30 229 43289 41724 23 240 23 218 28 228 41724 40249 22 249 24 231 28 237 40249 38850 23 243 25 233 27 236 38850 37488 24 244 25 233 29 227 37488 36098 23 244 25 223 27 211 36098 34649 23 237 25 208 27 208 34649 33148 25 236 26 217 28 224 33148 31578 27 236 27 235 29 237 31578 29929 29 236 31 243 32 242 29929 28201 31 238 35 245 33 243 28201 26396 35 244 36 248 33 241 26396 24517 36 249 35 251 34 240 24517 22564 34 254 33 250 33 241 22564 20533 32 250 31 247 32 246 20533 18416 32 246 34 250 30 253 18416 16260 36 247 36 251 27 254 16260 14181 36 247 33 249 25 246 14181 12286 33 244 31 246 27 239 12286 10596 31 241 32 243 28 240 10596 9094 30 235 31 243 28 242 9094 7759 24 235 28 235 26 226 7759 6573 20*234 23*226 24 222 6573 5519 17*229 22*225 23 222 5519 4587 17 227 21 225 22 223 4587 3762 16 225 20 225 20 224 3762 3023 16 224 20 225 19 225 3023 2368 16 223 19 225 18 225 2368 1822 15 223 18 225 16 224 1822 1402 15 222 17 225 14 224 1402 1113 14 222 16 225 11 222 1113 938 13 222 15 225 9 221 938 837 11 221 12 225 6*219 837 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