DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/10 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 - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.1 - - 76.8 - - 70.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - 42 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3320 - - 4068 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2376 - - 2356 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4080 - - 4828 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1780 - - 1886 - - 4786 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 288 - - 256 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 27 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 335 - - 334 - - 017 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1046 - - -482 - - -1866 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5126 - - 5310 - - 2702 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3821 - - -2835 - - -3388 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7901 - - 7663 - - 4224 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 75 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.1 - - 76.8 - - 70.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.6 - - 56.5 - - 61.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.3 - - 76.5 - - 72.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.2 - - 55.1 - - 60.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 87 - - 42 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3320 - - 4068 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 12 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] 98880 10 227 11 284 7 333 98880 91433 7 203 9 245 11 297 91433 85653 3 285 7 215 10 226 85653 80839 6 270 9 280 7 247 80839 76711 3 301 7 275 5 273 76711 73085 6 309 4 198 4 280 73085 69811 8 239 9 238 11 255 69811 66807 8 267 9 220 8 256 66807 64022 14 268 10 292 14 295 64022 61336 16 263 23 260 21 266 61336 58532 21 229 19 239 16 272 58532 55626 36 278 31 284 34 283 55626 52883 57 249 48 267 42 274 52883 50438 54 242 50 251 46 261 50438 48255 51 250 46 246 47 257 48255 46280 58 264 44 250 48 254 46280 44468 66 274 49 262 51 257 44468 42790 91 271 61 270 60 259 42790 41228 99 258 78 267 74 258 41228 39760 98 254 85 260 82 254 39760 38366 98 252 87 255 83 252 38366 37010 96 249 86 250 82 253 37010 35623 93 246 85 248 82 257 35623 34176 90 244 87 250 81 260 34176 32675 89 242 88 253 70 264 32675 31110 88 241 86 260 58 272 31110 29465 88 242 75 265 47 273 29465 27741 94 249 64 270 37 283 27741 25939 87 254 48 271 34 309 25939 24062 61 243 41 271 34 320 24062 22115 51 238 38 277 32 315 22115 20094 52 244 38 276 28 309 20094 17991 48 255 42 267 26 304 17991 15853 42 264 39 263 24 298 15853 13802 38 263 30 273 18 280 13802 11939 31 268 28 280 15 298 11939 10285 23 271 24 273 15 279 10285 8820 16 264 20 268 18 268 8820 7523 15 278 16 278 13 272 7523 6371 11 299 11 291 6 269 6371 5351 7 295 6*310 3 319 5351 4452 4*303 5*328 5 000 4452 3656 2*328 5 331 7 011 3656 2943 2 331 5 333 8 016 2943 2312 2 337 5 336 8 019 2312 1785 2 336 5 337 8 022 1785 1380 2 337 5 338 8 023 1380 1102 2 337 5 338 7 023 1102 933 2 338 5 339 6 020 933 836 2 342 4 338 4*017 836 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