DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/30 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 - - - - - - 63.3 - - 70.1 - - 65.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 21 - - 18 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 626 - - 1021 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 819 - - 819 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1386 - - 1781 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 905 - - 1180 - - 722 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 106 - - 126 - - 22 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 184 - - 212 - - 170 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 125 - - 293 - - -400 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1261 - - 1489 - - 1236 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5786 - - -3257 - - -5657 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7172 - - 5038 - - 6493 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 99 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 170 - - 100 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.3 - - 70.1 - - 65.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.4 - - 66.0 - - 62.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.2 - - 70.0 - - 66.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.9 - - 65.3 - - 62.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 21 - - 18 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 626 - - 1021 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 98 - - 94 - - 74 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 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] 97786 13 248 20 255 14 272 97786 90588 18 256 10 266 7 262 90588 85020 12 252 11 292 6 300 85020 80373 4 236 13 290 11 308 80373 76355 3 217 11 267 11 303 76355 72808 8 245 7 253 14 287 72808 69613 5 253 6 229 11 263 69613 66678 8 294 8 288 8 302 66678 63954 12 278 17 282 14 292 63954 61323 11 291 17 263 19 265 61323 58576 16 306 14 269 19 273 58576 55727 38 284 38 276 38 285 55727 53031 48 261 46 264 45 272 53031 50610 41 263 45 281 41 287 50610 48430 50 296 58 293 59 292 48430 46456 69 303 74 293 71 292 46456 44646 84 299 83 292 78 290 44646 42968 83 293 83 288 79 285 42968 41403 77 292 70 285 70 281 41403 39931 72 290 63 279 55 274 39931 38535 62 281 57 280 54 270 38535 37176 58 271 53 278 51 272 37176 35787 56 264 49 276 46 274 35787 34341 55 254 47 274 46 277 34341 32838 53 248 48 268 46 272 32838 31266 50 244 47 266 47 258 31266 29612 45 245 46 266 52 252 29612 27879 40 248 46 263 47 253 27879 26068 37 251 46 261 44 257 26068 24182 35 254 45 256 42 255 24182 22225 34 254 48 251 46 249 22225 20191 32 255 44 252 45 254 20191 18078 29 256 33 261 46 261 18078 15930 28 256 28 263 36 265 15930 13867 28 254 28 256 31 265 13867 11998 29 237 34 252 33 262 11998 10339 34 233 40 250 38 259 10339 8865 36 241 43 252 44 256 8865 7556 40 249 45 251 46 251 7556 6393 45 252 45 249 42 244 6393 5362 47 254 42 252 39 240 5362 4452 43 249 36 254 33 244 4452 3649 38 233 31 247 26 243 3649 2932 34 223 26 237 26 231 2932 2300 27 211 22*230 26 210 2300 1775 20*194 18*218 24 195 1775 1374 16*186 16 212 19 181 1374 1098 14 184 14 210 15 175 1098 931 13 183 13 209 12*173 931 836 10 182 10 208 7*170 836 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