DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/20 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 - - - - - - 73.0 - - 74.9 - - 72.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 66 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4713 - - 6311 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3745 - - 4418 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5473 - - 7071 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2863 - - 1688 - - 8177 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 392 - - 342 - - 33 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 292 - - 300 - - 282 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 302 - - 1070 - - -3680 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5171 - - 6002 - - 4517 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1267 - - -324 - - -4563 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6740 - - 7395 - - 5399 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 72 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 40 - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.0 - - 74.9 - - 72.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.2 - - 51.4 - - 55.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.9 - - 74.3 - - 73.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.8 - - 50.1 - - 54.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 66 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4713 - - 6311 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 10 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] 98957 28 087 27 094 26 077 98957 91417 23 098 23 069 20 080 91417 85633 21 083 20 082 19 083 85633 80846 20 082 19 084 18 088 80846 76724 17 095 14 080 15 065 76724 73085 10 087 12 098 13 044 73085 69787 7 083 7 123 8 014 69787 66753 8 025 5 041 4 345 66753 63940 12 350 14 313 17 319 63940 61221 17 258 20 269 21 290 61221 58385 12 294 12 281 16 281 58385 55433 31 289 28 298 26 300 55433 52617 37 282 41 283 40 296 52617 50091 47 292 45 283 50 288 50091 47831 58 289 55 291 55 291 47831 45778 60 287 62 291 61 293 45778 43900 63 290 67 293 68 295 43900 42177 71 294 76 293 71 297 42177 40591 75 294 74 295 72 300 40591 39125 78 292 74 296 73 303 39125 37755 75 287 69 292 74 302 37755 36433 69 281 65 291 71 298 36433 35087 64 281 62 291 68 299 35087 33685 61 285 61 291 67 299 33685 32228 60 291 61 292 66 298 32228 30702 62 297 61 295 65 297 30702 29095 63 300 59 298 64 297 29095 27408 62 302 54 293 62 296 27408 25640 62 301 53 290 57 297 25640 23797 60 299 53 294 54 299 23797 21884 57 297 51 296 50 301 21884 19895 54 298 48 298 46 300 19895 17823 48 298 44 297 42 299 17823 15710 38 295 39 295 36 297 15710 13678 33 290 34 293 31 294 13678 11834 31 286 29 288 28 288 11834 10202 29 297 27 289 23 289 10202 8760 29 303 21 293 16 302 8760 7481 26 301 17*296 14 307 7481 6341 25*299 17*297 13 306 6341 5329 22*298 16 298 12 304 5329 4434 17 293 15 299 12 301 4434 3643 17 292 15 300 11 298 3643 2933 16 291 14 301 11 296 2933 2305 15 291 14 301 10 294 2305 1781 15 291 13 302 10 293 1781 1378 14 291 13 302 9 290 1378 1101 14 290 12 302 8 287 1101 932 13 290 12 302 7*285 932 836 11 290 10 302 5*282 836 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