DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/31 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 76.7 - - 72.8 - - 70.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 77 - - -20 - - -21 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1763 - - 76 - - 76 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - 820 - - 819 - - 820 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - 2523 - - 836 - - 836 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2824 - - 3595 - - 3633 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 219 - - 28 - - 29 - - - W* B/S - - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 7 - - 9 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - 159 - - 153 - - 124 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 0 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1626 - - -2094 - - -924 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4149 - - 2930 - - 1760 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7590 - - -4290 - - -2334 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - 10113 - - 5126 - - 3170 - - - blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 20 - - 330 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.7 - - 72.8 - - 70.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 61.3 - - 62.6 - - 65.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 76.2 - - 73.7 - - 71.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 60.5 - - 62.2 - - 65.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 77 - - -20 - - -21 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1763 - - 76 - - 76 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 99 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 11 - - 12 - - 14 - - - 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] 99730 31 101 36 081 37 090 99730 92254 26 093 31 091 28 082 92254 86475 27 085 28 094 19 090 86475 81668 26 087 23 094 17 104 81668 77514 24 089 15 087 20 096 77514 73831 19 085 11 080 16 078 73831 70499 16 068 8 081 10 081 70499 67448 10 053 8 096 7 118 67448 64626 5 042 7 109 10 147 64626 61893 2 290 4 154 8 173 61893 59068 6 264 6 240 6 263 59068 56177 9 326 8 284 10 303 56177 53445 23 298 24 284 26 294 53445 51010 25 284 32 273 37 272 51010 48841 22 263 23 252 35 250 48841 46862 14 256 23 299 30 265 46862 45029 33 310 43 296 44 278 45029 43321 51 300 50 285 44 273 43321 41720 46 293 48 275 45 267 41720 40212 37 280 49 267 47 262 40212 38788 36 276 46 262 47 254 38788 37408 34 279 45 259 47 248 37408 36000 29 280 47 258 48 248 36000 34536 25 283 45 255 49 249 34536 33017 26 287 40 252 49 248 33017 31432 29 286 38 250 46 246 31432 29765 35 274 36 249 42 247 29765 28019 36 274 35 249 39 249 28019 26195 30 277 34 248 38 248 26195 24298 26 274 31 246 35 250 24298 22332 26 269 28 250 30 256 22332 20290 30 267 33 257 29 264 20290 18166 31 265 34 256 28 270 18166 16004 21 256 25 246 26 262 16004 13920 15 227 27 232 26 246 13920 12022 15 226 33 222 29 253 12022 10332 12 212 32 205 33 242 10332 8835 13 182 29 178 33 223 8835 7514 16 174 29 162 30 192 7514 6356 16 171 29 161 34 164 6356 5338 17 178 28 164 34 162 5338 4441 20 186 27 168 32 166 4441 3648 22 183 26 169 30 165 3648 2936 21*174 24 166 27 159 2936 2307 18*164 21 160 23 151 2307 1782 16 159 18 157 20 141 1782 1378 15 157 15 156 17 133 1378 1101 14 157 13 155 14 128 1101 932 13 156 11*154 12 126 932 836 10 155 7*153 9*124 836 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