DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 07/19 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.5 - - 75.9 - - 80.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 143 - - 55 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1452 - - 822 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1300 - - 820 - - 821 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2212 - - 1582 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 983 - - 1043 - - 4216 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 251 - - 150 - - 33 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 163 - - 219 - - 259 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 19 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 701 - - 510 - - -902 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1511 - - 1072 - - 1739 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 443 - - 165 - - -2003 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1769 - - 1417 - - 2840 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 99 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2200 - - 1750 - - 3080 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.5 - - 75.9 - - 80.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.0 - - 73.3 - - 74.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.4 - - 75.3 - - 81.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.2 - - 72.9 - - 74.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 143 - - 55 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1452 - - 822 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 95 - - 96 - - 50 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 18 - - 19 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] 99344 23 104 25 073 33 072 99344 91865 25 094 17 089 25 070 91865 86103 27 084 20 099 20 081 86103 81307 19 085 20 082 15 083 81307 77167 15 097 17 090 10 075 77167 73507 13 095 12 105 7 077 73507 70199 6 089 7 103 4 042 70199 67161 3 159 1 193 6 344 67161 64344 0 222 1 260 4 322 64344 61621 8 251 8 272 6 288 61621 58815 13 275 14 274 12 291 58815 55939 23 271 23 274 23 288 55939 53226 26 274 27 260 29 260 53226 50798 33 282 29 271 25 264 50798 48612 43 279 35 285 38 292 48612 46630 47 274 49 283 52 286 46630 44814 47 274 56 279 57 281 44814 43130 49 277 55 276 60 280 43130 41553 51 280 54 275 63 279 41553 40070 51 277 56 273 70 280 40070 38669 51 264 56 269 81 283 38669 37308 50 252 53 269 79 284 37308 35922 48 253 51 268 71 280 35922 34480 48 254 45 260 69 277 34480 32985 43 252 41 261 67 279 32985 31421 39 256 42 266 65 281 31421 29776 35 258 42 267 61 280 29776 28051 34 255 43 272 54 280 28051 26251 40 259 42 267 50 285 26251 24376 45 269 41 266 49 288 24376 22427 48 276 42 272 45 285 22427 20395 46 274 44 277 39 285 20395 18280 43 273 46 282 39 288 18280 16127 47 278 45 284 34 295 16127 14056 49 277 40 284 31 287 14056 12170 46 273 38 282 35 288 12170 10491 42 268 37 281 35 292 10491 8998 37 263 34 280 30 292 8998 7671 30 254 30 283 25 286 7671 6494 22 241 26 282 22 280 6494 5451 14 226 21 270 22 281 5451 4532 8 206 18 254 22 282 4532 3720 8 181 17 243 22 282 3720 2992 11 166 16 239 20 279 2992 2347 10*170 14 236 18 273 2347 1808 10*164 13*233 15 267 1808 1394 10 163 10*223 14 264 1394 1109 10 162 8 219 12 262 1109 936 9 162 8 217 10*260 936 837 8 161 6 216 7*259 837 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