DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/31 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 = 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 - - - - - - 84.9 - - 86.6 - - 81.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 31 - - -15 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1699 - - 2255 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 820 - - 820 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2459 - - 3015 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 930 - - 1314 - - 1204 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 195 - - 156 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 225 - - 218 - - 227 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1660 - - -832 - - -1232 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4119 - - 3847 - - 2069 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6529 - - -5378 - - -6645 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8988 - - 8393 - - 7482 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 83 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1190 - - 2510 - - 3180 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.9 - - 86.6 - - 81.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.4 - - 72.2 - - 74.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 84.7 - - 87.1 - - 83.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.0 - - 70.9 - - 74.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 31 - - -15 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1699 - - 2255 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 47 - - 31 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 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] 99032 6 113 8 003 14 053 99032 91611 12 119 4 146 13 019 91611 85872 11 108 13 124 9 011 85872 81107 9 117 11 097 5 071 81107 77012 9 104 6 103 4 090 77012 73405 6 078 3 094 2 096 73405 70132 8 034 3 110 3 164 70132 67126 5 016 3 127 4 154 67126 64352 3 346 2 152 3 333 64352 61680 10 248 11 269 14 284 61680 58906 12 246 19 258 19 262 58906 56037 16 271 20 259 20 266 56037 53313 25 274 27 264 32 274 53313 50881 30 277 28 272 32 260 50881 48704 39 284 41 284 35 269 48704 46727 43 272 45 278 44 274 46727 44925 36 263 41 269 44 272 44925 43265 30 273 45 273 37 278 43265 41714 36 276 51 270 42 285 41714 40250 37 271 43 249 48 279 40250 38858 35 263 38 239 45 270 38858 37504 33 263 35 247 38 258 37504 36120 32 268 32 248 36 254 36120 34677 28 266 33 245 42 258 34677 33178 27 264 37 258 43 266 33178 31608 32 263 44 265 41 272 31608 29960 37 268 51 262 41 275 29960 28232 42 272 51 263 44 274 28232 26423 42 274 49 267 45 274 26423 24536 35 272 48 271 43 270 24536 22577 30 266 37 262 40 265 22577 20544 30 269 34 263 38 266 20544 18432 31 270 30 265 35 273 18432 16277 33 263 32 271 32 277 16277 14196 33 266 33 277 22 270 14196 12300 29 266 29 274 14 276 12300 10610 26 253 27 262 21 279 10610 9102 24 239 26 248 25 270 9102 7755 24 239 27 242 25 259 7755 6557 25 247 25 240 24 252 6557 5495 26 253 23 235 26 244 5495 4563 31 251 25 231 29 238 4563 3742 32 241 25*225 28 233 3742 3008 30*237 22*221 26 232 3008 2357 24*229 19 219 24 233 2357 1814 21 225 18 218 22 234 1814 1397 19 224 16 217 19 233 1397 1111 18 222 15 217 15 231 1111 936 16 222 13 216 12*230 936 837 12 221 10 215 6*227 837 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