DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/19 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.5 - - 78.0 - - 71.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 67 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2471 - - 3168 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1951 - - 2114 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3231 - - 3928 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2446 - - 2114 - - 3145 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 286 - - 266 - - 31 W* B/S - - - - - - 25 - - 10 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 020 - - 030 - - 062 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 718 - - 778 - - -934 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2513 - - 3150 - - 1770 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 250 - - -157 - - -1663 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2981 - - 4085 - - 2499 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 92 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1720 - - 1210 - - 600 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.5 - - 78.0 - - 71.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.9 - - 66.7 - - 66.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.6 - - 77.4 - - 71.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.8 - - 65.4 - - 65.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 67 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2471 - - 3168 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 86 - - 67 - - 69 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 13 - - 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] 99541 25 087 19 114 10 082 99541 92000 23 105 10 110 10 061 92000 86159 18 109 9 096 14 055 86159 81328 12 119 10 085 14 084 81328 77170 8 146 7 080 12 086 77170 73486 7 150 5 154 4 024 73486 70151 2 273 8 192 4 269 70151 67085 3 242 8 200 9 246 67085 64248 11 301 5 263 10 270 64248 61507 19 268 13 272 13 273 61507 58652 28 273 26 284 22 259 58652 55688 37 256 28 259 26 270 55688 52868 29 270 37 279 39 279 52868 50362 45 276 51 272 51 275 50362 48141 56 270 60 261 54 268 48141 46136 60 265 60 262 57 262 46136 44300 70 272 64 267 59 260 44300 42605 85 271 73 268 64 260 42605 41025 97 270 83 266 75 258 41025 39539 103 268 96 263 83 254 39539 38137 102 266 99 259 79 256 38137 36785 100 266 98 257 66 257 36785 35417 95 267 91 259 59 259 35417 33998 86 269 76 263 57 260 33998 32526 79 270 68 269 57 263 32526 30986 73 269 64 271 57 265 30986 29368 66 267 60 267 55 263 29368 27672 61 263 59 257 49 260 27672 25897 57 260 56 257 48 258 25897 24042 48 261 52 268 46 262 24042 22111 42 263 49 271 44 270 22111 20100 38 261 39 264 44 271 20100 18007 34 262 33 264 39 267 18007 15876 31 267 29 271 33 264 15876 13827 28 271 28 277 22 267 13827 11968 26 267 24 280 22 267 11968 10316 18 259 18 279 22 267 10316 8847 15 255 17 271 17 279 8847 7542 9 251 14 266 12 300 7542 6382 6 254 9 282 9 332 6382 5354 5 263 6 307 9 359 5354 4450 4 271 5*331 9 012 4450 3652 2*294 4*020 9 031 3652 2939 2*005 5 025 11 054 2939 2309 2 017 5 029 14 060 2309 1783 2 020 5 032 14 061 1783 1380 2 023 5 034 14 061 1380 1102 2 024 5 035 13 061 1102 933 2 025 5 035 11*062 933 836 2 024 4 036 8*062 836 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