DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/26 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.1 - - 71.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 101 - - 112 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1830 - - 2310 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1398 - - 1809 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2590 - - 3070 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1299 - - 1813 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 246 - - 275 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 086 - - 069 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -758 - - -1502 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3348 - - 4572 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3594 - - -5764 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6184 - - 8834 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 81 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.1 - - 71.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 58.3 - - 54.8 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.4 - - 71.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.0 - - 53.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 101 - - 112 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1830 - - 2310 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 81 - - 25 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - - 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] 99205 31 103 20 092 99205 91706 25 090 20 106 91706 85924 24 086 20 106 85924 81121 20 103 19 105 81121 76982 18 099 16 105 76982 73319 11 081 13 103 73319 70005 5 095 7 076 70005 66972 3 097 3 285 66972 64168 3 289 5 227 64168 61454 11 294 5 337 61454 58619 22 287 20 306 58619 55694 36 263 39 271 55694 52920 37 266 48 260 52920 50417 41 280 40 273 50417 48184 60 282 63 281 48184 46175 72 279 75 271 46175 44337 83 273 70 266 44337 42638 86 270 71 270 42638 41062 87 268 77 272 41062 39591 88 267 79 269 39591 38208 87 264 74 266 38208 36870 80 259 71 264 36870 35508 69 258 69 263 35508 34089 62 260 64 262 34089 32616 61 257 57 262 32616 31074 63 254 49 265 31074 29449 61 257 46 270 29449 27744 58 257 43 269 27744 25954 55 256 41 268 25954 24081 53 261 39 264 24081 22131 50 267 41 271 22131 20103 42 271 36 280 20103 17998 26 268 24 271 17998 15853 23 258 26 264 15853 13784 24 258 22 282 13784 11910 17 260 7 306 11910 10253 10 261 3 303 10253 8784 7 294 7 136 8784 7482 3 031 16 140 7482 6328 9 114 19 123 6328 5309 14 134 16 119 5309 4414 16 135 11 108 4414 3624 16 128 10*092 3624 2918 14*108 11*072 2918 2295 13*088 11 069 2295 1774 13 087 11 069 1774 1374 13 086 10 068 1374 1099 12 085 10 068 1099 931 11 084 9 068 931 835 9 085 8 067 835 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