DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/12 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 74.3 - - 71.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 2 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3546 - - 3807 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2427 - - 819 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4306 - - 4567 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2476 - - 2294 - - 5543 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 281 - - 215 - - 36 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 19 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 263 - - 263 - - 249 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1052 - - 1037 - - -1234 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3255 - - 3530 - - 2071 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -846 - - -1065 - - -2548 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5152 - - 5632 - - 3384 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 77 - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 260 - - 280 - - 840 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 74.3 - - 71.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.3 - - 61.4 - - 65.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.7 - - 74.4 - - 72.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.9 - - 60.1 - - 63.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 2 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3546 - - 3807 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 15 - - 8 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 13 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] 98876 32 097 23 098 22 071 98876 91387 29 084 23 099 13 080 91387 85650 24 082 23 091 17 087 85650 80882 17 085 22 090 21 078 80882 76770 16 097 16 093 17 080 76770 73141 16 101 14 110 10 078 73141 69859 15 102 15 099 12 116 69859 66845 8 117 5 126 4 097 66845 64065 13 124 11 131 9 201 64065 61372 3 191 1 128 10 146 61372 58556 11 267 15 241 13 256 58556 55639 35 242 22 269 18 257 55639 52850 34 228 38 257 34 254 52850 50334 29 226 40 245 47 264 50334 48083 44 264 44 250 58 257 48083 46042 61 263 51 258 55 255 46042 44175 69 262 60 266 63 268 44175 42460 76 260 69 269 73 271 42460 40871 78 256 72 269 75 270 40871 39384 75 254 73 269 75 271 39384 37982 71 257 71 267 75 272 37982 36628 72 262 69 265 75 271 36628 35253 74 264 69 264 73 269 35253 33830 75 264 68 263 71 269 33830 32362 75 264 66 261 70 270 32362 30832 76 265 65 259 67 270 30832 29228 76 265 65 261 63 266 29228 27553 76 265 67 267 60 264 27553 25801 77 270 71 272 60 265 25801 23965 77 275 70 275 59 265 23965 22048 72 277 66 279 56 266 22048 20042 70 278 59 278 52 268 20042 17947 66 283 54 273 48 271 17947 15817 52 285 44 278 45 276 15817 13772 38 280 35 276 34 286 13772 11918 33 281 31 271 29 283 11918 10272 31 283 29 277 27 281 10272 8813 30 286 26 285 24 285 8813 7518 31 286 26 288 22 289 7518 6369 29 283 26 282 20 290 6369 5351 27 279 25*278 20 290 5351 4452 26*277 23*270 19 280 4452 3657 21*268 21 264 19 272 3657 2944 20 264 20 263 19 266 2944 2313 19 263 19 262 18 263 2313 1786 19 261 19 261 17 259 1786 1381 18 261 18 261 15 256 1381 1102 17 261 17 260 13 253 1102 933 16 260 15 259 11 251 933 836 13 260 12 259 7*249 836 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