DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/20 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 - - - - - - 81.0 - - 84.3 - - 82.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 68 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2848 - - 3189 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2356 - - 2191 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3608 - - 3949 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1259 - - 1096 - - 3428 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 328 - - 273 - - 36 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 17 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 193 - - 204 - - 202 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -7 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -182 - - -708 - - -2736 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3790 - - 4657 - - 3574 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5782 - - -5906 - - -7614 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9390 - - 9855 - - 8451 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 78 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 190 - - 440 - - 1100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.0 - - 84.3 - - 82.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.8 - - 66.4 - - 69.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.9 - - 83.8 - - 83.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.6 - - 65.0 - - 68.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 161 - - 68 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2848 - - 3189 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 98 - - 13 - - 14 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 15 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] 99500 33 084 27 104 26 089 99500 91973 29 096 26 093 27 080 91973 86187 26 105 26 080 23 076 86187 81386 24 098 24 080 18 062 81386 77243 20 079 19 083 13 058 77243 73582 16 070 13 073 12 075 73582 70275 13 077 10 084 10 062 70275 67240 12 072 7 092 8 041 67240 64439 14 024 8 035 5 017 64439 61743 16 355 11 009 6 011 61743 58942 17 319 17 312 18 319 58942 56046 23 302 19 306 25 307 56046 53312 41 300 44 300 43 289 53312 50878 47 299 52 306 54 303 50878 48695 61 300 67 303 69 306 48695 46705 69 301 75 302 75 303 46705 44869 76 305 86 302 82 302 44869 43166 77 303 88 301 88 300 43166 41581 72 297 80 296 87 295 41581 40093 69 292 77 296 83 294 40093 38685 65 290 76 298 81 297 38685 37317 63 291 75 298 84 302 37317 35921 66 296 77 299 86 303 35921 34467 65 304 77 300 85 304 34467 32959 58 305 71 300 81 305 32959 31386 47 297 60 297 71 306 31386 29736 40 285 53 292 59 296 29736 28010 35 280 53 289 56 294 28010 26211 37 285 51 280 57 297 26211 24341 38 293 45 275 54 299 24341 22402 36 304 40 287 50 296 22402 20384 36 309 38 305 48 297 20384 18288 34 307 37 311 43 301 18288 16158 27 293 37 316 34 301 16158 14099 23 289 31 321 33 304 14099 12215 22 305 29 307 34 304 12215 10531 23 315 27 304 28 296 10531 9029 23 313 28 300 28 287 9029 7692 20 309 25 290 29 283 7692 6504 16 303 21 277 30 274 6504 5455 11 274 19 258 30 258 5455 4533 11 233 18*223 29 238 4533 3719 12*206 18*208 27 228 3719 2990 13*196 17 206 24 224 2990 2346 13 193 17 205 22 219 2346 1807 13 192 17 203 20 214 1807 1393 13 191 16 203 17 210 1393 1108 12 191 15 202 14 206 1108 936 11 191 14 202 11*204 936 837 10 190 11 201 7*202 837 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