DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/18 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 - - - - - - 75.2 - - 79.7 - - 74.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 11 - - 22 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1400 - - 3624 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 820 - - 820 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2160 - - 4384 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1640 - - 1599 - - 3834 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 129 - - 225 - - 28 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 236 - - 241 - - 223 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 9 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -377 - - 1068 - - -732 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2537 - - 3316 - - 1569 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3258 - - -94 - - -1999 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5418 - - 4478 - - 2835 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 91 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 370 - - 1200 - - 1740 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.2 - - 79.7 - - 74.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.6 - - 67.7 - - 70.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.2 - - 79.6 - - 75.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.8 - - 66.3 - - 69.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 11 - - 22 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1400 - - 3624 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 63 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 16 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] 99508 35 098 21 100 13 096 99508 91987 24 096 18 105 14 089 91987 86163 17 109 18 103 15 077 86163 81326 14 101 12 091 14 086 81326 77148 9 108 8 073 13 088 77148 73450 8 125 3 113 6 060 73450 70110 5 142 5 125 2 208 70110 67053 3 290 1 186 3 268 67053 64231 10 273 9 269 10 261 64231 61496 12 282 10 262 13 257 61496 58651 16 276 18 264 28 273 58651 55713 28 260 29 263 35 272 55713 52913 32 265 40 264 44 264 52913 50407 47 268 55 266 58 266 50407 48189 67 265 61 261 62 263 48189 46194 73 255 69 262 68 269 46194 44371 67 261 80 268 87 268 44371 42693 78 268 84 265 91 267 42693 41133 78 266 82 267 94 269 41133 39671 72 264 81 270 98 270 39671 38290 73 264 82 268 99 270 38290 36947 75 264 81 266 94 271 36947 35579 76 265 77 264 90 270 35579 34155 73 265 75 265 88 270 34155 32676 70 266 72 265 81 271 32676 31129 67 267 73 270 76 273 31129 29502 64 270 72 272 62 268 29502 27794 63 274 66 272 62 270 27794 26006 60 277 62 278 64 273 26006 24142 53 280 52 274 54 272 24142 22205 46 281 47 272 41 277 22205 20189 39 285 44 277 37 275 20189 18093 35 272 45 272 36 273 18093 15961 30 260 36 285 36 278 15961 13908 26 261 35 281 31 279 13908 12040 29 278 29 290 24 279 12040 10382 29 282 23 288 17 280 10382 8910 26 276 17 287 14 265 8910 7597 23 269 19 284 14 260 7597 6429 22 268 20 277 15 264 6429 5395 20 263 19 267 16 256 5395 4485 17 256 16*252 18 240 4485 3682 17 250 14*243 18 233 3682 2962 17 242 14 242 18 233 2962 2325 15*237 13 242 16 234 2325 1793 13*236 13 241 15 229 1793 1385 12 237 12 240 14 227 1385 1104 11 236 11 240 11 225 1104 934 9 236 10 240 9 224 934 836 7 236 8 239 5*223 836 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