DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/23 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 - - - - - - 74.1 - - 76.0 - - 73.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 218 - - 135 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6088 - - 5892 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4912 - - 4487 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6848 - - 6652 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 949 - - 1073 - - 6698 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 459 - - 391 - - 31 W* B/S - - - - - - 78 - - 61 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 208 - - 222 - - 157 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1076 - - -1014 - - -5922 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7924 - - 7666 - - 6758 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10767 - - -9778 - - -14923 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17615 - - 16430 - - 15759 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 59 - - 67 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.1 - - 76.0 - - 73.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 42.3 - - 45.4 - - 47.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.6 - - 74.9 - - 74.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.1 - - 44.1 - - 45.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 218 - - 135 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6088 - - 5892 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 7 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] 99612 32 084 34 078 34 080 99612 92094 29 096 26 089 25 075 92094 86324 29 107 21 100 24 079 86324 81531 25 092 19 089 21 086 81531 77391 17 083 20 094 17 090 77391 73727 12 066 19 080 14 086 73727 70400 8 123 9 039 14 054 70400 67358 11 092 3 242 12 343 67358 64564 16 016 1 163 8 301 64564 61863 19 334 11 341 11 319 61863 59047 22 330 19 333 18 323 59047 56144 35 322 29 330 24 318 56144 53392 46 309 40 319 32 315 53392 50926 51 305 48 304 38 312 50926 48723 53 302 55 304 48 313 48723 46732 55 300 62 301 60 305 46732 44911 59 302 66 298 64 295 44911 43229 64 305 69 300 67 302 43229 41660 74 312 73 305 72 302 41660 40178 83 310 80 310 72 299 40178 38767 78 312 80 310 72 298 38767 37392 85 313 78 307 70 297 37392 35988 87 317 75 307 70 293 35988 34524 81 317 70 311 72 293 34524 33005 71 311 65 308 63 297 33005 31419 67 305 64 303 54 298 31419 29750 66 303 62 302 54 301 29750 28003 62 303 60 303 53 304 28003 26176 58 302 58 303 50 304 26176 24274 51 302 54 306 47 305 24274 22299 44 300 50 307 41 311 22299 20241 36 302 43 311 36 314 20241 18102 24 307 26 312 25 297 18102 15927 12 313 10 317 18 277 15927 13836 8 299 5 314 10 282 13836 11940 8 276 4 282 6 284 11940 10265 6 250 5 251 5 278 10265 8788 2 293 3 248 2 283 8788 7488 2*264 2*263 2 249 7488 6343 1*240 1*250 2 202 6343 5329 1 233 1 248 3 188 5329 4433 1 218 1 234 3 180 4433 3641 1 209 1 224 3 172 3641 2931 1 201 1 212 3 168 2931 2303 1 191 1 206 3 162 2303 1779 1 183 1 200 3 160 1779 1377 1 181 1 197 3 158 1377 1100 1 176 1 193 3 158 1100 932 1 182 1 193 3*156 932 836 1 175 1 191 3*157 836 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