DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/22 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 - - - - - - 70.3 - - 73.6 - - 71.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 226 - - 126 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5578 - - 5687 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4544 - - 4315 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6338 - - 6447 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 865 - - 1499 - - 7316 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 453 - - 383 - - 33 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 349 - - 358 - - 349 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -7 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 529 - - -167 - - -4961 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5809 - - 6615 - - 5797 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7242 - - -8062 - - -5722 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13580 - - 14509 - - 6558 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 76 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.3 - - 73.6 - - 71.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.8 - - 47.5 - - 49.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.9 - - 72.6 - - 72.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.5 - - 46.3 - - 48.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 226 - - 126 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5578 - - 5687 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 40 - - 2 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 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] 99678 27 091 29 082 33 085 99678 92144 26 096 27 078 29 084 92144 86351 25 097 26 087 20 085 86351 81535 23 079 23 093 22 082 81535 77376 17 079 20 085 21 078 77376 73694 16 088 13 066 22 055 73694 70361 16 093 10 102 11 038 70361 67311 11 055 8 082 6 018 67311 64491 7 040 4 030 9 002 64491 61768 9 002 13 312 16 327 61768 58936 21 336 15 293 21 312 58936 56003 33 319 26 308 33 305 56003 53221 52 310 42 313 43 308 53221 50737 65 293 61 304 60 306 50737 48525 64 289 72 298 73 301 48525 46516 72 302 81 300 81 303 46516 44670 90 309 92 301 91 307 44670 42952 95 302 93 301 92 305 42952 41342 91 298 93 301 91 303 41342 39828 88 298 92 300 91 301 39828 38403 87 298 89 298 90 299 38403 37029 87 299 88 296 89 299 37029 35634 88 300 87 297 89 299 35634 34185 91 302 88 299 89 298 34185 32684 91 303 89 297 88 295 32684 31114 89 300 90 295 89 295 31114 29461 91 298 88 295 87 296 29461 27726 90 298 88 296 83 300 27726 25911 88 297 88 300 79 303 25911 24022 81 298 78 306 75 305 24022 22070 62 300 59 307 55 307 22070 20048 47 304 45 306 40 303 20048 17944 38 304 37 308 34 304 17944 15798 28 300 30 311 30 308 15798 13729 24 297 26 312 26 307 13729 11852 20 312 23 316 21 309 11852 10198 20 317 20 320 15 320 10198 8745 17 323 14 320 9 329 8745 7462 13*333 8*355 7 003 7462 6325 11*347 8*359 7 004 6325 5314 11 348 8 359 7 001 5314 4422 11 348 8 359 7 359 4422 3633 11 349 8 358 7 358 3633 2925 11 349 8 357 7 356 2925 2299 11 349 8 356 6 354 2299 1777 11 349 8 356 6 353 1777 1376 10 350 8 356 6 352 1376 1099 10 350 8 355 6 351 1099 932 9 349 7 355 5*349 932 836 8 349 6 354 4*349 836 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