DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/30 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.5 - - 78.8 - - 77.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 77 - - -17 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1052 - - 77 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 820 - - 820 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1812 - - 837 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 475 - - 2154 - - 501 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 193 - - 32 - - 21 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 202 - - 224 - - 185 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 0 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1099 - - -1603 - - -797 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2911 - - 2440 - - 1634 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6485 - - -5747 - - -5711 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8297 - - 6584 - - 6548 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 84 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 130 - - 1310 - - 1550 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.5 - - 78.8 - - 77.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.3 - - 70.6 - - 72.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.9 - - 79.8 - - 78.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.1 - - 69.9 - - 71.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 77 - - -17 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1052 - - 77 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 84 - - 35 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 17 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] 99176 9 130 11 115 7 032 99176 91736 10 121 8 078 15 081 91736 85977 10 089 6 096 13 066 85977 81203 9 090 8 090 5 056 81203 77105 9 106 6 069 5 067 77105 73485 7 129 2 133 5 032 73485 70205 4 140 4 169 6 336 70205 67192 4 147 3 190 7 289 67192 64405 7 038 4 149 6 247 64405 61712 8 352 3 016 3 243 61712 58923 13 297 11 296 9 303 58923 56056 17 287 18 276 15 288 56056 53338 21 308 20 289 18 287 53338 50898 29 313 21 302 23 288 50898 48708 36 316 26 311 27 295 48708 46724 38 307 37 303 33 289 46724 44911 45 292 42 294 36 285 44911 43240 43 291 40 292 38 291 43240 41681 43 294 32 301 36 290 41681 40214 45 295 35 304 36 285 40214 38824 39 296 41 301 39 286 38824 37471 36 297 43 296 40 289 37471 36088 36 292 42 291 42 285 36088 34643 34 282 39 288 45 282 34643 33142 30 281 34 286 44 281 33142 31570 29 279 30 286 36 284 31570 29918 28 277 29 281 29 285 29918 28186 30 274 28 281 34 284 28186 26374 31 275 26 285 45 284 26374 24487 34 278 26 286 44 292 24487 22527 32 280 28 272 40 304 22527 20489 30 284 27 268 38 311 20489 18369 30 282 29 263 37 313 18369 16207 30 270 35 259 33 313 16207 14124 25 267 33 247 21 306 14124 12228 20 259 29 236 31 276 12228 10539 19 255 26 239 40 279 10539 9036 22 248 26 241 38 272 9036 7699 26 242 25 249 33 259 7699 6511 29 241 27 256 29 238 6511 5459 32 242 27 258 25 225 5459 4533 34 238 28 250 23 219 4533 3717 36 233 27 238 23 220 3717 2988 35 225 24 228 25 218 2988 2343 31*214 19 223 24 214 2343 1805 25*205 16 225 21 211 1805 1391 21 201 13 227 18 208 1391 1107 19 201 10 227 14 201 1107 935 17 200 8*225 11*196 935 837 13 199 5*224 5*185 837 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