DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/25 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.2 - - 66.6 - - 61.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - 21 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2263 - - 2900 - - 75 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 819 - - 819 - - 819 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3023 - - 3660 - - 835 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1328 - - 978 - - 2689 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 206 - - 193 - - 20 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 088 - - 060 - - 071 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -86 - - -317 - - -1029 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3109 - - 3977 - - 1864 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4914 - - -6045 - - -6235 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7937 - - 9705 - - 7070 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 91 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.2 - - 66.6 - - 61.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.7 - - 52.3 - - 56.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.8 - - 66.5 - - 62.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.3 - - 51.0 - - 55.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 44 - - 21 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2263 - - 2900 - - 75 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 66 - - 4 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 10 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] 98572 18 198 11 215 11 265 98572 91190 6 161 5 204 9 247 91190 85454 1 146 4 215 3 240 85454 80679 4 160 3 246 3 026 80679 76575 2 181 4 238 5 035 76575 72986 1 324 4 245 4 344 72986 69765 0 089 4 240 3 289 69765 66808 5 081 5 201 1 339 66808 64061 4 349 3 256 3 336 64061 61401 7 274 10 305 6 319 61401 58632 8 243 11 263 12 294 58632 55763 7 299 13 272 20 274 55763 53024 23 299 14 271 19 272 53024 50563 30 301 29 298 25 286 50563 48365 45 287 38 276 29 286 48365 46367 41 266 30 286 33 297 46367 44536 26 286 44 288 45 300 44536 42846 38 306 45 285 50 295 42846 41277 49 300 45 293 52 300 41277 39808 55 297 53 298 59 306 39808 38419 52 296 59 299 66 310 38419 37069 47 295 62 299 68 308 37069 35689 49 295 58 300 61 308 35689 34253 54 292 54 301 57 307 34253 32766 54 287 49 297 49 302 32766 31209 52 285 49 291 49 296 31209 29566 50 286 47 294 50 304 29566 27843 45 291 39 300 38 312 27843 26040 40 291 35 304 29 316 26040 24160 38 301 31 311 23 321 24160 22206 32 315 22 322 22 323 22206 20174 21 326 14 346 18 340 20174 18050 17 322 14 336 14 355 18050 15884 19 312 14 332 13 336 15884 13803 12 304 11 331 8 318 13803 11916 7 291 9 305 6 344 11916 10246 5 235 5 279 6 053 10246 8770 4 155 6 168 5 105 8770 7462 7 121 7 121 6 127 7462 6304 6 102 7 108 5 130 6304 5281 10 077 8 086 4 097 5281 4386 11 069 8*050 5 077 4386 3600 10*075 8*051 6 072 3600 2900 8*083 8 055 8 072 2900 2281 8 086 8 060 10 074 2281 1764 8 088 8 063 12 076 1764 1368 7 089 7 065 13 076 1368 1095 7 091 7 066 12 075 1095 930 7 090 7 066 9 073 930 835 6 091 6 066 5*071 835 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