DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/26 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.5 - - 80.2 - - 75.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 13 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4231 - - 5773 - - 76 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3179 - - 2854 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4991 - - 6533 - - 836 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2631 - - 2589 - - 5994 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 336 - - 249 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 16 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 286 - - 280 - - 283 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -2 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 617 - - 1661 - - -1682 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4374 - - 4872 - - 2518 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -730 - - 449 - - -3237 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5721 - - 6084 - - 4073 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 90 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 740 - - 740 - - 1570 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.5 - - 80.2 - - 75.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.0 - - 61.6 - - 66.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.7 - - 80.1 - - 76.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.6 - - 60.3 - - 65.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 13 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4231 - - 5773 - - 76 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 2 - - 61 - - 50 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 14 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] 99350 23 104 15 099 18 092 99350 91840 19 099 12 124 14 061 91840 86043 15 109 14 082 8 053 86043 81241 14 112 13 080 4 064 81241 77108 16 095 9 121 5 088 77108 73452 12 071 8 105 8 077 73452 70136 9 066 3 119 5 060 70136 67083 4 002 2 051 2 047 67083 64249 3 223 5 262 7 291 64249 61512 5 016 6 194 8 272 61512 58657 12 311 8 265 14 281 58657 55699 24 288 17 291 19 294 55699 52890 29 282 29 291 23 291 52890 50363 31 280 30 287 29 300 50363 48098 40 286 45 289 45 291 48098 46051 50 281 51 279 48 280 46051 44180 50 277 47 274 48 282 44180 42458 48 281 44 279 49 286 42458 40868 46 286 47 286 51 290 40868 39388 48 287 51 289 52 292 39388 38002 50 285 54 288 52 293 38002 36665 51 283 54 285 47 293 36665 35308 51 282 50 285 39 294 35308 33902 48 281 43 288 33 296 33902 32447 43 279 38 287 32 298 32447 30926 41 279 35 286 32 298 30926 29326 42 280 33 287 31 295 29326 27648 40 282 31 288 27 291 27648 25890 36 283 29 287 25 292 25890 24050 34 284 28 285 25 297 24050 22129 33 283 30 288 26 304 22129 20125 35 286 34 293 26 310 20125 18035 37 286 35 293 26 313 18035 15903 36 283 34 291 26 313 15903 13849 34 275 33 289 25 305 13849 11985 30 271 26 289 20 294 11985 10334 26 276 21 293 18 298 10334 8872 25 284 20 296 19 305 8872 7572 24 290 20*293 18 302 7572 6416 21 297 18*285 17 297 6416 5390 17*299 17 282 16 295 5390 4484 15*293 17 281 16 294 4484 3681 13 287 16 279 15 294 3681 2961 13 286 15 278 14 294 2961 2325 12 285 15 278 13 292 2325 1794 12 284 14 277 11 290 1794 1385 11 284 14 277 10 289 1385 1104 11 284 13 276 8 288 1104 934 10 283 12 276 6 286 934 836 9 283 10 276 4*283 836 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