DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/21 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.0 - - 59.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 7 - - -15 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1531 - - 75 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 819 - - 818 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2291 - - 835 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 960 - - 2767 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 113 - - 30 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 068 - - 061 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 0 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 589 - - -835 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1703 - - 1670 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 46 - - -1292 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2245 - - 2127 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 10 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.0 - - 59.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.5 - - 55.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 59.8 - - 60.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 54.9 - - 54.7 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 7 - - -15 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1531 - - 75 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - - 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] 98220 3 131 13 257 98220 90844 5 224 12 206 90844 85104 10 240 2 277 85104 80339 9 264 5 320 80339 76260 6 257 8 293 76260 72685 4 266 9 273 72685 69463 7 335 5 241 69463 66495 12 333 5 313 66495 63744 14 325 8 323 63744 61088 20 304 11 320 61088 58328 18 284 18 286 58328 55469 18 279 21 259 55469 52735 23 270 23 260 52735 50266 36 259 31 269 50266 48041 40 244 39 251 48041 46011 42 234 40 243 46011 44145 43 233 38 246 44145 42417 43 236 37 239 42417 40808 49 235 43 245 40808 39315 56 229 63 239 39315 37929 66 220 61 230 37929 36595 73 217 54 229 36595 35244 68 221 53 258 35244 33844 46 231 58 255 33844 32389 38 247 55 257 32389 30867 33 255 42 245 30867 29263 30 256 41 243 29263 27577 28 255 36 242 27577 25808 26 255 30 244 25808 23957 24 256 29 242 23957 22028 20 264 28 248 22028 20019 14 275 22 254 20019 17927 16 269 11 258 17927 15796 14 271 12 263 15796 13740 7 295 9 246 13740 11864 1 199 7 228 11864 10198 7 118 3 175 10198 8722 5 143 2 263 8722 7416 9 143 6 169 7416 6261 10 112 11 097 6261 5245 13 100 19 089 5245 4355 16 099 22 096 4355 3574 21 087 27 077 3574 2879 24*069 27 065 2879 2267 23*068 26 064 2267 1755 22 067 25 063 1755 1363 20 068 22 062 1363 1093 18 067 19 062 1093 929 15 067 16*061 929 835 11 067 11*061 835 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