DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/06 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 - - - - - - 70.8 - - 76.8 - - 77.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 19 - - 52 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 984 - - 2631 - - 77 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 819 - - 1410 - - 820 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1744 - - 3391 - - 837 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1440 - - 1656 - - 3888 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 114 - - 231 - - 29 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 10 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 157 - - 223 - - 175 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 404 - - 762 - - -811 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1340 - - 2629 - - 1648 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 60 - - 36 - - -1317 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1684 - - 3355 - - 2154 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 770 - - 1030 - - 2760 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 76.8 - - 77.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.5 - - 67.9 - - 72.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.5 - - 76.4 - - 77.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.2 - - 66.8 - - 71.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 19 - - 52 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 984 - - 2631 - - 77 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 97 - - 81 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 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] 99687 40 081 27 086 26 086 99687 92170 27 085 22 093 22 068 92170 86356 25 096 21 088 20 067 86356 81524 22 089 21 083 22 080 81524 77371 16 073 22 084 22 079 77371 73708 11 093 19 083 19 074 73708 70394 11 115 12 092 16 067 70394 67344 12 110 8 120 10 052 67344 64518 9 103 5 121 6 336 64518 61783 3 139 7 212 9 281 61783 58935 13 240 10 229 11 239 58935 55971 10 237 12 189 10 219 55971 53155 32 255 44 250 37 260 53155 50651 48 231 42 233 36 240 50651 48406 35 219 33 229 32 239 48406 46365 24 244 37 249 36 244 46365 44500 38 258 50 250 46 246 44500 42792 58 254 61 243 54 243 42792 41222 73 244 66 239 61 243 41222 39760 83 237 70 232 69 241 39760 38381 78 231 73 229 70 238 38381 37041 73 233 73 230 70 237 37041 35671 70 235 70 232 66 238 35671 34245 66 232 65 236 56 245 34245 32772 62 235 60 247 39 248 32772 31235 54 250 40 260 29 255 31235 29618 38 252 29 255 29 260 29618 27919 24 247 29 257 27 261 27919 26138 24 241 27 265 17 255 26138 24281 20 246 18 264 13 238 24281 22350 14 251 13 246 14 226 22350 20337 16 244 13 252 14 232 20337 18232 16 248 14 259 14 246 18232 16081 20 233 15 246 15 249 16081 14005 19 227 15 233 15 238 14005 12116 16 234 17 228 13 241 12116 10436 15 245 19 226 11 244 10436 8947 19 245 18 221 11 222 8947 7626 14 230 20 223 10 207 7626 6456 10 216 27 227 6 216 6456 5420 8 207 28 227 5 227 5420 4505 9 213 22 229 5 220 4505 3696 6 212 15*231 6 209 3696 2972 3 199 11*229 8 195 2972 2332 2 163 10 226 9 187 2332 1798 2*158 10 223 9 183 1798 1389 2*159 9 220 9 180 1389 1106 2 156 9 220 8 178 1106 935 2 157 8 218 7*177 935 837 2 154 7 218 6*175 837 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