DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/28 Minooka_IL 600ft pt36314@41.266,-88.244,595ft 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.8 - - 84.8 - - 81.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 91 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3689 - - 3427 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2789 - - 2349 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4289 - - 4027 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 901 - - 2045 - - 3755 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 353 - - 299 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 133 - - 144 - - 161 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1110 - - 287 - - -1222 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3179 - - 3740 - - 1831 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 383 - - -1236 - - -2666 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3906 - - 5263 - - 3275 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 81 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 900 - - 1410 - - 2850 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.8 - - 84.8 - - 81.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.6 - - 70.1 - - 74.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.7 - - 84.2 - - 82.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.3 - - 68.9 - - 74.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 91 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3689 - - 3427 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 85 - - 24 - - 48 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 19 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] 99226 33 084 24 091 27 060 99226 91672 26 083 22 081 25 064 91672 85886 19 064 21 086 18 072 85886 81121 15 072 19 073 17 081 81121 77014 17 074 15 075 15 065 77014 73377 12 073 13 086 10 076 73377 70085 8 105 9 069 9 090 70085 67065 6 133 2 002 7 062 67065 64274 3 102 4 220 6 352 64274 61571 1 058 5 218 3 279 61571 58752 3 349 7 270 11 253 58752 55864 20 256 21 255 23 251 55864 53155 19 239 27 266 24 262 53155 50739 30 267 34 271 30 287 50739 48568 39 263 35 271 42 282 48568 46591 36 271 35 268 47 269 46591 44789 33 290 29 272 45 246 44789 43131 33 310 26 283 40 228 43131 41580 45 308 22 278 27 219 41580 40114 53 311 15 291 23 225 40114 38722 46 316 20 310 17 242 38722 37369 37 316 20 315 11 269 37369 35987 35 321 18 316 17 277 35987 34544 24 327 19 313 23 276 34544 33045 28 325 25 318 24 275 33045 31475 35 319 31 320 23 285 31475 29822 31 312 32 313 22 304 29822 28088 29 311 29 299 28 318 28088 26276 34 310 35 294 35 324 26276 24388 37 308 39 295 38 318 24388 22421 28 289 34 290 41 308 22421 20372 27 283 26 284 38 316 20372 18240 26 294 24 294 36 333 18240 16070 19 314 23 303 40 332 16070 13976 17 306 22 305 34 320 13976 12065 14 290 21 301 25 306 12065 10363 13 280 18 290 19 273 10363 8847 14 273 14 285 8 277 8847 7499 12 268 9 270 6 013 7499 6304 7 253 12 220 5 207 6304 5249 5*191 11 210 16 195 5249 4322 7*149 9*179 19 184 4322 3503 8 135 9*150 19 174 3503 2770 8 132 9 146 19 168 2770 2122 8 131 9 143 18 165 2122 1582 8 130 9 142 17 163 1582 1167 8 128 9 142 16 162 1167 882 7 128 8 141 13 162 882 708 7 128 8 140 10*160 708 609 6 127 7 140 6*161 609 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