DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/24 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0659z - - 1005z - - 1335z - - 1601z - - 1901z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 66.7 - - 80.6 - - 88.0 - - 89.8 - - 85.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 23 - - 236 - - 350 - - 233 - - 17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 107 - - 1239 - - 4838 - - 6392 - - 2462 BL Depth Hcrit 591 - - 1149 - - 3977 - - 5004 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top 707 - - 1839 - - 5438 - - 6992 - - 3062 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 268 - - 1319 - - 2261 - - 2042 - - 4174 Hgt.Variab. W* 56 - - 271 - - 488 - - 471 - - 155 W* B/S 2 - - 10 - - 30 - - 13 - - 4 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 5 - - 3 - - 6 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 141 - - 199 - - 130 - - 127 - - 185 Direction Wind Shear 3 - - 2 - - 6 - - 4 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg 1 - - 0 - - 6 - - 9 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3944 - - -5466 - - -2218 - - -1288 - - -3521 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 4651 - - 7306 - - 7656 - - 8280 - - 6583 sfcLCL ODpotential -12860 - - -11080 - - -5752 - - -4941 - - -7749 ODpotential blCL 13567 - - 12919 - - 11190 - - 11933 - - 10811 blCL maxRH 51 - - 60 - - 64 - - 73 - - 74 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m 66.7 - - 80.6 - - 88.0 - - 89.8 - - 85.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 49.0 - - 51.0 - - 56.5 - - 55.5 - - 58.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 66.5 - - 79.0 - - 85.8 - - 88.2 - - 85.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 48.6 - - 50.2 - - 55.5 - - 54.6 - - 58.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 23 - - 236 - - 350 - - 233 - - 17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 107 - - 1239 - - 4838 - - 6392 - - 2462 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 7 - - 8 - - 9 - - 9 - - 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] 98930 27 079 34 104 33 096 23 100 24 086 98930 91416 27 074 24 092 27 100 21 097 24 089 91416 85663 28 077 25 098 25 100 20 111 22 091 85663 80889 21 085 23 090 21 100 20 111 18 085 80889 76776 20 092 19 079 20 097 17 111 16 082 76776 73145 16 094 15 088 16 086 17 100 15 095 73145 69869 16 094 15 097 9 108 13 072 12 081 69869 66871 10 062 10 096 10 144 4 086 9 044 66871 64097 5 122 7 086 7 113 5 147 1 091 64097 61410 3 068 1 283 1 119 2 242 5 349 61410 58613 8 322 2 071 4 158 4 224 8 298 58613 55733 25 289 23 294 17 306 18 318 15 322 55733 53009 32 288 32 274 32 285 31 292 30 305 53009 50587 27 307 27 286 39 280 39 275 39 280 50587 48434 38 321 36 306 35 287 35 288 36 299 48434 46473 58 309 47 308 42 305 53 307 47 308 46473 44668 72 300 60 308 54 303 63 303 56 297 44668 42994 80 297 73 305 58 301 66 297 58 288 42994 41430 81 296 77 297 71 292 63 290 56 285 41430 39957 80 295 80 297 73 285 62 282 55 282 39957 38562 76 296 82 301 74 282 63 279 54 278 38562 37206 73 298 84 303 73 283 63 278 55 277 37206 35823 65 301 69 308 63 293 59 285 58 282 35823 34383 58 300 46 310 48 308 52 296 54 286 34383 32887 45 300 26 305 39 302 36 303 51 292 32887 31321 33 307 21 287 37 295 30 282 34 298 31321 29673 29 303 22 269 33 291 38 278 24 295 29673 27941 26 293 23 270 24 284 37 285 27 288 27941 26127 22 285 23 280 17 273 19 278 22 304 26127 24237 21 275 22 290 15 271 20 256 10 305 24237 22273 20 275 20 296 12 278 19 270 12 270 22273 20227 18 290 19 307 10 297 11 285 9 273 20227 18098 18 305 18 314 8 292 5 285 5 235 18098 15930 13 323 9 310 10 262 6 268 6 218 15930 13842 10 325 5 308 7 240 11 261 9 227 13842 11943 1 333 2 198 3 240 7 257 7 247 11943 10258 20 086 17 119 6 163 3 126 5 167 10258 8765 25 074 23 098 16 117 9 113 7 126 8765 7440 18 059 16 086 18 097 8*099 10 092 7440 6264 13 041 9 083 13*087 7*104 10 091 6264 5222 9 010 3 004 6*095 6 112 9 100 5222 4302 10 354 2 025 3 116 6 121 7 124 4302 3488 8 000 4 203 3 128 7 128 6*155 3488 2759 1 069 8 205 3 139 7 133 7*176 2759 2114 6 142 9*210 3 148 7 137 7 182 2114 1577 12 139 6*202 3 153 7 139 8 186 1577 1164 13 155 5 199 3 157 7 140 8 187 1164 880 11*151 5 196 3 158 7 141 8 189 880 707 7*145 4 197 3 160 7 141 7 189 707 609 4 138 4 196 3 160 6 142 6 189 609 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