DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/12 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 - - - - - - 74.8 - - 76.4 - - 73.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 24 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3494 - - 4186 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2531 - - 2192 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4094 - - 4786 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2432 - - 2189 - - 5444 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 323 - - 253 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 16 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 277 - - 263 - - 262 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 311 - - 468 - - -1986 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3783 - - 4318 - - 2594 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1818 - - -1879 - - -3150 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5912 - - 6665 - - 3758 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 75 - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 50 - - 50 - - 360 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.8 - - 76.4 - - 73.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.2 - - 59.5 - - 63.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.2 - - 76.2 - - 74.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.8 - - 58.1 - - 62.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 24 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3494 - - 4186 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 13 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] 98858 33 091 23 098 24 071 98858 91360 30 085 22 097 14 061 91360 85622 22 077 21 088 18 094 85622 80866 17 087 20 088 21 080 80866 76761 17 102 18 100 16 070 76761 73122 17 093 16 105 11 097 73122 69840 11 092 14 083 12 110 69840 66840 12 137 4 115 6 103 66840 64060 15 117 12 134 4 206 64060 61378 3 012 3 067 7 183 61378 58578 19 248 12 265 7 264 58578 55662 35 243 29 251 24 272 55662 52885 37 238 38 250 39 253 52885 50385 38 239 43 241 46 255 50385 48145 40 252 50 253 55 254 48145 46115 59 259 56 259 58 256 46115 44255 67 259 62 265 60 267 44255 42539 69 261 67 266 69 271 42539 40948 71 261 66 264 74 270 40948 39460 73 258 64 264 74 270 39460 38059 73 257 65 264 73 270 38059 36704 72 258 67 264 72 270 36704 35327 71 259 69 265 72 271 35327 33898 70 259 68 265 72 271 33898 32422 68 260 66 263 71 270 32422 30882 68 261 63 259 66 267 30882 29268 68 262 62 260 60 260 29268 27583 68 263 63 263 57 261 27583 25815 68 266 63 269 58 263 25815 23961 69 271 65 272 55 267 23961 22025 69 277 63 277 52 268 22025 20001 67 278 56 280 47 269 20001 17885 62 282 52 274 43 270 17885 15729 47 282 45 275 42 274 15729 13658 36 280 37 274 32 275 13658 11778 31 277 30 275 27 272 11778 10112 29 278 27 280 25 275 10112 8635 28 282 27 286 21 284 8635 7326 29 286 25 288 20 297 7326 6168 26 291 24 283 20 297 6168 5142 23 295 20*274 19 287 5142 4238 21*293 18*265 17 277 4238 3439 18*286 17 264 16 272 3439 2723 16 277 16 263 16 270 2723 2089 15 276 16 263 15 269 2089 1560 15 275 15 262 14 267 1560 1154 14 275 15 262 13 267 1154 875 13 274 14 262 10 265 875 705 12 274 12 261 8*264 705 608 10 273 10 261 5*262 608 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