DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/21 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.5 - - 84.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 111 - - 150 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4582 - - 5439 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3313 - - 4055 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5182 - - 6039 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2191 - - 2694 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 352 - - 394 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 21 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 294 - - 313 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1071 - - 528 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4111 - - 5511 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -132 - - -642 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5314 - - 6681 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 78 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1170 - - 210 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.5 - - 84.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.0 - - 62.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.9 - - 83.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.8 - - 61.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 111 - - 150 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4582 - - 5439 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 21 - - 11 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 11 - - - 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] 99580 31 099 31 109 99580 92021 28 094 29 101 92021 86184 23 092 24 088 86184 81370 22 105 21 087 81370 77231 23 101 15 093 77231 73572 20 079 16 106 73572 70258 13 081 15 082 70258 67213 16 070 11 066 67213 64403 7 031 8 038 64403 61698 5 355 6 341 61698 58886 20 312 9 346 58886 55971 26 307 29 315 55971 53194 35 302 42 300 53194 50696 43 288 51 295 50696 48454 54 300 56 297 48454 46419 78 307 78 309 46419 44569 102 300 101 304 44569 42882 108 298 118 299 42882 41313 115 301 118 296 41313 39830 120 299 117 301 39830 38421 118 300 123 306 38421 37051 113 304 121 307 37051 35651 103 306 113 302 35651 34194 94 302 111 299 34194 32682 91 300 108 301 32682 31107 88 303 94 303 31107 29456 79 305 80 304 29456 27730 65 302 67 300 27730 25929 56 300 52 293 25929 24058 50 303 44 289 24058 22114 43 302 41 287 22114 20091 39 298 38 285 20091 17980 39 300 35 285 17980 15825 39 304 32 292 15825 13746 36 307 32 297 13746 11860 32 307 30 299 11860 10188 29 301 27 304 10188 8710 29 297 20 302 8710 7399 28 298 19 306 7399 6233 25 298 20*308 6233 5198 23*297 21*311 5198 4284 22*296 22 312 4284 3476 21 294 22 313 3476 2751 20 294 22 313 2751 2109 20 293 22 313 2109 1574 19 293 22 313 1574 1163 18 293 21 313 1163 879 17 292 20 313 879 707 16 292 18 313 707 609 12 292 14 313 609 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