DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/18 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.2 - - 80.3 - - 74.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 8 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2919 - - 3435 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1994 - - 592 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3519 - - 4035 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 988 - - 1656 - - 3525 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 284 - - 198 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 12 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 234 - - 228 - - 204 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -11 - - 647 - - -1091 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3530 - - 3388 - - 1699 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4078 - - -2122 - - -2449 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7597 - - 6157 - - 3057 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 89 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 190 - - 700 - - 940 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.2 - - 80.3 - - 74.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.6 - - 67.2 - - 69.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.7 - - 80.3 - - 76.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.2 - - 65.8 - - 68.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 8 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2919 - - 3435 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 79 - - 56 - - 45 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - 15 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] 99490 35 098 23 099 16 096 99490 91979 25 098 20 109 15 074 91979 86152 18 107 16 101 14 080 86152 81303 15 097 15 089 16 092 81303 77128 8 095 10 083 14 100 77128 73439 9 132 3 019 8 074 73439 70110 5 120 5 186 3 305 70110 67061 1 304 3 203 2 241 67061 64232 9 282 5 228 8 277 64232 61507 11 259 9 238 13 248 61507 58679 17 280 17 265 19 282 58679 55743 24 256 35 255 36 272 55743 52957 33 265 35 249 47 270 52957 50474 51 265 51 270 53 262 50474 48265 61 264 69 265 64 259 48265 46274 70 262 74 256 70 270 46274 44467 68 262 72 260 86 269 44467 42803 68 266 77 266 86 265 42803 41248 68 265 75 270 83 269 41248 39786 65 262 75 270 86 272 39786 38403 64 264 72 266 86 271 38403 37059 66 268 70 261 82 272 37059 35686 68 269 68 259 78 270 35686 34255 66 269 66 259 73 267 34255 32765 62 271 65 262 70 267 32765 31204 55 274 64 264 71 270 31204 29560 51 274 64 267 64 270 29560 27833 48 275 60 272 59 270 27833 26023 50 279 56 275 57 275 26023 24136 49 277 52 276 53 279 24136 22175 46 275 47 275 46 276 22175 20135 42 271 52 268 42 272 20135 18014 34 262 43 281 40 281 18014 15857 29 263 33 278 38 287 15857 13781 26 276 32 284 29 281 13781 11895 29 277 26 299 22 287 11895 10221 29 279 18 291 14 278 10221 8732 26 278 19 285 13 269 8732 7405 22 272 21 280 15 273 7405 6226 18 264 19 272 17 276 6226 5183 14 260 16 256 19 265 5183 4267 11*258 14*237 19 253 4267 3460 9*246 13*231 19 238 3460 2738 8 236 13 229 19 225 2738 2100 8 233 12 228 18 219 2100 1567 8 232 12 227 17 215 1567 1158 7 230 11 226 16 211 1158 877 7 229 10 225 13 209 877 706 6 229 9 225 11 207 706 608 5 228 8 224 7*204 608 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