DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - - - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 71.1 - - 61.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 120 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 1673 - - 577 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 1157 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 2273 - - 1177 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 2391 - - 1127 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 243 - - 63 W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 12 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 343 - - 343 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 5 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - -3 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - -3630 - - -568 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 5904 - - 1745 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - -11156 - - -4264 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 13429 - - 5441 blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 99 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 50 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 71.1 - - 61.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 47.6 - - 56.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 70.3 - - 61.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 46.6 - - 55.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 120 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 1673 - - 577 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 98 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 6 - - 9 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] 98768 3 170 1 012 98768 91393 6 217 3 126 91393 85665 8 225 3 333 85665 80892 5 233 5 225 80892 76764 11 266 8 263 76764 73115 14 244 16 270 73115 69823 14 272 13 270 69823 66811 20 274 21 278 66811 64025 17 255 22 246 64025 61313 16 299 14 290 61313 58499 33 286 29 300 58499 55607 42 276 42 282 55607 52863 53 275 46 274 52863 50395 61 276 49 286 50395 48182 68 277 66 287 48182 46192 77 280 80 284 46192 44385 91 281 86 283 44385 42715 101 277 93 281 42715 41154 100 274 97 278 41154 39685 95 274 98 277 39685 38294 90 277 97 278 38294 36942 86 278 93 280 36942 35564 82 276 90 280 35564 34128 78 274 87 281 34128 32636 74 273 85 283 32636 31075 74 269 82 282 31075 29431 76 263 79 278 29431 27706 73 263 78 278 27706 25903 70 263 80 282 25903 24023 70 266 77 285 24023 22067 73 274 72 284 22067 20027 74 284 64 282 20027 17897 64 289 64 282 17897 15724 48 284 61 275 15724 13630 40 264 54 270 13630 11726 48 249 48 285 11726 10041 41 264 49 299 10041 8554 27 281 36 312 8554 7241 20 298 23 319 7241 6081 18 328 16 320 6081 5060 21 346 15 321 5060 4162 21 348 12 313 4162 3371 19 350 9 305 3371 2666 16*350 8 320 2666 2046 13*346 9 339 2046 1531 13 344 9*344 1531 1137 12 343 8*343 1137 866 12 342 7 344 866 701 11 342 6 343 701 607 9 341 5 341 607 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