DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/10 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.7 - - 77.5 - - 74.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 99 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2636 - - 3389 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2065 - - 2280 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3236 - - 3989 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1683 - - 2571 - - 5615 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 325 - - 292 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 235 - - 252 - - 053 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -264 - - -212 - - -2827 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3500 - - 4201 - - 3435 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2126 - - -890 - - -3951 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5362 - - 4879 - - 4559 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 84 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 110 - - 110 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.7 - - 77.5 - - 74.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.3 - - 61.1 - - 61.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.3 - - 76.7 - - 75.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 62.3 - - 60.3 - - 60.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 99 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2636 - - 3389 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 36 - - 97 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 12 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] 98880 10 217 8 280 7 337 98880 91421 4 212 8 240 6 295 91421 85653 4 183 8 223 8 246 85653 80851 5 288 6 295 6 227 80851 76724 7 293 7 279 5 276 76724 73099 7 265 11 236 8 278 73099 69826 10 266 10 214 15 251 69826 66816 13 256 11 261 13 253 66816 64031 14 242 15 245 13 281 64031 61347 20 258 19 264 23 272 61347 58556 19 250 29 250 20 249 58556 55664 23 268 25 271 27 283 55664 52917 55 264 44 269 42 276 52917 50472 59 251 52 255 50 256 50472 48295 62 245 51 250 48 246 48295 46323 68 242 55 249 48 255 46323 44516 66 258 59 247 60 260 44516 42847 78 263 59 261 68 257 42847 41290 85 260 71 267 73 256 41290 39823 88 258 80 260 77 256 39823 38429 89 259 80 255 76 254 38429 37073 90 259 81 253 76 254 37073 35685 89 254 79 250 76 254 35685 34236 89 248 77 249 74 253 34236 32730 86 241 75 250 70 257 32730 31154 80 235 74 254 61 258 31154 29497 71 230 72 255 52 260 29497 27759 70 242 69 258 47 265 27759 25939 74 265 64 261 41 270 25939 24044 49 246 50 268 35 274 24044 22081 43 237 44 265 32 283 22081 20046 35 233 45 252 28 290 20046 17925 30 242 43 248 26 297 17925 15767 37 265 40 263 25 291 15767 13693 35 269 36 276 24 281 13693 11812 19 261 31 275 18 282 11812 10143 17 243 17 271 18 283 10143 8663 14 262 14 276 16 280 8663 7350 9 310 11 316 10 279 7350 6186 11 335 9 337 5 280 6186 5156 9 342 8 331 3 288 5156 4246 5 332 7*319 1 358 4246 3442 4*282 6*299 4 062 3442 2723 4*261 5 269 8 064 2723 2089 5 240 6 248 12 062 2089 1560 6 233 6 240 14 060 1560 1154 6 229 6 234 13 058 1154 874 6 228 6 231 12 057 874 705 6 227 6 231 10 054 705 608 5 227 5 230 7*053 608 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