DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/25 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 - - - - - - 77.8 - - 78.6 - - 74.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 74 - - 55 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5674 - - 6625 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3874 - - 4378 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6274 - - 7225 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1943 - - 1669 - - 6878 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 340 - - 335 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 298 - - 284 - - 351 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 2000 - - 2423 - - -2926 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4274 - - 4802 - - 3534 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 337 - - 1237 - - -4060 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5937 - - 5988 - - 4668 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 86 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 360 - - 250 - - 90 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.8 - - 78.6 - - 74.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.0 - - 59.6 - - 61.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.3 - - 78.1 - - 76.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.7 - - 58.2 - - 60.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 74 - - 55 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5674 - - 6625 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 11 - - 44 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 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] 99195 28 102 22 099 29 070 99195 91684 25 100 26 097 27 089 91684 85885 25 095 25 087 27 093 85885 81071 21 081 22 092 23 080 81071 76937 16 079 18 095 15 089 76937 73290 13 089 9 095 7 099 73290 69984 7 072 9 108 3 141 69984 66934 4 356 4 049 1 038 66934 64100 1 210 6 266 9 294 64100 61361 4 307 9 314 11 307 61361 58512 14 293 23 284 25 295 58512 55578 21 269 31 264 32 283 55578 52785 30 293 26 283 34 278 52785 50262 48 286 41 283 42 279 50262 48009 47 269 46 280 46 288 48009 45981 51 281 57 285 66 298 45981 44156 68 286 81 284 84 284 44156 42500 77 289 84 284 85 279 42500 40960 92 296 84 287 82 278 40960 39509 100 291 91 286 84 281 39509 38132 101 289 93 286 83 282 38132 36794 101 284 95 285 77 282 36794 35428 101 281 91 286 71 281 35428 34004 101 280 86 287 68 282 34004 32524 97 283 82 287 69 281 32524 30972 88 285 80 285 71 284 30972 29339 87 292 77 285 67 287 29339 27629 78 293 71 290 56 283 27629 25839 70 285 65 279 53 274 25839 23967 67 279 67 272 56 270 23967 22017 63 272 68 270 58 274 22017 19984 67 270 67 272 57 281 19984 17866 65 276 60 282 57 288 17866 15711 47 282 48 293 44 293 15711 13645 34 280 35 291 30 294 13645 11771 31 282 27 277 23 277 11771 10109 26 282 23 279 22 269 10109 8636 19 281 17 272 20 269 8636 7332 15*290 14*271 16 268 7332 6174 14*292 13*275 13 273 6174 5148 13 294 12 279 11 291 5148 4243 12 295 12 282 9 314 4243 3442 9 300 11 284 9 327 3442 2725 9 302 11 286 9 334 2725 2090 9 303 11 288 9 339 2090 1561 8 304 10 289 9 343 1561 1154 8 305 10 290 8 346 1154 875 8 305 10 290 8 347 875 706 7 306 9 290 6 349 706 608 6 305 7 290 4*351 608 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