DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/29 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.6 - - 78.6 - - 67.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 206 - - 63 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3039 - - 3787 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2400 - - 2194 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3639 - - 4387 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1173 - - 1146 - - 123 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 352 - - 264 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 211 - - 203 - - 164 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3038 - - -3759 - - -3750 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6678 - - 8146 - - 4358 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9366 - - -10950 - - -10602 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13005 - - 15337 - - 11210 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 72 - - 40 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.6 - - 78.6 - - 67.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.6 - - 45.2 - - 51.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.2 - - 78.1 - - 70.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 48.7 - - 44.3 - - 50.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 206 - - 63 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3039 - - 3787 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 8 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] 97825 12 256 25 251 20 287 97825 90627 16 275 13 254 16 274 90627 85037 12 246 9 269 14 267 85037 80372 8 223 8 285 9 263 80372 76347 4 193 5 285 5 276 76347 72797 1 052 1 281 2 017 72797 69591 4 360 3 339 6 054 69591 66643 7 338 6 335 8 026 66643 63910 9 300 8 314 12 339 63910 61270 12 285 11 292 13 308 61270 58522 13 269 16 271 16 299 58522 55668 17 277 22 280 23 295 55668 52947 24 288 30 279 30 286 52947 50498 24 283 27 280 35 288 50498 48308 30 308 38 296 42 284 48308 46330 46 308 46 296 38 295 46330 44509 52 301 46 298 49 309 44509 42824 50 292 43 303 59 300 42824 41260 44 296 55 306 68 297 41260 39796 45 306 66 298 69 290 39796 38413 57 308 59 299 53 292 38413 37067 54 309 46 293 44 285 37067 35693 40 309 39 290 34 291 35693 34261 33 311 30 296 32 281 34261 32771 30 309 28 283 35 272 32771 31208 30 306 25 288 31 275 31208 29561 29 300 26 286 27 263 29561 27831 27 293 27 285 20 251 27831 26014 20 277 25 282 20 258 26014 24117 17 266 22 270 24 262 24117 22145 13 257 19 268 25 269 22145 20092 11 259 19 260 22 271 20092 17953 13 257 18 254 20 265 17953 15778 15 239 17 246 21 255 15778 13691 14 228 17 236 20 244 13691 11799 13 225 17 230 19 232 11799 10122 12 225 14 223 16 226 10122 8636 10 219 14 216 14 230 8636 7320 9 218 13 214 13 235 7320 6155 10 220 13 219 14 232 6155 5127 10 219 11*214 15 218 5127 4223 10*217 10*206 16 207 4223 3426 9*214 10 205 16 196 3426 2713 9 213 10 203 15 188 2713 2082 8 211 10 202 14 183 2082 1555 8 210 9 201 13 181 1555 1151 7 210 9 201 12 180 1151 872 7 209 8 200 11 178 872 704 6 209 8 200 9*174 704 608 6 208 7 199 5*164 608 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