DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/26 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.6 - - 81.7 - - 76.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 22 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3762 - - 5055 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2618 - - 2583 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4362 - - 5655 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2942 - - 2633 - - 6438 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 313 - - 256 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 279 - - 275 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 841 - - 1116 - - -1782 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3521 - - 4539 - - 2391 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -597 - - -528 - - -3357 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4959 - - 6183 - - 3966 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 79 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1550 - - 1020 - - 1710 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.6 - - 81.7 - - 76.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.9 - - 63.7 - - 67.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.0 - - 81.5 - - 78.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.6 - - 62.4 - - 66.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 22 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3762 - - 5055 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - 33 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 11 - - 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] 99345 23 103 17 092 18 085 99345 91841 22 100 13 125 16 071 91841 86034 16 102 14 087 10 055 86034 81230 15 115 14 079 5 046 81230 77100 15 092 10 095 6 097 77100 73442 15 068 8 117 6 081 73442 70129 8 068 4 100 6 098 70129 67075 3 066 3 213 5 025 67075 64246 4 322 2 285 8 301 64246 61513 1 042 5 218 9 263 61513 58666 10 306 11 264 14 286 58666 55715 22 292 18 281 18 286 55715 52905 26 288 25 288 28 295 52905 50384 35 281 35 283 29 293 50384 48127 40 275 45 286 45 290 48127 46086 47 279 53 279 51 281 46086 44222 52 281 52 275 51 281 44222 42508 53 281 50 277 52 281 42508 40921 53 284 50 282 50 283 40921 39439 51 288 50 284 51 287 39439 38047 51 287 50 285 54 290 38047 36703 52 282 52 283 56 291 36703 35337 52 278 54 281 52 292 35337 33920 49 276 56 281 44 293 33920 32455 45 275 51 283 38 294 32455 30925 40 274 44 282 35 297 30925 29319 39 275 39 279 33 296 29319 27633 40 276 37 279 32 292 27633 25863 40 277 38 282 33 287 25863 24009 40 279 36 282 33 287 24009 22074 39 283 33 283 30 292 22074 20053 37 285 32 288 28 300 20053 17943 36 284 33 292 29 299 17943 15791 35 283 33 288 27 294 15791 13720 32 280 32 284 25 289 13720 11840 28 275 27 279 23 283 11840 10176 23 277 23 270 17 282 10176 8699 21 276 20 278 14 287 8699 7387 20 277 18 283 16 297 7387 6223 18 280 18*282 17 297 6223 5189 17*278 17*279 17 294 5189 4276 15*273 16 279 17 293 4276 3468 15 271 16 279 17 293 3468 2745 14 270 16 279 16 292 2745 2104 14 270 15 279 15 291 2104 1570 14 270 15 279 14 289 1570 1160 13 270 14 279 13 285 1160 878 13 270 13 279 10 282 878 706 12 270 12 279 8*279 706 609 10 270 9 278 4*275 609 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