DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/08 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 - - - - - - 84.8 - - 86.3 - - 83.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 72 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4176 - - 4383 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3031 - - 2912 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4776 - - 4983 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1518 - - 1560 - - 5831 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 344 - - 308 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 270 - - 201 - - 211 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1286 - - -1073 - - -3388 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6062 - - 6056 - - 3997 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5824 - - -5045 - - -5070 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10600 - - 10028 - - 5679 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 81 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 50 - - 950 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.8 - - 86.3 - - 83.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.3 - - 61.9 - - 67.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 84.0 - - 85.8 - - 84.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.0 - - 60.5 - - 66.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 72 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4176 - - 4383 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 23 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 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] 99644 27 085 26 088 21 096 99644 92063 26 098 25 096 21 073 92063 86222 27 096 20 086 21 073 86222 81387 24 086 18 077 20 071 81387 77241 20 087 16 088 13 070 77241 73590 16 075 15 089 6 067 73590 70279 18 052 16 077 9 090 70279 67240 11 034 16 053 14 073 67240 64443 5 069 12 018 16 036 64443 61762 4 034 10 353 15 005 61762 58981 9 032 10 012 9 017 58981 56097 13 338 12 342 16 336 56097 53356 15 343 12 339 14 316 53356 50888 24 345 20 352 18 348 50888 48663 24 335 22 340 25 343 48663 46642 15 332 20 342 27 338 46642 44789 18 325 30 346 23 331 44789 43079 16 293 29 331 26 339 43079 41484 2 207 12 295 23 323 41484 39989 11 098 6 214 17 300 39989 38585 13 107 7 182 10 287 38585 37228 9 153 10 183 10 307 37228 35843 12 183 14 188 13 316 35843 34402 11 191 8 190 7 320 34402 32907 5 191 4 013 5 280 32907 31346 3 082 9 012 9 300 31346 29703 10 042 10 013 11 317 29703 27976 9 041 9 356 12 324 27976 26164 3 061 11 327 11 320 26164 24270 4 176 13 308 12 311 24270 22301 6 219 13 293 11 304 22301 20255 8 264 12 289 9 297 20255 18129 5 293 9 290 9 292 18129 15966 4 358 6 314 8 300 15966 13879 3 354 4 324 9 314 13879 11977 2 340 3 302 6 297 11977 10287 3 264 4 274 6 261 10287 8789 3 239 4 267 4 252 8789 7458 1 236 2 273 4 234 7458 6278 2 284 4 227 11 244 6278 5234 6*270 7*212 12 238 5234 4312 6*269 7*207 11 233 4312 3497 6 270 7 204 11 229 3497 2766 7 270 7 202 10 225 2766 2120 6 270 7 200 10 222 2120 1580 6 271 6 198 9 219 1580 1166 6 272 6 198 8 217 1166 881 6 271 6 196 7 214 881 708 5 271 5 196 6*213 708 609 5 273 5 195 4*211 609 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