DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/18 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.2 - - 72.6 - - 70.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 152 - - 3 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1843 - - 8 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1437 - - 591 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2443 - - 608 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 744 - - 2913 - - 2070 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 275 - - 17 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 087 - - 074 - - 097 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 216 - - -1257 - - -565 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2227 - - 1865 - - 1173 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6392 - - -1491 - - -1296 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8835 - - 2099 - - 1904 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 100 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - 110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.2 - - 72.6 - - 70.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.5 - - 66.4 - - 67.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.2 - - 72.5 - - 70.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.5 - - 65.8 - - 66.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 152 - - 3 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1843 - - 8 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 93 - - 101 - - 93 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 14 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] 98597 20 086 9 032 22 036 98597 91268 20 052 12 073 11 036 91268 85615 11 040 9 043 13 015 85615 80905 4 021 9 346 12 352 80905 76835 6 305 9 316 12 314 76835 73223 8 301 8 305 12 315 73223 69943 11 328 10 289 13 319 69943 66936 11 324 11 297 13 304 66936 64168 10 299 12 314 12 289 64168 61505 9 313 10 302 11 305 61505 58746 11 317 13 278 16 310 58746 55919 15 293 15 280 19 281 55919 53250 21 288 17 286 20 269 53250 50855 24 288 21 272 21 268 50855 48705 24 283 24 266 20 266 48705 46750 22 277 25 278 21 267 46750 44954 22 284 27 286 23 265 44954 43288 21 279 27 282 22 262 43288 41728 16 258 25 285 21 259 41728 40255 20 272 23 285 19 264 40255 38858 24 261 22 269 19 269 38858 37498 24 257 25 257 19 265 37498 36107 24 253 27 255 19 248 36107 34653 22 252 21 263 20 252 34653 33143 20 263 17 268 20 260 33143 31560 16 255 17 263 20 259 31560 29890 14 241 16 260 21 256 29890 28136 12 257 17 263 21 254 28136 26304 10 263 16 272 21 264 26304 24396 10 250 15 274 21 261 24396 22409 14 261 18 284 23 263 22409 20338 18 285 19 279 24 274 20338 18185 20 310 23 280 20 289 18185 15999 27 294 27 275 26 303 15999 13897 21 286 32 279 26 291 13897 11982 17 282 29 274 25 280 11982 10278 18 295 25 273 27 273 10278 8765 18 293 23 275 25 270 8765 7421 16 287 19 288 22 270 7421 6228 7 297 16 300 20 268 6228 5174 3 057 3 269 10 251 5174 4250 4 097 4 155 12 180 4250 3439 7 103 6 106 14 148 3439 2717 10*089 9 083 17 125 2717 2083 10*088 9 080 17 114 2083 1556 10 087 9 078 16 107 1556 1152 10 087 9 077 14 102 1152 873 9 087 8 076 11 099 873 704 9 088 8*075 9*098 704 608 7 087 6*074 5*097 608 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