DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/23 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 - - - - - - 75.0 - - 74.6 - - 70.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 23 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5653 - - 5901 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3974 - - 3178 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6253 - - 6501 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1928 - - 1239 - - 6805 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 356 - - 269 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 12 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 308 - - 306 - - 313 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1695 - - 978 - - -2117 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4559 - - 5523 - - 2725 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 129 - - -528 - - -3374 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6124 - - 7029 - - 3982 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 78 - - 74 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 100 - - 30 - - 100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.0 - - 74.6 - - 70.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.1 - - 52.6 - - 60.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.3 - - 74.5 - - 71.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.8 - - 51.3 - - 59.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 91 - - 23 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5653 - - 5901 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 11 - - 0 - - 47 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 11 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] 99307 20 092 17 084 12 098 99307 91838 19 085 11 083 9 086 91838 86046 13 090 6 068 15 059 86046 81260 12 099 7 090 13 068 81260 77148 9 081 9 098 10 094 77148 73496 5 099 10 081 7 097 73496 70178 8 130 6 106 4 078 70178 67112 6 105 5 146 4 072 67112 64250 5 083 2 291 8 356 64250 61484 10 022 5 341 12 337 61484 58630 17 348 14 342 19 336 58630 55686 26 331 20 326 27 327 55686 52877 34 323 32 319 38 315 52877 50355 40 316 38 326 41 322 50355 48104 46 322 49 331 53 329 48104 46073 55 330 64 326 66 329 46073 44224 73 330 76 326 78 329 44224 42523 84 328 91 324 89 325 42523 40947 92 329 97 322 96 321 40947 39475 95 329 95 321 93 317 39475 38085 96 326 92 321 85 317 38085 36738 96 325 88 320 82 321 36738 35367 93 326 85 319 82 321 35367 33941 84 327 85 319 83 320 33941 32462 81 327 86 319 79 321 32462 30912 80 324 85 319 77 321 30912 29282 79 323 78 320 77 321 29282 27573 75 324 70 319 73 321 27573 25787 63 324 64 319 64 321 25787 23923 54 322 58 319 55 317 23923 21980 49 322 51 317 51 314 21980 19954 46 318 47 315 48 315 19954 17839 42 314 43 315 44 315 17839 15684 37 316 39 315 40 315 15684 13612 33 317 35 315 36 316 13612 11729 30 316 32 316 33 318 11729 10059 27 314 28 316 29 322 10059 8583 17 310 21 309 25 318 8583 7284 13*306 17*304 20 316 7284 6136 11*304 14*303 17 317 6136 5117 9 305 13 304 15 317 5117 4217 8 307 13 305 13 317 4217 3422 8 308 12 306 12 318 3422 2709 8 308 11 306 11 319 2709 2079 8 310 11 307 9 321 2079 1554 7 310 10 308 8 322 1554 1150 7 311 10 309 7 323 1150 873 7 311 9 309 5 322 873 704 6 310 9 309 4*319 704 608 6 311 7 309 2*313 608 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