DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/11 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 - - - - - - 79.1 - - 84.4 - - 81.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 67 - - -16 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1403 - - 9 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 592 - - 593 - - 593 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2003 - - 609 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1195 - - 2522 - - 1509 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 199 - - 20 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 247 - - 155 - - 122 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 771 - - -1193 - - -308 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1232 - - 1802 - - 917 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 339 - - -4468 - - -3697 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1664 - - 5077 - - 4306 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 77 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3100 - - 5310 - - 4920 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.1 - - 84.4 - - 81.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 75.1 - - 77.8 - - 78.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.5 - - 85.2 - - 81.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 74.2 - - 77.0 - - 77.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 67 - - -16 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1403 - - 9 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 9 - - 48 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 21 - - 21 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] 99451 18 118 16 089 18 068 99451 91944 21 099 10 099 17 068 91944 86149 15 076 14 097 11 067 86149 81340 9 086 13 080 8 060 81340 77178 5 075 7 068 7 030 77178 73495 4 041 7 050 7 046 73495 70167 6 044 6 030 7 014 70167 67116 7 041 3 055 6 333 67116 64289 7 348 6 006 6 355 64289 61561 9 304 13 306 16 317 61561 58754 14 302 12 278 24 287 58754 55854 20 306 17 315 19 294 55854 53084 45 305 41 308 34 304 53084 50603 52 289 43 293 42 296 50603 48386 49 278 47 291 52 294 48386 46386 47 286 58 288 58 291 46386 44562 50 286 64 285 58 286 44562 42881 38 275 62 282 56 279 42881 41318 34 271 57 280 53 274 41318 39851 37 272 50 279 50 274 39851 38464 35 268 44 277 46 278 38464 37120 32 264 44 281 42 285 37120 35750 33 274 42 282 40 288 35750 34321 39 282 40 283 40 289 34321 32838 48 276 40 283 42 291 32838 31287 46 283 42 283 44 291 31287 29655 46 285 43 281 44 288 29655 27940 50 283 43 278 42 286 27940 26140 51 283 44 278 42 287 26140 24258 50 281 42 282 42 287 24258 22304 57 274 46 287 41 286 22304 20274 62 271 52 286 39 288 20274 18166 60 265 53 290 42 292 18166 16020 59 264 51 295 46 292 16020 13947 61 273 47 292 43 292 13947 12055 61 284 42 285 36 297 12055 10369 54 287 28 291 27 296 10369 8866 47 282 22 315 20 296 8866 7528 38 272 18 314 13 300 7528 6336 28 263 14 292 14 287 6336 5279 18 260 13 267 18 270 5279 4346 10 258 13 248 19 256 4346 3521 6 247 15 224 18 239 3521 2782 7 241 15 212 16 221 2782 2129 9*247 13 192 13 198 2129 1585 7*245 12 173 11 171 1585 1169 6 246 11 161 8 140 1169 882 6 248 10 158 7 125 882 708 5 251 9*156 6*122 708 609 4 251 7*155 4*122 609 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