DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/10 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.9 - - 82.4 - - 80.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 45 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3349 - - 1183 - - 146 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2336 - - 592 - - 593 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3949 - - 1783 - - 746 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1575 - - 1995 - - 1861 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 303 - - 176 - - 40 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 15 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 206 - - 216 - - 213 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1083 - - 167 - - -581 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2866 - - 1616 - - 1327 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -808 - - -1949 - - -3035 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4757 - - 3732 - - 3781 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 94 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3240 - - 3660 - - 3240 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 85.9 - - 82.4 - - 80.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.7 - - 76.4 - - 75.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 85.5 - - 82.1 - - 80.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.3 - - 75.5 - - 74.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 83 - - 45 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3349 - - 1183 - - 146 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 54 - - 75 - - 46 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 19 - - 19 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] 98778 29 083 25 079 19 087 98778 91303 21 077 20 090 22 081 91303 85576 14 075 22 088 18 068 85576 80850 9 081 14 076 17 061 80850 76775 8 081 8 073 16 056 76775 73174 10 089 11 074 14 079 73174 69923 12 103 12 068 17 088 69923 66947 9 094 13 069 14 079 66947 64204 10 091 9 084 8 067 64204 61561 7 126 5 109 6 054 61561 58802 5 169 8 203 6 280 58802 55935 4 212 9 216 9 244 55935 53190 16 249 17 248 24 251 53190 50714 29 243 29 245 32 237 50714 48485 31 251 32 239 32 240 48485 46453 37 257 39 247 38 247 46453 44604 48 257 38 242 35 251 44604 42907 51 246 34 239 34 254 42907 41330 50 243 36 237 37 241 41330 39854 48 247 34 235 34 222 39854 38464 43 246 34 236 30 224 38464 37114 37 244 31 239 30 244 37114 35735 32 234 28 243 31 251 35735 34297 28 229 28 247 28 248 34297 32804 20 221 31 249 28 253 32804 31239 22 222 31 246 27 260 31239 29591 31 234 30 245 28 265 29591 27861 35 246 31 246 27 266 27861 26050 35 247 34 247 29 267 26050 24159 36 241 37 246 33 264 24159 22194 37 238 44 245 35 252 22194 20156 30 227 49 241 41 245 20156 18044 26 210 50 236 45 248 18044 15898 31 217 49 235 48 250 15898 13834 35 225 46 231 46 254 13834 11958 36 231 45 227 44 260 11958 10286 36 232 46 223 42 260 10286 8795 35 232 49 223 41 254 8795 7466 32 232 43 224 36 244 7466 6285 29 229 33 227 32 233 6285 5238 26 223 27 233 33 223 5238 4313 23*215 25 227 34 216 4313 3496 20*208 25 218 33 212 3496 2764 20 207 24 216 29 210 2764 2117 19 206 22*216 23 209 2117 1578 18 205 18*216 16 210 1578 1165 18 204 16 216 12 211 1165 880 17 204 15 215 10*213 880 708 15 203 13 215 8*213 708 609 12 203 10 214 6 212 609 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