DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/27 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 - - - - - - 94.6 - - 98.0 - - 91.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 201 - - 110 - - -58 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3976 - - 5843 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3111 - - 4195 - - 593 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4576 - - 6443 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1782 - - 2052 - - 1563 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 390 - - 373 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 18 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 244 - - 241 - - 222 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 13 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -172 - - -281 - - -4541 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4748 - - 6724 - - 5150 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3099 - - -2905 - - -6960 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7675 - - 9348 - - 7569 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 76 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3960 - - 2710 - - 2280 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 94.6 - - 98.0 - - 91.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 75.2 - - 70.2 - - 70.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 93.2 - - 97.3 - - 93.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 74.4 - - 69.3 - - 69.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 201 - - 110 - - -58 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3976 - - 5843 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 5 - - 48 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 18 - - 15 - - 16 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] 99585 42 087 35 109 26 093 99585 92010 32 099 27 079 33 077 92010 86188 24 102 23 091 26 066 86188 81391 25 097 25 103 17 077 81391 77269 23 092 20 088 18 097 77269 73616 20 091 18 090 15 094 73616 70307 18 077 19 088 11 090 70307 67272 15 050 17 078 8 082 67272 64471 11 019 14 041 10 058 64471 61778 7 339 14 337 11 003 61778 58996 11 347 15 330 11 325 58996 56134 17 333 18 331 14 316 56134 53417 28 325 29 317 25 324 53417 50981 41 325 45 320 41 321 50981 48802 49 323 55 319 52 322 48802 46816 56 324 59 320 57 317 46816 44984 61 324 60 323 55 314 44984 43274 65 326 63 327 56 318 43274 41672 70 328 67 328 62 321 41672 40163 77 329 74 329 69 322 40163 38739 82 329 80 328 72 322 38739 37360 85 331 80 328 73 322 37360 35961 82 333 78 328 75 321 35961 34508 74 332 75 331 74 320 34508 33007 66 331 71 328 70 322 33007 31438 59 331 65 323 64 326 31438 29793 45 327 54 321 59 321 29793 28070 40 314 48 315 56 316 28070 26271 42 311 42 307 52 314 26271 24396 43 313 40 313 43 314 24396 22447 39 319 38 318 38 316 22447 20417 33 319 32 315 35 319 20417 18303 30 320 27 308 31 313 18303 16145 27 316 27 305 29 306 16145 14061 25 287 26 299 28 308 14061 12159 25 263 28 300 30 306 12159 10460 24 261 25 287 29 303 10460 8946 24 267 23 281 31 292 8946 7596 23 273 22*273 36 272 7596 6396 22 272 20*248 34 266 6396 5330 19*262 20 245 32 261 5330 4389 16*251 19 242 30 255 4389 3557 15 246 19 241 28 251 3557 2811 14 244 19 239 26 247 2811 2152 14 243 18 238 25 244 2152 1601 14 242 18 238 23 240 1601 1178 13 241 17 237 19 234 1178 887 12 240 16 236 15 229 887 710 11 239 15 236 12 226 710 609 10 240 12 235 7*222 609 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