DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/23 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.6 - - 75.5 - - 74.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 193 - - 130 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3950 - - 5656 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3084 - - 4147 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4550 - - 6256 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2951 - - 1279 - - 7331 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 387 - - 385 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 17 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 010 - - 357 - - 059 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -507 - - 288 - - -3927 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5058 - - 5968 - - 4535 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2122 - - -3879 - - -4568 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6672 - - 10135 - - 5176 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 76 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 0 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.6 - - 75.5 - - 74.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.7 - - 51.6 - - 57.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.4 - - 74.5 - - 75.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 52.4 - - 50.3 - - 55.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 193 - - 130 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3950 - - 5656 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 6 - - 9 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 10 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] 99470 33 075 23 081 31 073 99470 91896 27 078 22 082 26 080 91896 86045 20 096 21 077 23 072 86045 81211 20 100 15 091 15 057 81211 77057 16 098 14 096 5 101 77057 73374 10 106 12 101 6 121 73374 70034 7 104 9 091 6 107 70034 66966 4 151 6 083 5 048 66966 64124 5 189 3 266 8 307 64124 61377 10 204 6 234 8 284 61377 58524 3 261 14 279 20 302 58524 55579 18 264 20 272 24 288 55579 52772 18 258 24 273 26 282 52772 50246 24 281 26 283 30 284 50246 47991 32 287 38 280 44 289 47991 45963 29 267 42 288 47 281 45963 44116 41 291 52 289 56 302 44116 42421 56 294 55 302 70 301 42421 40865 64 299 74 305 77 299 40865 39419 72 302 83 304 77 296 39419 38054 74 302 83 302 78 293 38054 36727 76 303 81 300 82 289 36727 35374 74 304 80 299 81 283 35374 33962 68 305 78 299 76 282 33962 32493 69 302 76 298 76 287 32493 30953 76 300 74 299 73 294 30953 29336 73 307 66 301 58 299 29336 27640 56 309 57 297 45 289 27640 25860 44 306 52 300 41 286 25860 23998 40 299 45 309 41 271 23998 22055 43 305 37 296 37 264 22055 20022 30 306 33 297 35 287 20022 17896 19 283 29 301 32 288 17896 15727 18 293 23 294 26 290 15727 13646 13 299 18 300 16 291 13646 11759 10 292 16 312 12 314 11759 10089 7 316 10 315 18 320 10089 8618 9 354 6 322 17 316 8618 7316 14 356 6*335 11 317 7316 6162 13 348 5*344 7 321 6162 5138 11*346 5 347 5 331 5138 4234 9*353 5 351 4 340 4234 3434 8 007 4 357 3 357 3434 2718 8 010 4 001 3 022 2718 2085 8 012 4 004 3 045 2085 1558 8 014 4 008 3 054 1558 1153 7 016 4 011 3 058 1153 874 7 016 4 011 3 059 874 705 7 017 3 011 3 060 705 608 6 016 3 013 3*059 608 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