DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/12 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 - - - - - - 84.1 - - 78.8 - - 78.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 11 - - 28 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 791 - - 1440 - - 200 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 592 - - 592 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1391 - - 2040 - - 800 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3582 - - 1850 - - 3356 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 132 - - 158 - - 35 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 246 - - 227 - - 244 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1069 - - 899 - - -172 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2460 - - 1141 - - 972 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3689 - - 370 - - -984 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5080 - - 1670 - - 1784 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3310 - - 2780 - - 3000 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.1 - - 78.8 - - 78.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.7 - - 75.0 - - 75.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 84.1 - - 78.6 - - 79.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 73.3 - - 74.4 - - 75.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 11 - - 28 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 791 - - 1440 - - 200 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 95 - - 100 - - 96 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] 99424 24 097 22 096 24 089 99424 91905 15 097 17 091 20 072 91905 86099 19 117 11 067 17 093 86099 81287 18 097 9 126 9 067 81287 77136 13 086 12 096 9 122 77136 73446 9 093 5 055 8 046 73446 70115 11 077 6 147 5 330 70115 67069 13 358 9 083 4 086 67069 64254 14 311 13 346 14 350 64254 61553 12 291 14 303 14 304 61553 58752 17 300 18 280 20 302 58752 55851 24 316 16 287 30 288 55851 53101 44 308 36 312 32 296 53101 50650 52 289 48 296 42 292 50650 48464 41 276 54 286 51 291 48464 46487 46 301 56 297 57 291 46487 44678 67 305 65 302 61 300 44678 43006 69 299 72 303 70 304 43006 41443 62 292 74 303 73 303 41443 39969 60 291 70 300 70 301 39969 38570 57 284 62 296 65 299 38570 37212 56 278 57 291 63 297 37212 35826 53 278 55 288 62 295 35826 34381 51 281 50 283 61 293 34381 32881 48 284 44 274 61 293 32881 31311 47 283 44 279 56 292 31311 29662 49 279 45 283 48 286 29662 27934 51 274 44 279 45 286 27934 26123 47 272 47 286 46 293 26123 24235 41 274 48 294 47 302 24235 22276 37 279 42 301 42 308 22276 20235 38 288 36 307 28 309 20235 18109 42 294 28 305 30 305 18109 15945 39 298 28 300 25 306 15945 13864 30 294 27 305 16 318 13864 11975 26 286 20 312 12 336 11975 10292 25 277 14 317 10 340 10292 8793 26 271 14 313 10 305 8793 7456 27 270 18 298 13 294 7456 6270 28 270 22 283 13 287 6270 5223 28 271 24 265 14 274 5223 4301 30 270 24 245 15 266 4301 3486 29 267 22 230 14 263 3486 2758 27 262 19 227 12 262 2758 2114 22 258 17*228 11 261 2114 1576 17*252 15*227 9 257 1576 1164 13*246 13 227 8 252 1164 880 12 246 12 227 7*248 880 707 10 245 10 226 5*245 707 609 8 244 8 226 4 243 609 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