DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/06 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.0 - - 72.7 - - 62.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 200 - - 59 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3103 - - 3491 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2434 - - 1882 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3703 - - 4091 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1330 - - 1079 - - 129 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 351 - - 250 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 200 - - 207 - - 178 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3607 - - -2884 - - -3903 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7310 - - 6976 - - 4510 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11930 - - -10105 - - -12522 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15633 - - 14196 - - 13129 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 48 - - 46 - - 42 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.0 - - 72.7 - - 62.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.2 - - 44.3 - - 45.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.8 - - 72.3 - - 64.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.1 - - 43.4 - - 44.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 200 - - 59 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3103 - - 3491 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 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] 97892 29 241 36 253 30 263 97892 90515 23 254 35 260 23 267 90515 84823 14 266 22 244 21 269 84823 80103 9 299 11 248 18 269 80103 76046 10 289 7 282 12 273 76046 72478 13 295 10 304 8 287 72478 69256 15 291 18 299 11 315 69256 66294 13 297 21 292 16 308 66294 63547 17 313 20 290 18 298 63547 60886 23 307 21 293 18 291 60886 58113 25 301 22 289 19 287 58113 55241 23 292 23 284 21 289 55241 52507 21 287 20 282 22 293 52507 50047 20 294 17 287 21 289 50047 47839 20 304 15 291 18 285 47839 45833 22 311 17 302 16 287 45833 43991 24 314 19 305 15 292 43991 42285 26 313 20 303 20 307 42285 40699 27 307 23 307 24 304 40699 39216 29 302 30 301 30 305 39216 37823 31 298 33 294 33 302 37823 36486 35 295 30 293 32 303 36486 35137 38 290 26 308 31 301 35137 33737 38 287 26 320 31 301 33737 32283 37 288 25 331 30 300 32283 30759 35 288 26 335 29 302 30759 29152 33 289 26 334 27 302 29152 27462 30 287 23 326 22 299 27462 25690 28 286 22 310 22 294 25690 23841 26 288 22 299 25 293 23841 21920 25 290 23 290 23 291 21920 19921 27 292 24 288 22 292 19921 17832 28 287 25 288 22 294 17832 15697 24 279 25 289 21 297 15697 13635 24 282 24 290 21 299 13635 11755 23 273 23 288 20 305 11755 10081 19 260 22 282 22 305 10081 8592 16 248 22 268 23 293 8592 7273 15 232 21 254 23 277 7273 6110 14 216 20 239 25 261 6110 5087 15 208 20 222 27 243 5087 4190 17*203 19*211 26 230 4190 3399 17*201 19*209 25 222 3399 2691 18 200 18 208 24 216 2691 2066 18 200 18 207 22 210 2066 1544 17 199 17 206 21 204 1544 1144 17 199 17 206 19 198 1144 869 16 198 16 205 17 192 869 702 15 199 14 205 14*188 702 607 12 198 11 204 6*178 607 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