DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/10 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.0 - - 81.0 - - 68.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 130 - - 14 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2228 - - 2418 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1618 - - 592 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2828 - - 3018 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1656 - - 2239 - - 183 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 276 - - 156 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 169 - - 159 - - 138 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4823 - - -5588 - - -4014 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7651 - - 8607 - - 4622 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9537 - - -10280 - - -10745 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12365 - - 13298 - - 11353 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 49 - - 86 - - 42 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.0 - - 81.0 - - 68.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.9 - - 45.6 - - 50.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.2 - - 81.0 - - 70.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.7 - - 44.5 - - 50.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 130 - - 14 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2228 - - 2418 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 45 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 8 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] 97712 31 270 36 270 31 280 97712 90481 23 273 20 281 19 281 90481 84861 15 262 15 281 14 281 84861 80184 11 227 14 281 12 296 80184 76143 9 208 16 257 15 302 76143 72579 6 230 19 237 18 280 72579 69369 10 272 13 239 14 249 69369 66419 23 280 16 279 14 279 66419 63683 34 267 30 273 28 286 63683 61043 38 255 38 260 35 273 61043 58308 36 251 37 252 35 254 58308 55485 32 246 34 245 34 242 55485 52796 30 240 35 237 34 234 52796 50371 30 235 37 230 35 230 50371 48187 31 237 35 228 36 225 48187 46193 30 243 33 231 34 223 46193 44355 29 246 30 231 30 227 44355 42643 27 249 24 236 28 230 42643 41039 21 249 17 231 25 216 41039 39540 36 234 18 233 21 212 39540 38143 40 206 26 217 30 222 38143 36798 39 201 31 197 25 193 36798 35426 39 201 24 222 14 191 35426 34000 39 201 19 216 12 180 34000 32518 29 237 18 200 13 178 32518 30965 14 228 13 193 9 178 30965 29330 15 173 9 190 6 135 29330 27613 17 140 6 187 7 149 27613 25818 15 116 11 122 11 145 25818 23954 14 094 13 106 9 092 23954 22025 10 077 11 089 12 075 22025 20017 4 078 7 078 12 077 20017 17917 2 068 6 074 12 073 17917 15774 5 055 8 072 12 068 15774 13710 4 041 8 070 12 055 13710 11829 1 093 4 077 11 044 11829 10153 4 198 4 176 10 023 10153 8667 12 185 10 186 1 209 8667 7349 14 189 13 196 6 192 7349 6180 19 195 19 174 12 161 6180 5144 24 186 23 166 19 147 5144 4232 25 179 22 167 23 156 4232 3429 25*175 20*165 24 158 3429 2713 21*172 19*162 25 152 2713 2081 19 169 18 160 24 149 2081 1555 18 168 18 158 22 149 1555 1150 17 168 17 157 20 147 1150 872 16 167 16 157 17 145 872 704 14 167 14 156 14*143 704 608 11 167 10 155 6*138 608 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