DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/31 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 - - - - - - 86.4 - - 88.9 - - 83.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 58 - - 7 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1265 - - 1786 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 592 - - 593 - - 593 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1865 - - 2386 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 836 - - 1976 - - 950 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 195 - - 157 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 18 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 212 - - 204 - - 202 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2519 - - -2103 - - -1548 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4384 - - 4489 - - 2157 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6422 - - -6111 - - -6455 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8287 - - 8497 - - 7064 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 77 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1040 - - 2120 - - 3270 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 86.4 - - 88.9 - - 83.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.2 - - 71.0 - - 75.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 86.1 - - 89.0 - - 85.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.8 - - 69.9 - - 74.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 58 - - 7 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1265 - - 1786 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 71 - - 7 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 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] 99042 7 100 6 023 14 039 99042 91606 14 118 4 109 12 017 91606 85846 14 103 11 120 9 042 85846 81078 8 106 11 088 7 075 81078 76995 8 097 7 078 5 075 76995 73397 8 055 5 111 4 089 73397 70134 7 049 7 127 2 131 70134 67135 5 038 6 113 3 192 67135 64360 4 269 3 278 2 347 64360 61685 6 242 10 262 15 282 61685 58915 11 266 17 273 20 268 58915 56051 16 267 20 264 18 269 56051 53334 19 272 22 260 25 275 53334 50907 26 286 24 258 30 267 50907 48736 34 287 36 291 31 270 48736 46764 42 282 42 285 38 277 46764 44960 39 274 43 280 41 278 44960 43298 33 274 43 276 41 283 43298 41745 30 279 34 257 41 286 41745 40279 30 273 31 253 42 284 40279 38884 25 267 30 255 38 266 38884 37526 23 274 26 257 31 256 37526 36139 23 278 25 255 31 257 36139 34693 23 275 27 252 37 254 34693 33192 26 273 31 255 41 259 33192 31621 29 274 36 258 42 269 31621 29967 34 275 39 264 42 274 29967 28231 37 275 40 269 41 276 28231 26411 38 275 40 274 41 277 26411 24512 30 277 38 275 39 273 24512 22540 28 270 33 269 33 272 22540 20491 29 271 29 269 31 274 20491 18358 28 274 26 270 29 269 18358 16181 28 262 29 273 29 275 16181 14078 28 258 29 280 25 284 14078 12158 21 257 26 282 21 295 12158 10445 17 247 21 268 23 290 10445 8920 18 247 19 246 23 270 8920 7566 19 251 20 238 25 259 7566 6361 24 259 21 245 24 247 6361 5293 29 255 24 243 25 238 5293 4356 32 243 29 230 31 234 4356 3531 31 234 29 222 31 228 3531 2791 29 231 27*218 29 225 2791 2137 25*226 21*206 27 220 2137 1591 17*213 20 204 24 215 1591 1172 16 212 19 204 20 211 1172 884 15 211 17 203 15 206 884 709 13 210 15 202 12 205 709 609 10 210 11 202 5*202 609 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