DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/16 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.3 - - 73.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 172 - - 118 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2416 - - 5814 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1924 - - 4235 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3016 - - 6414 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2014 - - 3022 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 320 - - 383 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 33 - - 25 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 234 - - 272 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 11 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 10 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 598 - - 503 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2418 - - 5911 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -465 - - -1062 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3481 - - 7476 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 67 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1730 - - 330 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.3 - - 73.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.3 - - 49.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.6 - - 73.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.2 - - 48.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 172 - - 118 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2416 - - 5814 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 81 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 7 - - - 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] 98808 26 106 23 095 98808 91302 20 097 20 089 91302 85517 19 097 17 080 85517 80719 20 089 16 094 80719 76587 14 076 14 087 76587 72932 9 031 14 077 72932 69616 8 359 7 032 69616 66574 4 351 5 247 66574 63750 5 338 3 300 63750 61016 10 308 11 264 61016 58161 16 302 13 249 58161 55168 23 293 20 300 55168 52307 29 295 42 285 52307 49754 44 282 39 267 49754 47458 44 263 31 270 47458 45362 27 261 37 287 45362 43445 28 286 45 289 43445 41688 45 286 50 285 41688 40064 57 279 53 284 40064 38551 63 280 57 282 38551 37134 72 282 59 281 37134 35774 80 278 62 281 35774 34404 87 274 67 280 34404 32991 89 272 68 281 32991 31531 86 268 68 285 31531 30008 85 263 68 285 30008 28406 82 263 66 287 28406 26730 69 265 64 286 26730 24985 51 257 60 287 24985 23180 49 252 52 287 23180 21316 50 252 44 285 21316 19380 55 256 39 283 19380 17361 53 260 37 278 17361 15302 43 260 38 271 15302 13319 44 264 39 268 13319 11515 40 262 37 267 11515 9910 35 257 34 265 9910 8483 33 253 30 259 8483 7212 33 247 27*261 7212 6080 34 239 26*265 6080 5074 35 235 26 267 5074 4185 35 235 26 271 4185 3399 35*235 26 272 3399 2693 35*235 26 274 2693 2069 35 235 26 275 2069 1548 34 234 25 275 1548 1147 33 234 25 276 1147 871 31 234 23 276 871 704 27 234 21 276 704 607 20 233 16 276 607 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