DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/19 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 - - - - - - 73.3 - - 75.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 71 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5013 - - 5563 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3762 - - 3765 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5613 - - 6163 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1814 - - 1611 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 389 - - 334 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 299 - - 287 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 257 - - 466 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5356 - - 5697 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2463 - - -2299 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8076 - - 8462 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 69 - - 68 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 30 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 73.3 - - 75.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.9 - - 53.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.4 - - 75.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.6 - - 51.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 141 - - 71 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5013 - - 5563 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 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] 98940 23 085 22 079 98940 91436 18 084 15 070 91436 85667 17 080 14 085 85667 80875 13 085 16 084 80875 76752 13 082 14 073 76752 73107 7 092 5 093 73107 69805 5 129 7 133 69805 66773 7 084 5 119 66773 63965 6 264 2 221 63965 61251 8 248 6 289 61251 58411 13 261 21 260 58411 55467 21 263 23 268 55467 52661 29 275 25 277 52661 50135 38 276 40 283 50135 47874 45 278 47 275 47874 45813 55 270 53 274 45813 43922 56 264 66 282 43922 42191 52 270 86 277 42191 40606 76 286 92 269 40606 39134 98 282 90 269 39134 37753 107 280 90 272 37753 36421 108 281 91 274 36421 35062 107 282 94 278 35062 33647 105 283 96 279 33647 32176 102 283 96 278 32176 30632 101 283 96 279 30632 29006 99 285 95 281 29006 27302 95 287 96 284 27302 25522 91 291 93 288 25522 23672 80 300 87 287 23672 21752 73 303 77 290 21752 19755 69 302 60 300 19755 17677 53 298 50 301 17677 15561 40 285 39 306 15561 13523 30 280 36 304 13523 11670 27 288 30 297 11670 10029 26 300 22 290 10029 8573 26 310 21 302 8573 7280 26 315 21*303 7280 6131 22*312 17*292 6131 5114 16*302 15 286 5114 4215 15 300 14 286 4215 3421 15 299 14 286 3421 2709 14 298 14 286 2709 2079 14 298 13 286 2079 1554 13 298 12 287 1554 1151 13 298 12 287 1151 873 12 298 11 288 873 705 11 298 10 287 705 608 10 298 9 287 608 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