DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/04 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.3 - - 84.3 - - 80.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 66 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4853 - - 5704 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3629 - - 3787 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5453 - - 6304 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1349 - - 658 - - 6023 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 382 - - 327 - - 15 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 196 - - 204 - - 177 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -8 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1063 - - 657 - - -3098 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4390 - - 5648 - - 3707 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6463 - - -5841 - - -4302 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11916 - - 12145 - - 4910 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 76 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 70 - - 10 - - 110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.3 - - 84.3 - - 80.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.1 - - 61.6 - - 66.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.2 - - 83.9 - - 81.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.7 - - 60.3 - - 65.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 147 - - 66 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4853 - - 5704 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 3 - - 20 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 14 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] 99600 34 091 26 110 19 087 99600 92090 29 092 24 095 23 081 92090 86301 30 089 25 095 22 080 86301 81483 25 078 28 086 17 085 81483 77338 18 083 22 081 18 090 77338 73690 14 088 16 088 15 090 73690 70386 14 107 12 096 13 083 70386 67343 14 114 7 116 9 085 67343 64522 11 138 8 172 3 100 64522 61805 4 143 9 191 8 240 61805 59005 2 319 9 209 13 224 59005 56125 13 259 12 251 11 225 56125 53390 21 227 19 243 18 249 53390 50936 18 248 25 242 26 255 50936 48740 23 259 27 245 28 257 48740 46749 23 244 26 258 26 264 46749 44920 21 249 23 256 23 263 44920 43221 22 266 21 249 20 255 43221 41628 25 273 24 258 20 255 41628 40131 21 267 29 259 28 258 40131 38720 17 264 27 257 26 239 38720 37352 16 269 21 251 23 248 37352 35960 13 272 19 260 28 263 35960 34517 10 264 22 276 31 267 34517 33019 7 249 26 272 32 261 33019 31446 8 249 23 259 26 253 31446 29789 15 243 19 266 23 257 29789 28049 18 236 19 271 22 276 28049 26228 17 237 20 263 16 267 26228 24329 18 239 20 244 13 245 24329 22356 19 234 17 235 16 246 22356 20299 20 229 14 236 17 245 20299 18153 16 229 12 231 14 254 18153 15972 14 217 12 230 10 268 15972 13874 12 207 11 239 8 277 13874 11965 10 219 9 246 6 273 11965 10268 8 242 6 245 4 250 10268 8765 6 241 2 229 4 199 8765 7434 6 231 5*221 6 240 7434 6258 8*219 9*210 7 238 6258 5218 8*214 9 208 7 231 5218 4299 8 207 9 206 7 219 4299 3486 8 196 9 204 7 206 3486 2757 8 193 9 202 8 197 2757 2113 8 191 8 199 8 192 2113 1576 7 188 8 198 8 187 1576 1164 7 186 8 198 8 185 1164 880 7 186 8 197 7 181 880 707 6 185 7 197 6 180 707 608 6 185 6 197 4*177 608 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