DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/17 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 - - - - - - 90.5 - - 91.4 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 94 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5244 - - 5885 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3954 - - 4099 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5844 - - 6485 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2362 - - 2882 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 399 - - 354 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 13 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 248 - - 258 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 558 - - 643 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5286 - - 5842 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -493 - - -373 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6337 - - 6858 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 89 - - 82 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1400 - - 1130 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 90.5 - - 91.4 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 69.3 - - 67.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.2 - - 90.7 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 68.2 - - 66.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 94 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5244 - - 5885 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 55 - - 27 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 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] 99609 36 099 30 091 99609 92070 33 084 26 083 92070 86291 27 093 22 078 86291 81507 24 090 20 080 81507 77370 19 079 13 087 77370 73697 15 074 12 084 73697 70369 18 076 14 082 70369 67322 20 059 18 082 67322 64505 15 031 15 067 64505 61794 10 355 13 036 61794 59000 8 323 18 345 59000 56144 13 322 21 317 56144 53445 19 333 23 317 53445 51017 26 310 31 326 51017 48835 24 294 30 310 48835 46852 23 304 27 293 46852 45031 26 314 27 293 45031 43344 26 303 25 290 43344 41765 21 288 24 281 41765 40275 16 296 20 281 40275 38866 16 302 13 279 38866 37499 17 304 11 277 37499 36105 18 312 12 292 36105 34653 21 292 16 301 34653 33147 16 269 20 287 33147 31569 12 269 20 272 31569 29906 13 272 19 261 29906 28161 15 265 22 261 28161 26332 16 245 25 262 26332 24426 21 247 24 262 24426 22445 23 244 23 260 22445 20382 24 246 20 254 20382 18234 25 251 16 248 18234 16048 17 251 18 238 16048 13945 13 251 21 241 13945 12037 12 233 20 252 12037 10347 11 225 17 260 10347 8848 10 234 15 266 8848 7514 10 243 15*265 7514 6327 10*246 14*263 6327 5274 10*248 14 261 5274 4345 10 249 13 260 4345 3522 10 249 13 258 3522 2785 9 249 13 257 2785 2134 9 249 12 256 2134 1589 9 248 12 255 1589 1171 9 247 11 255 1171 884 8 247 11 255 884 709 8 247 10 254 709 609 7 247 8 254 609 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