DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/03 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 - - - - - - 92.5 - - 93.6 - - 88.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 195 - - 112 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5764 - - 6087 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4455 - - 4382 - - 593 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6364 - - 6687 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2200 - - 2426 - - 7068 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 438 - - 379 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 236 - - 225 - - 250 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1217 - - 925 - - -2327 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5148 - - 5762 - - 2936 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -98 - - -354 - - -3624 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6462 - - 7041 - - 4233 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 75 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2930 - - 2600 - - 4580 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.5 - - 93.6 - - 88.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.8 - - 70.2 - - 76.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 91.2 - - 92.8 - - 88.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 70.8 - - 69.2 - - 75.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 195 - - 112 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5764 - - 6087 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 14 - - 0 - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 20 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] 99478 37 095 30 091 24 066 99478 91900 30 089 25 088 24 073 91900 86075 25 084 23 093 24 082 86075 81262 21 082 25 086 19 088 81262 77137 16 071 21 082 17 085 77137 73507 8 079 15 070 14 082 73507 70225 7 110 8 047 12 056 70225 67202 6 062 3 084 9 017 67202 64392 3 024 4 095 3 024 64392 61665 2 262 3 341 2 298 61665 58835 10 238 8 264 7 241 58835 55945 23 220 25 235 20 239 55945 53235 18 215 27 232 22 222 53235 50813 18 248 25 235 18 231 50813 48645 25 233 29 236 37 253 48645 46687 31 248 34 243 44 251 46687 44895 29 238 32 246 40 250 44895 43231 24 245 27 235 39 255 43231 41670 23 240 26 237 36 254 41670 40195 24 234 27 244 35 250 40195 38793 26 242 29 241 37 245 38793 37429 30 243 30 238 37 247 37429 36036 31 237 31 241 38 255 36036 34582 27 233 34 246 38 255 34582 33074 22 237 33 245 33 250 33074 31500 20 239 27 239 28 241 31500 29848 22 240 22 235 26 235 29848 28116 24 246 24 242 25 238 28116 26302 26 250 26 247 22 245 26302 24409 27 246 25 240 21 256 24409 22439 26 239 23 240 24 254 22439 20388 26 240 23 252 23 248 20388 18257 30 236 27 250 21 239 18257 16085 32 232 30 239 21 238 16085 13993 29 235 30 233 22 249 13993 12092 25 245 25 238 20 260 12092 10402 21 249 20 244 20 244 10402 8897 18 243 17 233 22 226 8897 7557 18*240 16*226 23 222 7557 6364 18*239 16*225 21 223 6364 5305 16 236 16 225 19 223 5305 4369 15 236 15 225 18 224 4369 3541 15 236 15 225 17 225 3541 2799 15 235 15 225 15 228 2799 2143 14 235 14 225 13 234 2143 1595 14 235 14 225 11 239 1595 1175 13 235 13 225 9 245 1175 885 12 235 12 225 7 248 885 710 12 235 12 225 6 249 710 609 10 234 10 225 4*250 609 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