DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/15 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.3 - - 84.6 - - 78.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 117 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2894 - - 2208 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2213 - - 1530 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3494 - - 2808 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1076 - - 1347 - - 1473 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 326 - - 264 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 11 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 261 - - 251 - - 341 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -124 - - -271 - - -737 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3618 - - 3079 - - 1345 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2840 - - -3688 - - -3587 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6334 - - 6496 - - 4195 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 89 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 970 - - 1980 - - 2310 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.3 - - 84.6 - - 78.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.2 - - 72.7 - - 74.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.3 - - 83.5 - - 79.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.4 - - 72.3 - - 73.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 117 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2894 - - 2208 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 59 - - 56 - - 65 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - 18 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] 98929 16 108 17 125 15 100 98929 91621 14 129 7 106 15 080 91621 85955 14 134 8 142 10 094 85955 81210 10 145 6 153 7 113 81210 77098 6 135 7 151 6 155 77098 73443 1 331 7 141 7 176 73443 70121 12 207 8 187 7 234 70121 67081 13 199 10 205 11 239 67081 64289 9 209 12 225 14 215 64289 61602 10 233 12 207 15 201 61602 58822 21 235 25 232 23 239 58822 55977 35 219 40 225 34 235 55977 53298 30 239 35 238 36 238 53298 50903 47 255 40 255 39 251 50903 48765 54 251 50 246 47 252 48765 46827 52 249 50 240 51 244 46827 45041 50 248 47 244 48 240 45041 43375 47 242 48 249 43 246 43375 41807 45 238 48 249 40 252 41807 40324 46 230 47 246 40 255 40324 38916 45 230 46 242 42 254 38916 37548 43 236 45 241 44 252 37548 36149 45 239 43 243 44 253 36149 34692 46 242 43 243 44 253 34692 33180 45 244 43 243 44 252 33180 31599 45 247 45 244 45 251 31599 29939 47 250 48 246 46 249 29939 28197 45 250 50 246 47 250 28197 26371 44 247 50 247 47 252 26371 24461 43 242 47 245 44 252 24461 22476 41 244 42 243 39 250 22476 20414 40 253 41 251 38 251 20414 18274 41 254 41 253 37 255 18274 16096 41 247 39 253 32 256 16096 13997 39 244 34 252 27 261 13997 12087 36 234 32 254 25 263 12087 10386 35 227 30 256 22 260 10386 8870 35 235 30 258 21 249 8870 7521 34 245 30 258 24 235 7521 6324 36 249 27 254 24 223 6324 5264 33 246 23 237 20 220 5264 4329 26*244 20 222 15 223 4329 3503 17*246 14*217 11 237 3503 2765 13 255 8*223 9 273 2765 2116 12 262 5 244 12 295 2116 1576 12 267 4 260 13 320 1576 1163 11 269 4 267 12 332 1163 879 11 271 4 273 11 337 879 707 10 273 4 276 9 339 707 608 8 274 3 278 5*341 608 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