DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/26 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 - - - - - - 74.2 - - 66.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2278 - - 1043 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1793 - - 591 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2878 - - 1643 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1771 - - 1422 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 306 - - 82 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 115 - - 070 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - -2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -993 - - -783 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3871 - - 2427 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5311 - - -5550 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8189 - - 7193 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.2 - - 66.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.3 - - 58.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.2 - - 67.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.0 - - 57.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 162 - - 0 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2278 - - 1043 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 97 - - 102 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - - 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] 99176 30 105 20 094 99176 91695 25 088 20 103 91695 85911 24 090 20 105 85911 81105 22 095 19 103 81105 76969 19 101 16 103 76969 73313 12 086 12 108 73313 70004 5 064 8 091 70004 66972 3 145 3 336 66972 64173 2 239 4 225 64173 61463 12 306 2 317 61463 58626 19 296 16 317 58626 55709 37 270 47 281 55709 52956 42 258 54 260 52956 50468 41 275 36 267 50468 48236 59 284 56 284 48236 46227 73 282 74 277 46227 44399 81 273 76 268 44399 42713 85 269 73 265 42713 41143 86 266 73 267 41143 39672 86 265 74 268 39672 38285 85 264 73 267 38285 36941 81 263 71 264 36941 35569 70 263 68 261 35569 34141 60 259 62 258 34141 32660 62 255 57 257 32660 31108 62 252 54 259 31108 29471 54 255 46 264 29471 27752 52 257 40 267 27752 25947 53 252 43 265 25947 24058 51 253 43 265 24058 22093 48 259 39 272 22093 20051 45 267 35 269 20051 17922 30 266 33 263 17922 15751 28 267 30 276 15751 13664 24 262 21 283 13664 11769 12 249 7 270 11769 10088 9 243 4 252 10088 8600 3 292 7 220 8600 7279 8 036 9 134 7279 6112 10 100 16 109 6112 5084 12 131 14 107 5084 4183 17 133 12 107 4183 3391 17*129 14 108 3391 2685 15*122 15 101 2685 2062 14 116 14*084 2062 1542 14 114 12*072 1542 1143 13 113 11 070 1143 869 12 112 11 070 869 703 11 111 9 069 703 607 9 110 7 069 607 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