DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/02 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 - - - - - - 91.8 - - 92.9 - - 85.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 81 - - 25 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2343 - - 3233 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1510 - - 593 - - 593 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2943 - - 3833 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 7623 - - 7043 - - 1716 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 255 - - 220 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 247 - - 246 - - 194 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1626 - - -1296 - - -1843 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4569 - - 5129 - - 2452 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3398 - - -3391 - - -4628 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6341 - - 7224 - - 5237 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 78 - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3380 - - 3120 - - 4120 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 91.8 - - 92.9 - - 85.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.5 - - 72.3 - - 76.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 91.3 - - 93.1 - - 87.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.4 - - 71.1 - - 76.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 81 - - 25 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2343 - - 3233 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 82 - - 10 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 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] 99028 8 104 15 173 2 214 99028 91595 9 102 4 178 5 045 91595 85840 11 076 2 107 4 078 85840 81061 9 057 5 122 5 121 81061 76953 7 043 9 065 5 079 76953 73336 5 051 8 008 7 065 73336 70070 4 001 5 300 8 015 70070 67076 2 348 1 224 6 344 67076 64305 3 348 6 301 10 329 64305 61639 6 326 11 254 15 291 61639 58888 12 316 7 284 16 273 58888 56049 22 297 19 297 17 280 56049 53357 33 286 28 278 26 280 53357 50944 37 286 35 291 37 302 50944 48773 46 285 49 284 47 292 48773 46791 55 289 55 284 54 291 46791 44961 64 295 61 292 60 295 44961 43261 69 297 67 298 62 299 43261 41673 64 294 69 299 63 300 41673 40179 49 286 67 299 64 300 40179 38768 45 273 60 298 63 300 38768 37402 44 272 50 293 58 299 37402 36010 42 271 46 284 49 296 36010 34564 40 270 42 279 45 291 34564 33063 42 269 42 268 42 282 33063 31495 40 264 43 267 42 270 31495 29847 41 262 41 268 41 272 29847 28118 37 259 38 269 39 278 28118 26306 36 259 35 268 35 281 26306 24415 34 262 31 265 32 271 24415 22450 28 263 31 265 32 270 22450 20406 28 260 29 260 30 266 20406 18274 29 262 28 263 29 267 18274 16100 31 259 28 267 25 264 16100 14004 33 251 28 254 23 263 14004 12099 23 249 29 247 24 256 12099 10410 11 255 24 242 25 252 10410 8907 14 246 23 242 22 248 8907 7566 19 242 22 242 21 247 7566 6371 24 248 21 247 21 246 6371 5311 25 251 21 251 22 245 5311 4374 25 251 20*251 22 242 4374 3545 23*250 18*250 21 238 3545 2802 18*247 15 246 20 232 2802 2144 14 246 14 245 19 224 2144 1596 13 247 14 245 18 215 1596 1175 11 248 13 245 17 208 1175 886 11 248 12 244 14 202 886 710 10 249 11 244 11 199 710 609 8 249 8 244 6*194 609 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