DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/30 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.0 - - 84.9 - - 79.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -39 - - -7 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8 - - 1690 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 592 - - 593 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 608 - - 2290 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1670 - - 1336 - - 831 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 21 - - 139 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 16 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 189 - - 201 - - 200 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2410 - - -1645 - - -1208 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3018 - - 3935 - - 1817 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7207 - - -5606 - - -5268 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7815 - - 7896 - - 5877 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 62 - - 95 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 320 - - 1310 - - 1770 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.0 - - 84.9 - - 79.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.7 - - 69.5 - - 72.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.2 - - 85.1 - - 80.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.8 - - 68.3 - - 72.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -39 - - -7 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8 - - 1690 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 79 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 14 - - 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] 99157 11 127 11 102 9 045 99157 91735 8 105 10 102 13 075 91735 85977 10 096 6 068 13 074 85977 81195 11 086 7 088 8 052 81195 77096 8 126 6 088 4 042 77096 73481 7 112 2 099 5 019 73481 70204 4 121 0 164 5 339 70204 67186 6 109 2 120 5 308 67186 64396 7 066 4 145 3 271 64396 61712 9 013 3 043 2 159 61712 58926 11 298 9 308 9 321 58926 56062 17 294 17 289 17 298 56062 53353 20 310 15 287 18 292 53353 50920 25 317 17 302 20 290 50920 48730 32 323 25 321 22 297 48730 46739 38 316 36 312 30 295 46739 44923 44 298 43 298 34 293 44923 43254 43 295 40 298 37 297 43254 41701 45 308 37 304 36 297 41701 40239 46 308 38 305 39 292 40239 38849 40 303 40 303 37 283 38849 37495 33 292 39 302 35 272 37495 36109 30 285 35 300 37 269 36109 34662 30 286 34 298 39 275 34662 33156 26 284 34 299 41 282 33156 31576 24 279 31 297 39 281 31576 29914 25 270 28 289 35 279 29914 28172 25 271 27 293 32 287 28172 26348 26 275 26 298 37 291 26348 24442 27 284 27 295 42 294 24442 22461 28 284 25 291 42 305 22461 20404 25 279 20 280 41 311 20404 18263 25 288 23 268 38 315 18263 16082 23 280 28 265 30 313 16082 13980 21 261 26 255 30 279 13980 12067 19 247 21 244 37 274 12067 10363 19 247 19 245 33 269 10363 8848 21 249 18 249 27 253 8848 7504 21 244 18 248 24 239 7504 6310 20 237 20 249 18 240 6310 5253 20 235 22 247 15 236 5253 4322 23 234 25 237 19 233 4322 3502 26 232 25 223 24 226 3502 2769 28 218 23*216 25 216 2769 2121 27 208 19*204 23 212 2121 1581 23 196 18 202 21 210 1581 1166 21 193 16 201 17 207 1166 881 18 191 15 200 12 203 881 708 16 190 13 199 10*202 708 609 11*189 9 199 4*200 609 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