DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/03 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.8 - - 81.3 - - 79.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 167 - - 87 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2788 - - 5447 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2158 - - 3736 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3388 - - 6047 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3745 - - 1171 - - 5865 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 327 - - 339 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 24 - - 33 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 099 - - 141 - - 155 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 130 - - 1684 - - -3177 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3258 - - 4363 - - 3786 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -871 - - -6057 - - -4054 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4259 - - 12104 - - 4662 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 72 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 180 - - 70 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.8 - - 81.3 - - 79.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.4 - - 64.1 - - 64.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 77.6 - - 80.6 - - 80.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 65.2 - - 62.8 - - 63.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 167 - - 87 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2788 - - 5447 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 21 - - 0 - - 22 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 10 - - 13 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] 99586 29 088 34 081 27 090 99586 92044 27 092 30 082 26 085 92044 86244 28 093 27 092 24 082 86244 81449 21 087 21 100 20 087 81449 77321 15 088 17 101 16 094 77321 73674 14 089 14 098 14 091 73674 70375 14 080 11 110 9 089 70375 67351 13 088 9 099 3 093 67351 64556 9 056 7 081 5 170 64556 61845 3 036 10 020 4 074 61845 59024 4 329 11 337 9 339 59024 56120 8 335 13 323 12 331 56120 53360 13 326 16 316 19 309 53360 50888 21 343 20 302 24 295 50888 48680 26 328 21 314 23 308 48680 46673 34 337 31 322 26 315 46673 44826 42 330 36 322 32 322 44826 43116 43 330 40 323 36 323 43116 41521 42 333 42 325 35 326 41521 40026 42 330 43 326 32 330 40026 38618 36 324 37 323 29 333 38618 37256 29 324 32 317 30 327 37256 35870 25 327 30 312 30 321 35870 34433 19 327 28 307 27 322 34433 32946 17 295 25 310 25 326 32946 31389 16 284 22 315 20 321 31389 29748 15 292 17 329 17 309 29748 28023 15 297 14 318 12 325 28023 26214 15 307 14 294 9 331 26214 24319 14 338 10 293 8 317 24319 22343 14 354 7 307 8 302 22343 20281 11 001 8 342 5 338 20281 18134 7 019 8 002 6 036 18134 15952 6 025 8 027 5 054 15952 13849 7 022 10 041 5 064 13849 11934 9 037 11 047 8 073 11934 10235 10 057 8 045 8 081 10235 8732 7 059 5 096 6 063 8732 7401 2 085 2 150 1 044 7401 6228 2 097 2*155 5 181 6228 5193 2 087 2*154 5 182 5193 4279 3 097 2 148 5 181 4279 3470 3*097 2 145 4 178 3470 2746 3*099 2 141 3 174 2746 2105 3 099 2 136 2 168 2105 1571 3 099 2 134 2 164 1571 1160 2 098 2 135 1 157 1160 878 2 099 2 131 1 158 878 706 2 098 2 132 1 154 706 608 2 099 1 134 1*155 608 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