DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/07 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 - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.9 - - 79.5 - - 73.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 211 - - 106 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3835 - - 4030 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3012 - - 2802 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4435 - - 4630 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 908 - - 850 - - 4359 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 387 - - 319 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 113 - - 103 - - 103 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2106 - - -1843 - - -3477 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6542 - - 6474 - - 4085 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8706 - - -8398 - - -10545 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13141 - - 13028 - - 11153 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 59 - - 62 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.9 - - 79.5 - - 73.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 51.5 - - 53.4 - - 58.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.4 - - 78.7 - - 75.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.3 - - 52.2 - - 57.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 211 - - 106 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3835 - - 4030 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 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] 99045 5 154 15 127 15 140 99045 91579 10 143 11 183 7 137 91579 85808 9 159 7 201 6 185 85808 81017 7 175 6 248 4 134 81017 76908 5 155 4 219 1 186 76908 73295 8 101 6 132 5 222 73295 70029 6 068 7 098 4 171 70029 67030 0 036 4 038 5 049 67030 64261 3 182 4 283 8 345 64261 61598 2 090 7 213 9 292 61598 58832 11 357 5 094 6 217 58832 55974 26 331 20 336 20 339 55974 53279 43 314 46 312 38 315 53279 50876 46 323 49 327 38 321 50876 48712 57 330 59 331 51 332 48712 46737 56 332 62 330 66 331 46737 44931 52 336 53 333 63 337 44931 43268 45 329 50 339 53 332 43268 41716 30 307 49 343 51 327 41716 40250 23 312 47 343 48 323 40250 38856 23 318 40 332 38 334 38856 37499 20 320 30 327 24 344 37499 36112 21 330 29 336 19 324 36112 34665 30 352 29 341 17 325 34665 33160 32 350 29 349 10 345 33160 31582 31 344 32 357 6 335 31582 29916 33 350 33 344 12 340 29916 28164 23 348 29 340 22 337 28164 26323 18 315 18 323 17 327 26323 24399 18 323 21 323 19 318 24399 22400 11 336 18 343 20 327 22400 20322 3 344 5 306 13 317 20322 18161 1 271 5 269 12 304 18161 15963 5 007 0 279 13 313 15963 13852 8 015 3 053 11 324 13852 11936 8 035 4 046 7 345 11936 10236 6 056 3 035 5 023 10236 8726 7 086 2 089 5 037 8726 7385 11 090 6 123 5 100 7385 6199 11 091 9 112 8 124 6199 5160 9*112 10*104 12 125 5160 4251 9*112 10*104 12 121 4251 3447 9 113 10 104 13 119 3447 2728 9 113 10 103 13 117 2728 2092 8 113 10 103 13 115 2092 1562 8 113 10 103 13 114 1562 1155 8 113 9 103 12 112 1155 875 7 113 9 103 11 110 875 705 7 113 8 103 8 108 705 608 6 113 7 102 4*103 608 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