DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/30 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.1 - - 65.5 - - 70.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 12 - - -6 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 557 - - 8 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 591 - - 591 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1157 - - 608 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 617 - - 739 - - 668 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 89 - - 12 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 5 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 207 - - 158 - - 145 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 0 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -207 - - -558 - - -1509 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1364 - - 1166 - - 2117 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5208 - - -6133 - - -5722 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6365 - - 6741 - - 6329 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 94 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 100 - - 160 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.1 - - 65.5 - - 70.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.0 - - 62.2 - - 62.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.9 - - 65.8 - - 71.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.5 - - 61.7 - - 61.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 12 - - -6 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 557 - - 8 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 75 - - 82 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 12 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] 97808 12 247 22 253 13 266 97808 90604 20 254 10 251 10 265 90604 85033 15 250 12 291 6 288 85033 80377 6 235 11 300 8 304 80377 76348 8 185 12 270 12 304 76348 72806 8 199 10 236 11 299 72806 69615 4 277 4 233 9 276 69615 66683 6 307 5 257 7 289 66683 63961 12 300 13 295 11 300 63961 61332 12 294 16 274 16 276 61332 58588 12 310 15 265 19 281 58588 55747 35 290 37 282 37 287 55747 53063 47 267 44 259 39 276 53063 50650 43 261 41 276 37 285 50650 48474 44 292 57 297 58 297 48474 46502 64 306 75 297 69 296 46502 44693 78 305 82 296 75 293 44693 43016 82 300 82 292 75 288 43016 41452 76 298 72 290 64 287 41452 39979 71 298 61 282 52 282 39979 38582 62 293 54 283 50 277 38582 37221 56 281 49 283 48 276 37221 35829 53 271 48 282 44 273 35829 34379 49 266 46 280 43 271 34379 32872 43 263 44 279 45 263 32872 31294 38 259 43 273 46 252 31294 29632 34 249 44 266 45 252 29632 27888 32 238 41 263 40 251 27888 26061 30 237 41 262 34 254 26061 24158 31 244 41 262 37 253 24158 22183 33 246 40 258 42 254 22183 20131 37 244 39 249 43 254 20131 17995 39 242 38 248 42 256 17995 15823 38 240 38 248 39 260 15823 13740 39 242 42 241 39 262 13740 11853 38 246 43 249 42 259 11853 10179 38 249 43 253 43 253 10179 8694 40 248 40 251 39 245 8694 7371 41 244 37 252 35 236 7371 6195 41 240 34 247 31 234 6195 5156 39 240 32 239 28 236 5156 4243 36 243 29 238 26 231 4243 3438 32 245 23 239 24 227 3438 2718 29 242 18 227 20 225 2718 2083 22 235 17 198 16 217 2083 1555 15*220 16 179 13 202 1555 1151 12*209 14 165 10 187 1151 873 11 206 10 161 7 181 873 704 9 206 8*159 5 178 704 607 7 205 5*158 2*145 607 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