DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/14 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 - - 0959z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.2 - - 72.6 - - 68.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 228 - - 20 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2801 - - 2314 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2269 - - 591 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3401 - - 2914 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 583 - - 947 - - 1917 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 355 - - 165 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 121 - - 139 - - 133 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2648 - - -3815 - - -4181 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6049 - - 6730 - - 4788 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12067 - - -14430 - - -12792 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15468 - - 17344 - - 13399 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 100 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 110 - - 110 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.2 - - 72.6 - - 68.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.2 - - 45.7 - - 50.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 69.9 - - 72.6 - - 70.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.9 - - 44.6 - - 49.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 228 - - 20 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2801 - - 2314 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 24 - - 100 - - 37 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 8 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] 98901 10 117 11 114 9 085 98901 91507 8 131 6 125 12 076 91507 85769 13 143 7 181 4 105 85769 81001 9 162 5 146 10 194 81001 76883 6 231 4 245 8 192 76883 73243 14 242 11 253 5 267 73243 69964 3 300 10 227 5 239 69964 66966 7 031 4 165 4 212 66966 64194 10 307 4 020 3 077 64194 61515 10 269 13 276 7 304 61515 58742 8 321 19 277 13 287 58742 55890 24 315 19 291 27 297 55890 53203 43 297 36 294 33 283 53203 50813 61 282 36 290 27 284 50813 48666 57 284 36 296 35 298 48666 46703 53 297 47 293 42 291 46703 44896 58 300 51 287 45 282 44896 43223 61 297 53 285 46 278 43223 41657 61 294 53 285 45 279 41657 40179 62 292 51 285 41 281 40179 38780 63 295 48 287 34 274 38780 37422 60 295 48 294 30 272 37422 36034 55 293 43 291 31 274 36034 34585 52 292 41 284 33 276 34585 33078 51 290 46 279 35 272 33078 31500 52 290 46 276 36 266 31500 29839 53 290 44 275 37 268 29839 28095 47 297 43 279 38 275 28095 26267 45 300 44 280 42 275 26267 24359 40 296 41 277 42 267 24359 22373 32 304 32 281 41 261 22373 20307 28 293 25 271 42 259 20307 18159 28 286 29 267 38 257 18159 15973 22 300 28 279 30 260 15973 13869 21 308 18 277 26 262 13869 11953 20 299 16 277 25 257 11953 10246 28 289 24 281 27 255 10246 8728 27 293 24 266 28 252 8728 7381 22 297 18 256 23 238 7381 6189 13 291 10 257 22 221 6189 5137 1 260 9 194 18 200 5137 4216 10*122 16 155 21 182 4216 3411 14*122 16*143 24 166 3411 2698 14 121 16*140 25 154 2698 2071 14 121 15 140 24 149 2071 1548 14 121 15 139 22 147 1548 1146 13 120 14 139 20 145 1146 870 12 120 13 139 16 140 870 703 12 120 11 139 13 138 703 607 9 120 8 139 6*133 607 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