DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 10/11 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.3 - - 77.2 - - 68.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 218 - - 79 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1780 - - 2246 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1501 - - 1176 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2380 - - 2846 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 774 - - 1130 - - 200 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 297 - - 232 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 65 - - 12 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 290 - - 247 - - 183 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1938 - - -2906 - - -2553 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4318 - - 5752 - - 3161 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5846 - - -7466 - - -8895 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8226 - - 10312 - - 9503 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 55 - - 56 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.3 - - 77.2 - - 68.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.5 - - 54.2 - - 56.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.7 - - 76.4 - - 71.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 57.0 - - 53.7 - - 56.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 218 - - 79 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1780 - - 2246 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 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] 97576 21 288 24 291 30 285 97576 90370 17 283 29 276 26 286 90370 84779 18 281 25 273 29 287 84779 80130 14 265 17 285 25 282 80130 76111 14 286 17 279 24 295 76111 72568 11 275 22 278 24 298 72568 69390 13 324 18 276 15 290 69390 66479 19 308 13 267 13 309 66479 63789 20 287 22 287 21 306 63789 61199 29 280 26 283 25 289 61199 58498 30 273 27 288 27 277 58498 55687 31 273 35 283 36 285 55687 53005 34 278 38 275 40 282 53005 50591 33 293 34 266 34 289 50591 48412 42 315 39 282 39 300 48412 46413 55 314 51 295 48 304 46413 44563 57 307 54 300 57 302 44563 42840 53 300 54 309 62 303 42840 41229 43 297 57 312 70 306 41229 39720 40 295 59 311 72 310 39720 38303 37 297 59 307 69 312 38303 36939 30 304 63 304 65 309 36939 35554 33 315 49 317 56 311 35554 34121 36 311 41 325 46 314 34121 32642 34 309 46 333 35 317 32642 31100 34 316 44 335 33 323 31100 29473 35 322 44 335 40 322 29473 27761 34 324 47 330 41 327 27761 25962 31 326 44 328 37 326 25962 24076 28 324 30 321 31 328 24076 22114 24 328 23 320 25 323 22114 20080 19 334 21 314 19 311 20080 17967 17 336 16 316 17 298 17967 15817 22 326 16 323 15 293 15817 13747 18 329 19 317 17 303 13747 11865 17 340 20 305 21 297 11865 10193 19 339 19 302 23 287 10193 8707 18 336 19 305 23 280 8707 7385 15 347 17 311 20 280 7385 6210 14 356 12 316 15 285 6210 5169 10 001 8 317 11 289 5169 4253 9 014 7 306 10 284 4253 3444 6 038 5*267 10 267 3444 2723 4*043 4*252 9 242 2723 2088 1*315 4 248 8 228 2088 1559 1 297 4 245 7 216 1559 1153 1 282 3 244 7 207 1153 874 1 282 3 243 7 199 874 705 1 276 3 243 6*188 705 608 1 272 3 242 5*183 608 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