DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 06/21 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 - - - - - - 70.8 - - 67.2 - - 62.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - -1 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 685 - - 248 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 591 - - 591 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1285 - - 848 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2829 - - 2640 - - 2819 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 133 - - 53 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 118 - - 068 - - 064 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1737 - - -1700 - - -392 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3022 - - 2548 - - 999 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4740 - - -3747 - - -828 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6025 - - 4595 - - 1435 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 67.2 - - 62.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 59.5 - - 57.9 - - 59.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.5 - - 67.4 - - 62.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 58.3 - - 57.1 - - 59.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 39 - - -1 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 685 - - 248 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 102 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 11 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] 99097 32 095 31 106 26 090 99097 91550 25 098 25 102 24 086 91550 85731 20 088 23 091 20 101 85731 80912 12 084 16 092 21 082 80912 76783 12 120 11 105 15 062 76783 73154 15 099 13 111 8 067 73154 69875 15 080 14 104 6 096 69875 66854 8 032 8 074 4 093 66854 64053 5 295 4 343 5 345 64053 61357 7 278 12 284 14 298 61357 58550 6 298 9 259 19 263 58550 55625 30 321 25 317 13 274 55625 52846 47 288 46 293 38 287 52846 50371 50 264 61 265 50 269 50371 48156 40 264 50 257 50 259 48156 46142 44 295 44 283 47 260 46142 44294 81 296 61 287 53 268 44294 42589 90 282 71 278 67 268 42589 41007 91 271 79 266 77 257 41007 39531 90 265 79 255 85 246 39531 38137 80 265 72 253 79 239 38137 36785 72 267 69 253 70 234 36785 35407 69 269 66 257 64 230 35407 33973 61 272 62 262 60 232 33973 32486 54 280 57 264 55 236 32486 30932 49 283 51 266 54 240 30932 29297 41 279 44 266 52 252 29297 27583 37 256 41 268 52 259 27583 25786 37 254 41 265 48 254 25786 23909 37 249 46 263 42 250 23909 21959 37 246 47 257 36 256 21959 19926 33 244 42 252 41 258 19926 17803 27 246 40 244 42 251 17803 15643 26 252 44 233 44 239 15643 13569 30 242 40 226 45 223 13569 11686 33 227 33 212 46 205 11686 10016 29 234 30 187 44 188 10016 8534 15 246 28 166 44 171 8534 7221 7 238 21 139 44 157 7221 6059 7 217 16 118 41 142 6059 5039 8 194 18 129 38 119 5039 4147 10 174 22 139 39 098 4147 3364 12 159 23 135 38 088 3364 2665 16 143 20 125 34 082 2665 2048 16 133 18 108 29 076 2048 1534 15*127 16 088 25 071 1534 1139 13*122 14 076 22 068 1139 866 11 118 12*071 19 067 866 702 9 117 10*069 16 066 702 607 7 115 7 068 11*064 607 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