DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/29 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.4 - - 90.5 - - 86.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 101 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3663 - - 3531 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2778 - - 2475 - - 593 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4263 - - 4131 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 903 - - 1622 - - 4969 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 354 - - 310 - - 19 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 18 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 194 - - 192 - - 191 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 589 - - -31 - - -2534 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3674 - - 4162 - - 3143 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5434 - - -5427 - - -3661 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9697 - - 9558 - - 4270 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 76 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3050 - - 3410 - - 3300 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 88.4 - - 90.5 - - 86.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.8 - - 73.9 - - 74.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 87.5 - - 89.9 - - 87.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.7 - - 73.0 - - 73.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 151 - - 101 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3663 - - 3531 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 27 - - 2 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 19 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] 99101 29 102 21 079 34 079 99101 91642 27 097 22 084 26 075 91642 85916 24 090 26 086 17 079 85916 81152 19 080 24 090 13 062 81152 77039 16 068 20 088 8 067 77039 73402 12 054 17 071 7 091 73402 70111 5 035 12 041 13 074 70111 67078 4 102 6 041 11 040 67078 64271 3 076 3 337 2 357 64271 61583 7 117 6 186 1 266 61583 58806 19 286 14 287 13 319 58806 55947 25 266 26 259 24 272 55947 53242 29 270 30 274 26 277 53242 50826 31 266 33 281 24 291 50826 48675 23 260 28 271 23 295 48675 46723 12 263 18 259 23 277 46723 44926 9 275 10 246 16 256 44926 43250 8 282 9 239 11 244 43250 41678 8 291 7 252 6 230 41678 40195 14 272 13 261 5 294 40195 38792 25 265 27 258 16 268 38792 37436 36 263 39 259 26 254 37436 36058 39 261 38 261 31 255 36058 34625 37 261 37 261 34 257 34625 33136 31 260 34 257 32 260 33136 31577 22 253 31 253 32 257 31577 29935 18 245 28 253 34 254 29935 28213 18 244 28 254 32 253 28213 26409 18 251 28 253 27 254 26409 24524 20 253 27 256 23 260 24524 22561 20 254 23 265 19 265 22561 20513 19 261 17 273 17 266 20513 18375 23 257 17 264 17 246 18375 16188 23 249 19 233 19 222 16188 14073 20 237 22 222 19 219 14073 12143 18 230 19 222 19 218 12143 10426 15 230 14 221 17 216 10426 8901 17 234 15 228 16 224 8901 7546 20 234 20 231 20 236 7546 6347 21 224 23 221 24 223 6347 5288 19 209 22 208 26 209 5288 4357 17*197 20*197 27 205 4357 3532 16*196 20*195 26 203 3532 2792 16 195 19 193 25 201 2792 2138 16 194 19 192 24 198 2138 1593 16 193 19 192 22 196 1593 1173 15 192 18 191 20 194 1173 885 14 192 17 191 17 193 885 709 13 192 15 190 14 192 709 609 11 191 12 190 9*191 609 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