DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/26 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0657z - - 1009z - - 1331z - - 1559z - - 1859z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 56.5 - - 68.9 - - 71.2 - - 69.4 - - 65.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 22 - - 197 - - 265 - - 67 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 255 - - 4614 - - 4899 - - 3810 - - 155 BL Depth Hcrit 580 - - 3559 - - 3924 - - 2298 - - 581 Hcrit BL Top 855 - - 5214 - - 5499 - - 4410 - - 755 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 345 - - 3415 - - 4480 - - 5712 - - 6265 Hgt.Variab. W* 74 - - 401 - - 453 - - 272 - - 46 W* B/S 1 - - 5 - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 12 - - 14 - - 23 - - 21 - - 10 BL Wind Direction 270 - - 282 - - 275 - - 293 - - 282 Direction Wind Shear 6 - - 14 - - 14 - - 9 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg 1 - - 6 - - -5 - - -8 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1213 - - 27 - - -255 - - -352 - - -2352 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 2068 - - 5188 - - 5755 - - 4762 - - 3107 sfcLCL ODpotential -3696 - - -1750 - - -1464 - - -1311 - - -3348 ODpotential blCL 4551 - - 6964 - - 6963 - - 5721 - - 4103 blCL maxRH 100 - - 85 - - 97 - - 83 - - 92 maxRH CAPE 10 - - 240 - - 260 - - 710 - - 810 CAPE Temp@2m 56.5 - - 68.9 - - 71.2 - - 69.4 - - 65.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 49.7 - - 48.3 - - 48.0 - - 50.7 - - 53.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 56.2 - - 67.5 - - 69.7 - - 68.9 - - 65.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 49.4 - - 47.0 - - 46.5 - - 49.8 - - 53.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 22 - - 197 - - 265 - - 67 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 255 - - 4614 - - 4899 - - 3810 - - 155 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 102 - - 39 - - 89 - - 33 - - 69 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 - - 9 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] 98913 33 083 24 091 26 101 21 102 24 091 98913 91404 23 089 19 106 18 099 21 100 14 094 91404 85633 17 099 16 116 13 089 15 093 14 108 85633 80837 10 097 12 108 9 075 10 096 13 083 80837 76701 8 103 8 102 4 089 7 084 6 073 76701 73035 4 068 4 096 3 172 3 078 4 090 73035 69708 3 355 2 017 3 259 6 324 7 004 69708 66655 8 276 6 316 6 259 10 265 9 297 66655 63813 11 272 13 304 7 314 10 305 10 304 63813 61051 23 286 27 283 25 296 30 290 20 282 61051 58175 27 257 31 261 23 265 29 273 22 294 58175 55185 29 272 25 284 35 281 38 280 43 290 55185 52333 41 288 43 281 44 277 49 276 48 276 52333 49763 52 283 48 269 52 275 52 274 50 276 49763 47457 53 280 48 281 56 271 53 274 52 277 47457 45363 53 279 60 284 56 270 54 274 52 279 45363 43445 55 280 68 279 54 272 56 278 53 282 43445 41675 61 282 67 274 55 276 60 282 57 283 41675 40034 69 285 63 270 58 280 64 283 62 282 40034 38506 81 285 59 271 63 283 68 282 65 281 38506 37077 90 284 59 277 69 285 72 281 68 280 37077 35707 94 280 63 284 77 285 76 280 71 279 35707 34329 94 274 71 288 81 283 80 278 71 278 34329 32915 87 269 77 290 82 281 81 277 72 277 32915 31469 73 270 78 289 78 279 80 276 70 277 31469 29972 68 280 79 287 73 275 76 275 64 279 29972 28412 72 285 84 281 75 270 70 274 58 281 28412 26784 77 285 81 275 79 268 65 274 54 281 26784 25081 84 285 82 278 81 271 62 278 49 284 25081 23298 78 287 78 282 80 276 61 281 47 287 23298 21435 71 288 72 282 74 282 58 283 45 288 21435 19491 60 291 69 283 65 284 53 288 42 289 19491 17458 49 285 57 286 56 287 46 294 37 294 17458 15378 46 279 43 279 47 290 40 296 31 299 15378 13371 44 280 43 272 41 288 34 291 28 295 13371 11544 42 286 47 289 36 283 29 289 28 301 11544 9919 39 293 40 294 32 277 25 291 25 308 9919 8477 37 296 32 290 31 284 23 291 21 317 8477 7195 32 295 33 284 30 287 23 289 21 324 7195 6056 25 286 28*291 29*284 23 289 21 329 6056 5047 21 282 22*296 28*281 23*289 21 331 5047 4156 20 288 18 291 27 279 23*290 20 326 4156 3370 18 293 14 280 24 274 22 291 18 314 3370 2667 17 295 13 276 23 272 22 293 18 298 2667 2046 18 296 13 276 23 272 21 293 17 287 2046 1528 21 287 12 275 22 271 21 294 17 284 1528 1131 20*276 11 273 21 271 20 294 16 282 1131 858 15*271 11 273 20 271 19 295 14*281 858 692 13 270 10 273 18 271 17 295 12*281 692 597 8 269 9 273 15 271 13 295 9 282 597 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