DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/04 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.3 - - 93.2 - - 87.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 135 - - 33 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2481 - - 3511 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1866 - - 1532 - - 593 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3081 - - 4111 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 5226 - - 3832 - - 4748 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 299 - - 233 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 15 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 238 - - 237 - - 227 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1688 - - -805 - - -2306 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4769 - - 4916 - - 2915 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3399 - - -2764 - - -4564 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6480 - - 6875 - - 5173 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 85 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3270 - - 3720 - - 4400 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.3 - - 93.2 - - 87.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.1 - - 73.4 - - 76.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 91.3 - - 93.0 - - 89.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.0 - - 72.4 - - 75.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 135 - - 33 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2481 - - 3511 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 38 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 16 - - 20 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] 99046 3 222 1 009 5 349 99046 91594 0 336 7 311 11 006 91594 85846 2 101 5 297 6 004 85846 81064 4 057 4 069 4 037 81064 76941 5 072 7 053 6 058 76941 73303 8 014 10 026 6 052 73303 70027 3 015 8 347 10 028 70027 67028 5 063 2 348 10 356 67028 64250 11 354 4 347 8 339 64250 61579 11 333 10 321 16 321 61579 58813 16 300 18 309 17 287 58813 55966 28 290 27 281 24 282 55966 53268 37 279 34 284 35 294 53268 50839 46 275 50 275 50 285 50839 48661 57 270 56 273 60 283 48661 46681 61 270 66 276 69 282 46681 44857 65 272 69 273 70 280 44857 43161 66 270 67 272 65 280 43161 41579 65 270 57 276 59 279 41579 40095 62 272 52 279 52 280 40095 38698 56 271 46 278 45 281 38698 37347 49 264 44 283 46 279 37347 35973 44 266 49 280 46 273 35973 34542 42 270 50 276 47 275 34542 33053 41 272 47 272 47 281 33053 31495 39 274 43 275 46 281 31495 29856 33 271 41 281 42 282 29856 28134 27 263 38 281 33 287 28134 26327 25 257 34 278 30 289 26327 24440 24 260 29 275 31 281 24440 22476 24 270 27 277 30 283 22476 20428 25 271 25 283 24 289 20428 18297 26 265 21 287 16 288 18297 16131 20 270 17 303 12 298 16131 14044 10 254 14 297 11 328 14044 12138 7 260 9 285 14 337 12138 10435 11 259 8 298 13 310 10435 8918 10 241 9 280 12 283 8918 7570 10 243 14 245 16 267 7570 6375 17 256 16 245 18 259 6375 5314 20 257 17 246 17 254 5314 4378 21 253 17*244 17 251 4378 3549 20*250 17*239 16 252 3549 2806 16*243 16 238 16 251 2806 2148 14 237 16 237 15 250 2148 1598 13 237 15 236 15 248 1598 1177 13 236 15 236 13 245 1177 886 12 235 14 235 10 240 886 710 11 235 12 235 8 235 710 609 9 235 9 235 4*227 609 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