DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/20 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 - - - - - - 74.9 - - 76.6 - - 73.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 156 - - 79 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4505 - - 6060 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3425 - - 4188 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5105 - - 6660 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3412 - - 2319 - - 7770 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 385 - - 352 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 17 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 290 - - 298 - - 303 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -29 - - 1126 - - -4079 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5135 - - 5535 - - 4687 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1315 - - -311 - - -4928 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6420 - - 6971 - - 5536 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 71 - - 69 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 90 - - 70 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.9 - - 76.6 - - 73.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.5 - - 54.4 - - 55.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.0 - - 76.2 - - 74.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.1 - - 53.0 - - 54.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 156 - - 79 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4505 - - 6060 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 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] 98927 29 086 28 092 26 078 98927 91406 23 095 25 077 23 082 91406 85625 22 088 19 079 19 084 85625 80831 19 083 18 082 16 084 80831 76710 16 093 15 074 17 065 76710 73071 12 083 11 104 13 042 73071 69778 7 089 9 111 9 027 69778 66750 6 027 5 042 8 351 66750 63945 11 337 13 339 15 328 63945 61227 18 283 22 283 23 289 61227 58389 9 293 16 267 22 280 58389 55448 32 297 28 293 29 292 55448 52646 41 284 44 285 40 292 52646 50132 44 289 46 278 49 290 50132 47882 58 289 51 288 54 289 47882 45838 60 283 60 292 61 291 45838 43963 62 285 67 292 67 292 43963 42237 68 290 74 290 69 296 42237 40646 74 292 75 291 71 298 40646 39175 77 292 73 296 73 300 39175 37800 77 289 70 296 73 300 37800 36473 70 285 67 292 71 298 36473 35122 64 285 61 290 67 296 35122 33715 59 288 57 290 65 296 33715 32253 58 291 55 291 64 297 32253 30720 58 290 54 295 63 297 30720 29104 58 288 53 297 63 297 29104 27406 58 287 51 292 61 296 27406 25626 58 287 53 292 56 296 25626 23766 58 289 51 294 52 298 23766 21835 55 294 47 296 51 300 21835 19826 53 299 44 297 47 299 19826 17731 46 299 41 294 42 299 17731 15597 37 296 38 291 36 299 15597 13544 37 290 34 290 29 294 13544 11683 35 284 31 290 26 288 11683 10036 28 290 29 291 24 290 10036 8579 31 300 23 287 18 298 8579 7288 31 299 22*288 15 297 7288 6141 28*298 21*290 14 294 6141 5121 23*295 19 295 13 295 5121 4221 19 292 18 296 12 296 4221 3425 16 289 18 298 11 297 3425 2712 16 289 17 300 10 299 2712 2082 15 290 17 301 9 301 2082 1556 15 290 16 301 9 302 1556 1151 14 290 15 302 8 302 1151 873 13 290 14 302 7 303 873 705 12 291 13 302 6 303 705 608 10 291 11 302 4*303 608 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