DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/13 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.5 - - 77.0 - - 76.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 92 - - -7 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1736 - - 8 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1045 - - 592 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2336 - - 608 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 930 - - 2538 - - 2609 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 232 - - 15 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 262 - - 112 - - 044 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 118 - - -1628 - - -763 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2218 - - 2236 - - 1371 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5298 - - -5916 - - -2669 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7634 - - 6524 - - 3277 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 94 - - 79 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 120 - - 180 - - 790 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.5 - - 77.0 - - 76.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.5 - - 68.9 - - 72.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.8 - - 77.7 - - 77.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.5 - - 67.8 - - 71.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 92 - - -7 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1736 - - 8 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 76 - - 15 - - 24 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 17 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] 99467 20 099 29 095 28 099 99467 91971 22 111 17 097 23 085 91971 86183 23 102 15 127 15 082 86183 81382 20 106 13 113 16 116 81382 77225 19 096 9 132 10 084 77225 73553 14 091 13 132 2 120 73553 70239 7 074 9 111 6 134 70239 67186 5 021 7 077 6 077 67186 64363 8 004 7 079 4 089 64363 61662 8 312 6 033 5 059 61662 58873 8 261 8 273 9 312 58873 55992 10 288 12 265 15 267 55992 53252 22 277 21 273 16 268 53252 50811 32 264 38 272 32 275 50811 48666 37 260 36 267 35 272 48666 46734 50 261 40 290 41 289 46734 44945 47 267 59 285 53 283 44945 43276 54 288 62 279 54 279 43276 41709 57 287 56 272 49 279 41709 40228 54 286 48 272 50 266 40228 38824 51 285 44 275 49 260 38824 37458 49 283 43 279 48 262 37458 36061 48 281 44 280 52 265 36061 34606 47 278 44 279 54 267 34606 33095 47 276 44 278 56 273 33095 31513 46 275 44 278 55 277 31513 29847 47 273 43 279 54 280 29847 28099 48 269 42 283 53 283 28099 26269 47 265 47 286 50 283 26269 24362 46 258 53 278 50 284 24362 22381 47 253 51 272 46 285 22381 20319 42 247 49 274 44 285 20319 18171 40 247 48 275 42 284 18171 15986 21 264 41 273 38 284 15986 13882 16 255 34 264 36 275 13882 11971 14 248 28 254 37 263 11971 10271 11 269 22 267 34 254 10271 8759 12 284 29 293 28 242 8759 7419 11 292 27 297 19 205 7419 6237 10 290 18 292 13 155 6237 5196 8 273 7 301 8 122 5196 4279 5 246 4 012 10 111 4279 3470 4 240 6 100 11 103 3470 2746 4*250 9 106 12 096 2746 2105 4*255 9 106 12 087 2105 1571 4 260 9 107 13 076 1571 1160 4 264 8 108 12 066 1160 878 4 265 7 109 10 055 878 707 3 266 5 110 9 051 707 608 3 267 3*112 5*044 608 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