DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/09 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.7 - - 74.1 - - 67.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 54 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 701 - - 2138 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 591 - - 591 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1301 - - 2738 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1636 - - 1207 - - 88 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 138 - - 207 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 15 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 046 - - 153 - - 109 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1076 - - -2465 - - -4435 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2377 - - 5203 - - 5042 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3746 - - -6371 - - -11292 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5047 - - 9109 - - 11899 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 95 - - 84 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 230 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.7 - - 74.1 - - 67.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.4 - - 53.6 - - 48.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.2 - - 73.7 - - 69.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.8 - - 52.8 - - 47.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 54 - - -33 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 701 - - 2138 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 81 - - 38 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 7 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] 97490 52 247 43 247 42 253 97490 90278 39 247 37 250 31 258 90278 84691 23 249 30 233 28 262 84691 80050 16 260 19 238 21 233 80050 76008 14 238 17 281 9 232 76008 72411 12 234 21 269 14 295 72411 69180 15 275 19 251 17 265 69180 66217 24 263 22 269 19 270 66217 63470 25 251 29 272 25 280 63470 60813 27 278 31 260 31 278 60813 58046 40 282 37 277 37 272 58046 55183 54 272 51 280 47 277 55183 52474 60 263 64 269 59 271 52474 50055 62 260 70 261 65 259 50055 47883 62 259 73 255 69 251 47883 45898 63 260 73 249 69 250 45898 44072 63 264 69 247 68 245 44072 42383 64 267 61 251 65 239 42383 40809 64 266 56 258 55 241 40809 39336 68 262 54 263 44 253 39336 37952 68 259 53 267 38 269 37952 36618 66 257 50 271 37 281 36618 35261 63 252 47 280 38 284 35261 33852 55 242 47 284 36 286 33852 32393 46 253 46 279 34 292 32393 30867 42 269 43 275 33 297 30867 29260 45 273 39 278 34 298 29260 27570 41 277 36 282 34 292 27570 25796 36 282 37 279 33 287 25796 23943 34 289 39 278 32 286 23943 22016 34 292 38 283 31 288 22016 20009 34 290 42 288 33 294 20009 17919 35 286 44 287 37 297 17919 15784 40 283 40 288 39 295 15784 13719 49 280 34 287 35 290 13719 11834 46 274 27 285 31 281 11834 10161 35 267 26 279 28 262 10161 8677 28 253 31 257 25 247 8677 7359 24 241 31 241 23 233 7359 6189 21 230 30 240 21 214 6189 5154 17 220 28 226 21 206 5154 4243 10 200 26 200 22 197 4243 3438 6 178 22*174 20 184 3438 2720 4 180 19*160 19 169 2720 2086 2 205 16 153 17 158 2086 1557 1*046 15 152 16 151 1557 1151 2*046 14 152 15 142 1151 872 2 046 13 151 13 129 872 703 2 047 12 152 11 120 703 607 2 046 9 151 5*109 607 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