DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/01 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 - - - - - - 92.3 - - 92.4 - - 88.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 218 - - 114 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4124 - - 4008 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3265 - - 2880 - - 593 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4724 - - 4608 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1533 - - 1276 - - 4375 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 407 - - 334 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 18 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 219 - - 222 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -11 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -186 - - -794 - - -3417 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4910 - - 5402 - - 4026 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3713 - - -4586 - - -7689 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8437 - - 9194 - - 8298 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 68 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2690 - - 2180 - - 2590 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 92.3 - - 92.4 - - 88.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 72.5 - - 70.6 - - 72.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 90.9 - - 91.7 - - 89.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 71.5 - - 69.6 - - 71.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 218 - - 114 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4124 - - 4008 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 16 - - 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] 99448 25 101 30 094 36 081 99448 91889 29 103 21 100 24 064 91889 86071 32 103 18 105 20 089 86071 81245 28 091 19 090 24 108 81245 77107 20 075 15 084 22 101 77107 73468 13 072 12 087 14 086 73468 70184 9 073 12 101 9 063 70184 67166 10 097 8 125 4 340 67166 64370 10 112 5 140 5 244 64370 61670 5 131 5 149 6 202 61670 58874 7 261 5 230 8 181 58874 56022 14 241 13 240 7 227 56022 53349 12 189 16 207 11 250 53349 50963 6 157 19 181 16 229 50963 48816 9 221 17 192 19 226 48816 46849 20 229 18 228 23 232 46849 45028 25 227 20 233 24 232 45028 43335 24 233 21 239 25 222 43335 41756 22 239 21 241 23 213 41756 40275 19 235 20 240 21 211 40275 38874 18 234 20 223 20 227 38874 37511 19 239 21 217 21 236 37511 36120 19 244 22 217 22 240 36120 34670 18 244 22 224 23 238 34670 33163 18 241 21 228 24 230 33163 31583 17 231 21 226 25 224 31583 29921 17 219 22 225 29 227 29921 28183 22 225 25 231 31 235 28183 26366 28 241 29 240 32 243 26366 24471 35 245 34 246 31 249 24471 22504 40 242 34 251 23 256 22504 20458 39 245 31 249 22 259 20458 18326 39 241 33 245 27 254 18326 16154 43 232 42 240 37 249 16154 14055 41 233 43 239 38 241 14055 12139 36 231 40 241 36 239 12139 10431 34 229 35 242 33 241 10431 8911 34 232 32 241 31 241 8911 7558 28 233 29 241 29 238 7558 6358 22 230 24 237 26 235 6358 5297 17*229 21*227 26 225 5297 4362 15*221 20*223 26 219 4362 3537 15 220 19 223 25 216 3537 2796 14 220 19 222 24 215 2796 2141 14 219 19 222 23 214 2141 1594 14 219 18 222 21 212 1594 1174 13 218 17 221 19 210 1174 885 12 218 16 221 16 209 885 710 12 218 15 221 13 208 710 609 10 217 12 221 9*207 609 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