DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 09/19 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 81.6 - - 77.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 63 - - 23 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 988 - - 1593 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 592 - - 593 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1588 - - 2193 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 721 - - 1017 - - 1447 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 168 - - 159 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 14 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 164 - - 186 - - 152 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -7 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 690 - - 235 - - -299 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 898 - - 1958 - - 908 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 334 - - -3323 - - -4294 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1254 - - 5516 - - 4903 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 94 - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1020 - - 2830 - - 2920 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.4 - - 81.6 - - 77.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 71.9 - - 74.5 - - 74.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.0 - - 81.4 - - 78.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 71.3 - - 73.8 - - 74.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 63 - - 23 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 988 - - 1593 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 75 - - 28 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 18 - - 19 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] 98347 16 094 11 072 14 073 98347 90992 11 065 7 034 14 031 90992 85312 7 357 8 306 13 337 85312 80595 10 329 8 279 16 307 80595 76529 12 336 8 268 16 303 76529 72943 12 313 10 298 15 317 72943 69704 11 309 12 312 9 319 69704 66725 11 325 11 313 10 320 66725 63963 6 296 8 296 8 299 63963 61295 4 315 6 289 8 274 61295 58529 10 283 11 285 9 267 58529 55684 16 281 18 281 16 291 55684 53000 21 277 25 254 27 270 53000 50604 19 249 23 240 27 249 50604 48453 21 254 13 256 18 246 48453 46495 29 268 17 284 15 260 46495 44692 30 246 22 273 28 258 44692 43012 26 225 24 270 33 250 43012 41436 10 217 20 254 33 211 41436 39958 8 334 14 271 24 190 39958 38569 16 327 18 304 14 213 38569 37221 21 323 17 300 13 248 37221 35843 19 319 13 286 14 271 35843 34404 18 312 12 282 16 291 34404 32910 5 287 15 286 18 296 32910 31343 3 223 15 282 20 298 31343 29693 7 286 13 277 23 302 29693 27960 10 299 14 269 26 306 27960 26147 13 303 17 272 25 303 26147 24257 18 281 18 283 26 303 24257 22291 23 268 23 278 31 301 22291 20244 20 263 26 277 39 292 20244 18120 23 269 32 276 38 285 18120 15961 30 262 34 273 35 284 15961 13882 30 256 37 263 31 273 13882 11993 27 252 34 255 25 267 11993 10313 23 252 30 251 25 259 10313 8817 22 260 25 253 27 255 8817 7485 22 266 25 258 29 251 7485 6299 22 269 27 265 27 247 6299 5246 21 268 26 264 26 246 5246 4319 17 265 22 248 26 243 4319 3499 9 257 20 231 24 238 3499 2766 5 195 18*207 19 227 2766 2118 7*172 16*190 16 210 2118 1579 7*167 15 187 15 192 1579 1165 7 164 14 185 12 186 1165 880 6 163 13 184 10 174 880 707 6 161 12 182 8*168 707 609 5 160 9 182 3*152 609 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