DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/24 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0657z - - 1005z - - 1330z - - 1600z - - 1857z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 53.6 - - 66.0 - - 66.4 - - 74.1 - - 69.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -15 - - 100 - - 71 - - 93 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1265 - - 1171 - - 2136 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 581 - - 582 - - 582 - - 1311 - - 582 Hcrit BL Top 599 - - 1865 - - 1771 - - 2736 - - 600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 302 - - 1029 - - 878 - - 1723 - - 1758 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 206 - - 180 - - 243 - - 9 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 10 - - 10 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 110 - - 122 - - 120 - - 137 - - 137 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 7 - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - -1 - - -2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -191 - - -7 - - 78 - - -7 - - -765 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 790 - - 1872 - - 1693 - - 2743 - - 1365 sfcLCL ODpotential -11169 - - -388 - - -1520 - - -1021 - - -2323 ODpotential blCL 11768 - - 2253 - - 3291 - - 3757 - - 2923 blCL maxRH 89 - - 100 - - 100 - - 92 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 50 - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m 53.6 - - 66.0 - - 66.4 - - 74.1 - - 69.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 52.2 - - 59.7 - - 60.9 - - 63.8 - - 65.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 54.1 - - 65.1 - - 65.9 - - 73.4 - - 69.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 52.2 - - 59.4 - - 60.6 - - 63.3 - - 65.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -15 - - 100 - - 71 - - 93 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1265 - - 1171 - - 2136 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 55 - - 99 - - 101 - - 68 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 11 - - 11 - - 12 - - 14 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] 98262 11 182 8 205 11 205 13 248 9 256 98262 90858 11 229 7 226 11 220 14 243 14 252 90858 85138 14 263 4 246 9 198 12 240 13 256 85138 80388 11 261 5 252 10 199 13 221 12 244 80388 76295 5 241 6 224 9 234 10 229 7 259 76295 72680 9 258 8 227 10 241 13 254 11 265 72680 69423 12 248 12 255 9 235 14 256 14 256 69423 66445 17 277 19 269 12 262 16 253 17 271 66445 63702 27 273 24 266 20 272 20 266 22 260 63702 61055 31 262 26 261 28 259 26 243 22 263 61055 58300 34 259 28 264 31 265 34 272 34 267 58300 55448 39 265 39 268 47 266 48 264 43 265 55448 52720 44 263 45 265 51 258 55 260 53 261 52720 50264 44 263 46 266 50 256 59 257 60 259 50264 48068 46 262 48 263 50 255 58 254 62 259 48068 46080 48 258 49 257 49 253 54 253 61 258 46080 44260 49 253 47 250 48 248 50 252 57 254 44260 42582 48 248 45 246 45 243 47 251 52 248 42582 41021 46 244 43 248 41 242 43 247 48 242 41021 39560 40 242 41 248 34 247 37 247 45 240 39560 38180 31 238 36 243 29 256 33 252 42 239 38180 36842 24 233 32 241 27 262 32 254 40 240 36842 35476 21 232 29 237 26 266 33 254 37 243 35476 34052 17 235 26 233 24 270 35 256 36 247 34052 32573 12 225 22 234 22 271 31 262 36 251 32573 31023 7 226 17 233 22 260 24 268 34 250 31023 29392 5 215 10 230 21 251 21 264 28 243 29392 27683 3 209 6 215 17 254 21 256 26 243 27683 25897 4 177 10 217 11 254 22 250 24 250 25897 24031 11 190 15 207 12 249 19 247 22 255 24031 22085 15 185 16 196 15 240 17 252 20 256 22085 20057 15 169 15 186 16 231 15 255 17 257 20057 17944 12 165 12 166 14 213 13 237 11 257 17944 15788 9 164 11 152 16 206 18 213 13 221 15788 13716 10 155 12 157 20 215 24 218 22 213 13716 11835 12 156 13 183 22 218 24 212 21 214 11835 10157 12 165 14 192 18 205 21 206 19 228 10157 8664 12 178 12 166 16 184 19 195 17 225 8664 7338 13 179 13 147 19 177 19 184 18 216 7338 6165 14 155 17 134 21 178 19 184 16 202 6165 5132 16 132 20 130 21 180 19 198 16 191 5132 4223 17 121 20 128 19 185 18 196 15 188 4223 3421 17 120 20 133 17 180 16*183 16 177 3421 2704 20 127 19 140 14 160 14*161 17 169 2704 2072 23 134 17*136 13*137 13 140 16 165 2072 1545 25 138 14*126 11*122 12 131 15 161 1545 1141 24 132 11 122 11 120 11 128 13 156 1141 864 17 119 9 119 10 119 10 126 10 149 864 695 14*117 8 118 9 118 9 125 9*144 695 599 5*110 7 117 7 117 7 125 4*137 599 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