DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/01 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 - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.9 - - 92.9 - - 84.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 17 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2130 - - 2492 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1511 - - 593 - - 593 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2730 - - 3092 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1198 - - 3222 - - 815 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 266 - - 191 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 237 - - 241 - - 211 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1318 - - -2247 - - -1789 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4048 - - 5339 - - 2398 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4338 - - -4840 - - -5228 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 7068 - - 7932 - - 5837 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 87 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3180 - - 2840 - - 3810 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.9 - - 92.9 - - 84.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 73.8 - - 71.4 - - 75.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.1 - - 93.0 - - 86.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.6 - - 70.1 - - 75.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 105 - - 17 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2130 - - 2492 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 88 - - 48 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 15 - - 20 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] 98952 3 156 5 111 6 078 98952 91568 3 095 3 009 14 058 91568 85850 10 086 3 153 8 060 85850 81076 11 113 2 058 7 045 81076 76966 11 094 3 127 6 005 76966 73347 4 021 4 030 11 035 73347 70073 1 266 5 263 12 321 70073 67079 7 321 5 268 13 283 67079 64316 9 311 5 273 12 274 64316 61641 14 300 8 284 13 290 61641 58859 17 287 11 287 17 282 58859 55997 21 279 19 282 23 270 55997 53294 24 270 25 258 29 260 53294 50879 30 282 26 273 25 271 50879 48716 42 286 40 287 39 283 48716 46754 45 273 46 288 46 280 46754 44954 42 266 46 290 38 276 44954 43287 38 257 38 270 33 271 43287 41722 35 256 34 250 35 264 41722 40243 35 261 31 244 34 261 40243 38844 33 264 30 247 31 254 38844 37485 30 260 31 251 30 249 37485 36098 26 258 32 252 32 243 36098 34651 24 263 33 250 32 246 34651 33149 26 266 32 255 29 254 33149 31577 30 267 33 261 29 258 31577 29925 33 266 34 262 31 260 29925 28194 35 262 35 258 32 263 28194 26386 35 262 34 257 32 265 26386 24498 33 266 31 265 31 265 24498 22528 31 269 31 272 31 269 22528 20472 28 278 29 276 29 270 20472 18333 27 273 23 270 27 264 18333 16153 27 258 24 264 25 258 16153 14048 25 244 21 257 20 256 14048 12133 20 251 17 251 13 241 12133 10433 16 278 13 257 9 225 10433 8921 16 295 12 259 13 211 8921 7572 18 295 13 256 18 226 7572 6372 18 291 16 258 22 234 6372 5309 17 285 19 264 23 240 5309 4370 19 276 20 261 21 247 4370 3542 18 272 18*255 19 248 3542 2800 13*257 14*243 19 242 2800 2144 9*239 14 241 19 233 2144 1596 9 237 13 240 18 229 1596 1175 9 236 12 240 17 225 1175 885 8 236 11 239 14 221 885 709 7 236 10 239 11 218 709 609 6 235 8 239 5*211 609 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