DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/17 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 - - - - - - 72.1 - - 71.0 - - 73.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -29 - - -13 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 591 - - 592 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 608 - - 608 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 4025 - - 1700 - - 1730 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 20 - - 12 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 196 - - 187 - - 238 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1311 - - -3 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1919 - - 611 - - 608 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2248 - - -899 - - -810 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2856 - - 1507 - - 1418 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 410 - - 1210 - - 2240 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.1 - - 71.0 - - 73.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.0 - - 69.1 - - 71.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.8 - - 71.4 - - 73.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.5 - - 69.0 - - 71.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -29 - - -13 - - -34 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 96 - - 91 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 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] 99018 31 094 23 098 22 084 99018 91474 25 097 23 092 17 076 91474 85673 19 104 19 093 19 086 85673 80872 12 085 18 094 16 078 80872 76751 7 103 14 075 14 078 76751 73107 10 114 5 089 6 080 73107 69809 11 069 9 140 2 199 69809 66783 6 030 5 086 4 124 66783 63963 8 291 8 313 13 349 63963 61247 12 284 18 275 23 310 61247 58438 21 282 21 273 29 289 58438 55504 25 283 35 288 38 281 55504 52704 32 296 40 280 52 281 52704 50206 46 296 41 277 50 274 50206 47970 49 284 47 290 52 287 47970 45935 48 294 75 293 71 293 45935 44075 74 296 95 285 88 289 44075 42369 99 282 98 284 98 286 42369 40784 94 273 101 285 104 285 40784 39294 91 271 97 282 105 283 39294 37886 89 273 92 279 104 281 37886 36522 87 275 88 276 104 280 36522 35138 83 275 85 274 104 278 35138 33704 78 269 82 273 104 276 33704 32224 73 265 80 272 104 274 32224 30679 68 265 75 270 104 272 30679 29057 65 266 73 269 102 271 29057 27360 69 264 73 270 99 271 27360 25589 76 261 73 272 96 270 25589 23747 77 259 72 273 91 269 23747 21836 75 258 66 267 84 266 21836 19850 71 255 66 267 77 260 19850 17785 61 251 70 269 79 255 17785 15680 50 247 72 270 74 258 15680 13646 44 247 67 264 66 261 13646 11794 49 242 64 256 55 271 11794 10149 57 243 64 251 39 262 10149 8684 60 245 63 249 43 249 8684 7374 58 237 57 245 49 249 7374 6210 55 226 55 232 49 251 6210 5177 50 217 56 215 49 252 5177 4264 44 211 55 208 50 250 4264 3456 38 206 52 203 48 248 3456 2734 33 201 46 200 46 246 2734 2095 31 200 41 199 43 244 2095 1564 28 198 35 197 38 241 1564 1157 25 197 29 194 33 240 1157 876 22 196 24 191 28 239 876 706 19*196 20 190 23 238 706 608 13*196 14*187 16*238 608 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