DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/28 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0952z - - 1000z - - 1555z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.8 - - 71.0 - - 65.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 209 - - 101 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1817 - - 2467 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1516 - - 1605 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2417 - - 3067 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 705 - - 903 - - 2820 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 296 - - 260 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 18 - - 11 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 016 - - 023 - - 012 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -889 - - -1822 - - -1918 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3306 - - 4889 - - 2525 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6864 - - -7255 - - -7510 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9281 - - 10322 - - 8117 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 68 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.8 - - 71.0 - - 65.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.4 - - 51.8 - - 56.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 65.3 - - 70.2 - - 67.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.8 - - 51.0 - - 56.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 209 - - 101 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1817 - - 2467 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 30 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 10 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] 97928 15 272 14 262 19 292 97928 90656 6 232 7 244 14 299 90656 85034 3 184 5 226 14 307 85034 80353 2 151 8 255 9 310 80353 76322 4 084 7 256 3 316 76322 72768 4 081 5 271 4 306 72768 69554 2 167 5 263 7 298 69554 66602 3 240 3 259 4 295 66602 63863 3 214 4 230 6 291 63863 61206 2 302 5 261 10 302 61206 58432 3 300 8 264 12 295 58432 55554 8 297 10 282 14 304 55554 52815 16 294 15 302 15 306 52815 50358 18 304 18 313 20 309 50358 48157 19 311 19 309 22 308 48157 46151 19 312 22 312 22 318 46151 44301 21 313 28 312 29 315 44301 42582 23 308 30 308 33 308 42582 40979 25 306 27 307 31 306 40979 39480 24 305 23 307 29 303 39480 38071 21 294 21 304 24 309 38071 36713 17 280 17 302 20 311 36713 35340 13 283 18 298 18 299 35340 33922 12 289 16 292 16 288 33922 32457 13 293 15 305 12 270 32457 30925 15 288 15 316 9 278 30925 29311 15 283 13 312 10 305 29311 27614 14 291 13 306 12 312 27614 25834 13 301 11 310 13 314 25834 23974 13 311 12 311 10 323 23974 22034 10 326 11 322 7 320 22034 20009 6 327 9 325 6 319 20009 17893 5 305 10 323 7 332 17893 15737 5 307 7 338 4 328 15737 13662 6 316 4 338 4 345 13662 11778 6 336 5 342 6 005 11778 10105 5 357 5 351 8 357 10105 8620 6 030 4 008 6 003 8620 7301 5 042 3 009 4 021 7301 6133 4 049 3 354 2 029 6133 5102 4 066 2 323 2 038 5102 4199 4 075 1 032 2 088 4199 3406 4 048 4*034 3 077 3406 2697 4*029 4*031 5 036 2697 2070 3*022 4 027 7 027 2070 1548 3 019 4 022 8 025 1548 1146 3 014 4 019 9 023 1146 870 3 009 4 017 8 021 870 703 2 010 4 016 7 017 703 607 2 008 4 015 4*012 607 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