DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/20 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.9 - - 85.6 - - 84.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 240 - - 171 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3546 - - 3822 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2846 - - 2911 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4146 - - 4422 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1268 - - 1028 - - 3846 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 392 - - 363 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 14 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 193 - - 208 - - 201 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -9 - - 1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -606 - - -772 - - -3640 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4752 - - 5194 - - 4249 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5653 - - -5582 - - -8740 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9799 - - 10004 - - 9349 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 68 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 100 - - 540 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.9 - - 85.6 - - 84.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 63.9 - - 64.7 - - 67.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.3 - - 84.6 - - 84.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.0 - - 63.8 - - 66.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 240 - - 171 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3546 - - 3822 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 59 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 12 - - 15 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] 99495 36 086 26 104 27 085 99495 91975 30 097 28 092 28 080 91975 86176 24 097 28 080 22 071 86176 81366 24 090 24 081 20 070 81366 77224 20 091 19 079 16 066 77224 73562 14 089 13 070 12 057 73562 70256 13 087 11 079 8 063 70256 67231 13 064 8 076 7 050 67231 64434 14 029 9 047 8 035 64434 61738 15 352 10 359 7 023 61738 58944 17 324 15 317 16 324 58944 56059 24 306 21 307 22 292 56059 53338 41 303 42 305 43 297 53338 50920 46 297 50 301 53 302 50920 48744 56 302 62 305 63 304 48744 46753 63 303 71 302 70 305 46753 44914 71 308 80 304 78 304 44914 43209 76 308 83 304 84 301 43209 41623 73 303 77 302 83 298 41623 40135 66 298 73 302 78 295 40135 38726 61 294 70 302 76 298 38726 37357 62 296 68 302 76 302 37357 35959 65 301 67 301 80 304 35959 34501 64 309 68 302 81 305 34501 32989 55 308 65 303 75 307 32989 31408 44 300 55 300 65 304 31408 29747 36 297 51 295 58 297 29747 28012 36 299 48 285 55 295 28012 26202 39 303 46 280 52 296 26202 24314 36 301 43 278 51 293 24314 22351 32 297 35 287 48 294 22351 20309 27 287 33 301 44 298 20309 18189 23 285 35 312 38 309 18189 16034 21 297 32 322 29 312 16034 13953 19 313 31 323 26 319 13953 12050 20 318 23 316 24 306 12050 10350 21 324 21 309 27 294 10350 8834 22 325 25 313 27 291 8834 7485 20 323 21 308 27 289 7485 6288 14 304 13 285 25 277 6288 5234 9 265 13*243 24 257 5234 4309 8*223 14*213 24 235 4309 3494 9*200 14 211 22 222 3494 2765 10 196 14 208 21 216 2765 2119 10 193 14 207 20 212 2119 1580 10 192 14 206 19 209 1580 1166 9 190 13 205 17 206 1166 881 9 189 13 205 14 203 881 708 9 188 12 205 12*202 708 609 8 188 10 203 8*201 609 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