DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/01 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.3 - - 70.9 - - 70.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -11 - - 1 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 697 - - 8 - - 121 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 592 - - 592 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1297 - - 608 - - 721 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2440 - - 2043 - - 1472 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 99 - - 10 - - 31 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 4 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 224 - - 237 - - 241 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 0 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1635 - - -27 - - 113 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2933 - - 635 - - 608 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4317 - - -566 - - -91 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5614 - - 1174 - - 812 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 98 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 350 - - 310 - - 230 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 78.3 - - 70.9 - - 70.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.1 - - 69.5 - - 69.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.8 - - 71.1 - - 70.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.2 - - 69.4 - - 69.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -11 - - 1 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 697 - - 8 - - 121 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 93 - - 91 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 16 - - 16 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] 97877 18 246 20 269 18 265 97877 90601 13 260 13 242 14 257 90601 84997 13 249 11 255 9 284 84997 80351 11 236 8 255 11 316 80351 76337 4 246 5 249 6 289 76337 72787 5 322 6 272 4 239 72787 69591 4 261 13 268 11 255 69591 66657 13 221 18 229 17 256 66657 63928 14 206 19 227 19 249 63928 61287 9 249 21 239 26 243 61287 58558 26 249 30 236 33 234 58558 55744 32 237 40 239 39 236 55744 53055 43 234 44 241 47 242 53055 50634 58 252 53 244 61 245 50634 48465 70 244 66 246 73 245 48465 46496 72 241 73 239 81 238 46496 44689 72 244 78 240 81 239 44689 43012 71 245 81 240 85 244 43012 41443 72 246 82 239 84 244 41443 39964 71 245 82 239 80 240 39964 38558 69 244 74 239 77 234 38558 37188 64 242 70 237 74 233 37188 35787 59 237 68 236 70 233 35787 34330 57 235 65 233 64 234 34330 32820 58 236 61 232 61 236 32820 31243 56 239 57 232 60 238 31243 29585 53 240 52 233 56 241 29585 27845 49 231 47 238 56 240 27845 26026 47 227 41 241 54 238 26026 24130 37 228 37 241 47 236 24130 22162 30 237 45 234 42 233 22162 20115 45 226 43 233 42 232 20115 17985 35 228 37 235 42 228 17985 15820 36 243 38 232 38 225 15820 13739 29 230 37 227 38 234 13739 11847 34 226 35 230 39 236 11847 10169 36 214 37 231 40 228 10169 8683 34 216 37 230 40 224 8683 7361 32 223 33 233 38 225 7361 6187 32 230 29 241 32 233 6187 5150 32 238 25 247 26 243 5150 4240 33 243 21 245 20 246 4240 3436 36 241 17 243 17 243 3436 2717 36 235 14 245 18 240 2717 2083 33 231 15 246 19 240 2083 1555 27*227 13 245 15 241 1555 1151 23*225 10 242 12 242 1151 873 20 224 8 241 9*242 873 704 17 223 7*239 7*242 704 608 13 223 4*237 5 241 608 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