DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/08 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 74.7 - - 63.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 214 - - 67 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3769 - - 4515 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2949 - - 2722 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4369 - - 5115 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2861 - - 2615 - - 548 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 381 - - 281 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 10 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 266 - - 279 - - 354 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4333 - - -3435 - - -4724 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8703 - - 8550 - - 5332 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8580 - - -7650 - - -10035 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12949 - - 12765 - - 10642 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 81 - - 89 - - 52 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.9 - - 74.7 - - 63.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.9 - - 39.3 - - 42.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.5 - - 74.2 - - 66.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.1 - - 38.8 - - 42.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 214 - - 67 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3769 - - 4515 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 23 - - 54 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 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] 97503 50 247 51 247 52 249 97503 90240 42 243 46 248 41 256 90240 84614 28 234 33 250 34 256 84614 79941 19 245 20 258 24 257 79941 75916 18 269 17 281 17 269 75916 72362 17 278 18 256 20 266 72362 69134 19 305 14 259 19 266 69134 66142 26 289 22 278 23 282 66142 63365 30 276 29 280 29 285 63365 60688 32 278 36 281 35 290 60688 57909 36 289 41 285 43 290 57909 55030 51 293 52 287 49 285 55030 52275 60 288 58 280 57 278 52275 49789 63 284 63 278 63 272 49789 47548 64 280 65 275 68 272 47548 45506 66 279 70 277 75 273 45506 43646 69 279 73 277 77 270 43646 41948 74 281 72 275 70 264 41948 40387 73 280 66 275 64 284 40387 38939 71 279 63 282 76 298 38939 37578 73 279 66 288 79 293 37578 36260 78 278 70 289 78 288 36260 34921 79 276 70 285 71 286 34921 33531 76 276 68 282 58 289 33531 32087 71 276 63 280 54 292 32087 30574 69 277 60 282 63 297 30574 28978 68 278 60 284 67 302 28978 27300 67 281 64 289 62 303 27300 25541 64 285 64 294 57 296 25541 23702 62 289 59 294 61 294 23702 21788 60 293 57 294 61 298 21788 19793 58 293 54 293 58 299 19793 17711 57 296 54 296 52 301 17711 15586 59 298 57 299 51 303 15586 13535 56 299 59 299 52 299 13535 11672 49 304 56 304 48 298 11672 10019 41 304 42 302 41 299 10019 8554 35 303 33 295 35 299 8554 7254 28 298 28 291 30 296 7254 6101 23 275 21*283 25 292 6101 5082 19*271 17*277 21 279 5082 4185 10*270 14 276 17 270 4185 3395 7 266 13 277 13 272 3395 2688 7 265 12 279 11 291 2688 2063 6 265 12 280 10 312 2063 1543 6 265 11 281 10 326 1543 1143 5 266 11 282 10 334 1143 869 5 264 10 282 9 341 869 703 5 266 10 283 7 348 703 607 4 266 8 283 5*354 607 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