DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/24 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 - - - - - - 77.9 - - 79.5 - - 77.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 303 - - 198 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5615 - - 5710 - - 265 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4525 - - 4388 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6215 - - 6310 - - 865 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 561 - - 749 - - 5392 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 490 - - 430 - - 46 W* B/S - - - - - - 21 - - 13 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 149 - - 221 - - 170 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -866 - - -1297 - - -4946 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7081 - - 7608 - - 5812 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10083 - - -10501 - - -10990 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16298 - - 16811 - - 11855 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 73 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.9 - - 79.5 - - 77.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.0 - - 48.3 - - 54.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.1 - - 78.2 - - 77.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.7 - - 47.1 - - 53.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 303 - - 198 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5615 - - 5710 - - 265 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 9 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] 99628 42 092 39 099 28 088 99628 92093 31 092 32 082 31 076 92093 86288 24 089 24 078 26 074 86288 81473 22 090 21 085 22 075 81473 77335 23 079 18 093 18 079 77335 73683 21 074 18 077 17 081 73683 70389 20 054 13 083 14 070 70389 67371 11 009 13 058 12 074 67371 64568 5 022 8 033 8 039 64568 61862 7 006 8 005 9 355 61862 59065 14 327 12 317 14 316 59065 56182 16 297 19 286 19 304 56182 53452 21 310 26 290 32 309 53452 51019 34 305 34 301 39 296 51019 48841 37 305 40 303 40 291 48841 46858 44 311 44 300 45 291 46858 45030 57 317 47 303 48 291 45030 43322 64 314 57 305 53 296 43322 41715 62 308 57 302 55 296 41715 40199 57 298 58 299 53 294 40199 38771 50 290 58 296 51 298 38771 37394 44 285 51 291 48 299 37394 35998 40 282 41 291 43 293 35998 34546 38 284 38 289 36 291 34546 33039 39 283 34 284 34 299 33039 31460 40 281 33 289 32 301 31460 29796 40 285 34 296 23 302 29796 28047 41 285 35 300 22 296 28047 26214 36 288 35 307 27 308 26214 24304 36 285 31 314 30 316 24304 22316 30 295 26 315 26 322 22316 20245 25 302 20 318 21 323 20245 18085 21 314 15 318 17 307 18085 15885 18 327 9 328 13 299 15885 13776 15 330 9 281 12 298 13776 11868 15 317 13 274 12 299 11868 10175 19 285 15 293 13 295 10175 8676 10 302 13 296 16 296 8676 7349 5*304 10*257 13 275 7349 6179 3*161 7*226 11 239 6179 5149 4 153 7 225 9 222 5149 4243 4 150 7 223 7 205 4243 3442 4 149 6 221 6 198 3442 2724 4 148 6 220 5 189 2724 2090 5 147 5 218 5 182 2090 1561 5 146 5 216 5 177 1561 1154 4 145 4 214 5 174 1154 875 4 146 4 215 4*172 875 705 4 145 4 215 4*171 705 608 4 145 4 213 3 170 608 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