DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/02 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 91.8 - - 93.4 - - 90.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 179 - - 118 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5656 - - 5971 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4332 - - 4344 - - 593 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6256 - - 6571 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1215 - - 1718 - - 6539 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 425 - - 385 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 19 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 227 - - 228 - - 209 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 998 - - 962 - - -3513 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5259 - - 5609 - - 4123 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2406 - - -972 - - -4537 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8662 - - 7543 - - 5146 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 75 - - 66 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2210 - - 2490 - - 3710 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 91.8 - - 93.4 - - 90.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.6 - - 70.7 - - 74.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 90.6 - - 92.6 - - 91.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.6 - - 69.7 - - 73.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 179 - - 118 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5656 - - 5971 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - 18 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] 99517 27 107 25 081 34 071 99517 91939 26 093 25 105 26 083 91939 86116 22 090 26 102 20 087 86116 81313 22 092 21 088 21 081 81313 77180 21 094 14 078 20 079 77180 73524 16 102 9 068 17 081 73524 70223 13 106 6 065 11 069 70223 67201 11 111 6 131 4 062 67201 64401 4 121 9 148 3 227 64401 61701 5 294 5 111 6 203 61701 58909 7 210 6 200 8 227 58909 56047 12 152 12 183 15 224 56047 53347 10 199 10 216 13 208 53347 50926 19 224 20 243 12 244 50926 48759 22 219 22 233 18 247 48759 46793 23 220 24 230 23 239 46793 44988 23 209 25 223 23 228 44988 43317 19 206 25 213 22 225 43317 41753 15 223 20 221 21 239 41753 40277 12 244 15 228 21 240 40277 38875 13 262 14 240 20 240 38875 37511 13 269 12 237 16 238 37511 36117 14 256 14 209 15 209 36117 34664 16 222 18 206 19 211 34664 33158 18 232 19 224 20 212 33158 31583 22 242 23 233 22 219 31583 29928 27 244 28 236 27 231 29928 28193 31 242 32 239 30 236 28193 26378 34 241 32 242 29 243 26378 24486 34 244 32 249 28 247 24486 22519 32 249 29 255 26 250 22519 20472 31 252 28 255 25 251 20472 18338 36 251 29 255 23 253 18338 16161 38 248 31 249 20 249 16161 14061 35 246 31 244 19 243 14061 12148 33 242 31 243 20 240 12148 10444 31 241 31 246 21 245 10444 8927 29 237 28 242 23 247 8927 7579 24 232 25*235 24 237 7579 6382 18*233 24*234 24 228 6382 5320 17*232 21 230 23 223 5320 4381 16 229 20 228 22 220 4381 3551 16 228 19 227 21 218 3551 2806 16 226 18 226 20 216 2806 2148 15 225 18 225 19 214 2148 1599 15 225 17 225 18 213 1599 1176 14 224 16 225 16 212 1176 886 14 224 16 224 14 210 886 710 13 224 14 224 12 210 710 609 11 224 11 224 8*209 609 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