DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/22 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 - - - - - - 74.2 - - 77.1 - - 73.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 344 - - 221 - - 15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5798 - - 6738 - - 2681 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4727 - - 5242 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6398 - - 7338 - - 3281 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1337 - - 992 - - 4575 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 517 - - 471 - - 154 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 13 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 7 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 332 - - 359 - - 074 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 15 - - 12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -25 - - 169 - - -2011 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6423 - - 7170 - - 5292 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8213 - - -7625 - - -2775 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14611 - - 14963 - - 6056 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 85 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.2 - - 77.1 - - 73.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.1 - - 47.7 - - 52.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 72.3 - - 75.4 - - 72.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.9 - - 46.5 - - 51.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 344 - - 221 - - 15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5798 - - 6738 - - 2681 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 17 - - 39 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 8 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] 99652 27 087 29 082 34 082 99652 92123 28 096 29 075 30 084 92123 86328 24 094 27 090 23 082 86328 81516 25 077 21 089 20 085 81516 77364 18 084 20 083 20 075 77364 73684 15 083 14 078 20 065 73684 70346 17 092 10 093 13 041 70346 67293 16 066 8 084 6 010 67293 64479 9 037 1 350 7 346 64479 61770 9 359 10 334 15 319 61770 58954 15 330 14 299 16 306 58954 56024 30 321 26 309 28 311 56024 53235 51 310 45 311 40 310 53235 50747 65 294 64 301 60 305 50747 48541 66 296 73 299 76 299 48541 46546 77 303 81 301 82 301 46546 44704 88 303 88 301 89 305 44704 42986 86 297 85 299 88 302 42986 41375 83 296 84 297 87 300 41375 39863 79 297 81 297 88 298 39863 38441 79 298 80 297 87 296 38441 37070 81 299 81 294 85 297 37070 35677 83 300 81 294 83 296 35677 34229 84 301 82 295 82 295 34229 32726 85 301 84 294 84 294 32726 31149 85 299 85 292 86 293 31149 29486 86 297 84 293 85 294 29486 27738 85 296 83 295 83 296 27738 25909 84 296 84 298 80 302 25909 24004 82 298 80 306 74 306 24004 22033 70 299 65 308 54 308 22033 19992 49 302 49 305 40 304 19992 17867 38 301 38 307 33 306 17867 15698 31 298 32 306 28 309 15698 13607 26 295 28 309 26 305 13607 11709 22 304 25 312 22 305 11709 10035 20 307 21 313 18 309 10035 8566 18 313 14*322 12 313 8566 7273 18*317 7*004 6 314 7273 6125 14*324 7 005 6 316 6125 5107 12 331 7 004 3 333 5107 4208 12 333 7 002 3 032 4208 3414 12 334 7 359 5*065 3414 2703 12 333 7 357 8*073 2703 2075 12 333 6 354 9 073 2075 1551 12 333 6 352 9 074 1551 1149 11 333 6 350 9 073 1149 872 11 332 6 350 9 074 872 704 10 332 5 348 8 074 704 608 9 332 5 348 7 074 608 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