DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/27 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - - - - 1000z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - - - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 79.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 49 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 6908 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - - - - 4396 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - - - - 7508 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - - - - 1329 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - - - - 321 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - - - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - - - - 341 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - - - - -11 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - - - - 1998 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - - - - 5510 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - - - - 513 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - - - - 6995 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - - - - 83 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - - - - 340 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - - - - 79.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - - - - 57.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - - - - 79.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - - - - 56.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - - - - 49 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - - - - 6908 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - - - - 31 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - - - - 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] 99139 13 092 99139 91672 11 084 91672 85925 16 082 85925 81150 11 066 81150 77028 7 075 77028 73374 4 208 73374 70058 6 136 70058 67011 5 179 67011 64185 6 168 64185 61446 8 288 61446 58593 13 267 58593 55631 17 290 55631 52807 28 288 52807 50267 34 277 50267 47993 38 282 47993 45935 45 282 45935 44058 47 280 44058 42331 43 279 42331 40733 42 287 40733 39250 41 285 39250 37865 35 290 37865 36530 35 302 36530 35175 36 308 35175 33768 37 308 33768 32310 34 308 32310 30784 33 309 30784 29177 30 308 29177 27493 28 305 27493 25732 26 301 25732 23892 23 302 23892 21973 22 302 21973 19971 20 295 19971 17880 19 289 17880 15745 16 297 15745 13681 14 299 13681 11798 11 297 11798 10126 9 319 10126 8652 10*343 8652 7350 10*344 7350 6192 9 342 6192 5164 9 342 5164 4255 8 340 4255 3452 8 340 3452 2732 8 339 2732 2096 7 340 2096 1565 7 338 1565 1157 6 338 1157 876 6 337 876 706 6 337 706 608 5 338 608 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