DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/23 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 - - - - - - 75.9 - - 77.7 - - 75.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 296 - - 203 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6691 - - 6322 - - 5644 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5360 - - 4870 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7291 - - 6922 - - 6244 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 408 - - 760 - - 1174 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 516 - - 448 - - 123 W* B/S - - - - - - 28 - - 43 - - 7 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 076 - - 071 - - 101 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -438 - - -997 - - -918 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7730 - - 7919 - - 7162 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9806 - - -10030 - - -11030 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17097 - - 16952 - - 17274 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 69 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.9 - - 77.7 - - 75.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.2 - - 45.2 - - 46.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.0 - - 76.3 - - 75.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 42.9 - - 43.9 - - 45.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 296 - - 203 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6691 - - 6322 - - 5644 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 7 - - 0 - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 99583 35 085 36 080 37 076 99583 92076 30 097 28 086 26 074 92076 86305 28 100 20 100 25 078 86305 81508 26 096 21 093 20 085 81508 77367 14 084 19 086 17 087 77367 73702 14 076 20 089 15 087 73702 70381 9 082 10 049 13 060 70381 67340 10 128 2 313 11 010 67340 64546 14 048 2 288 11 329 64546 61855 19 345 6 330 12 318 61855 59051 25 330 15 335 16 320 59051 56158 37 322 30 333 23 323 56158 53415 47 309 42 321 30 315 53415 50951 49 304 49 305 37 311 50951 48747 50 300 55 304 47 312 48747 46757 52 298 61 303 59 305 46757 44940 56 302 67 299 63 299 44940 43260 64 306 68 300 64 305 43260 41690 72 309 72 304 72 306 41690 40208 79 312 77 311 71 300 40208 38798 75 312 78 311 69 298 38798 37424 81 314 75 309 69 298 37424 36017 84 318 72 309 70 294 36017 34549 79 317 67 310 71 296 34549 33024 70 310 63 306 63 301 33024 31430 67 303 62 302 52 299 31430 29754 67 302 60 301 52 299 29754 27995 65 302 59 301 51 300 27995 26156 59 301 58 302 50 302 26156 24238 53 300 57 304 48 305 24238 22245 47 299 51 307 42 309 22245 20171 40 303 43 312 34 313 20171 18010 26 312 26 315 27 297 18010 15812 12 316 11 313 17 284 15812 13700 9 287 5 296 10 286 13700 11788 7 265 6 273 7 273 11788 10098 3 284 4 249 6 271 10098 8608 2*027 0 284 2 247 8608 7298 3*076 2*057 3*127 7298 6145 3 076 2*061 3*113 6145 5123 3 074 2 064 3 107 5123 4222 3 075 2 068 3 103 4222 3425 3 074 2 072 3 101 3425 2711 3 075 2 072 3 098 2711 2080 3 077 2 076 3 094 2080 1554 3 076 2 077 3 094 1554 1151 3 076 2 077 3 092 1151 873 3 077 2 076 3 091 873 704 3 075 2 077 2 092 704 608 3 076 2 078 2 091 608 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