DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/25 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.2 - - 77.5 - - 73.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 47 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4056 - - 4205 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2940 - - 2437 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4656 - - 4805 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1235 - - 1110 - - 4454 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 340 - - 269 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 13 - - 10 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 194 - - 208 - - 145 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -313 - - -535 - - -1949 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4969 - - 5340 - - 2557 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6264 - - -6610 - - -3266 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10920 - - 11415 - - 3874 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 87 - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.2 - - 77.5 - - 73.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.6 - - 56.3 - - 64.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.3 - - 77.1 - - 75.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.2 - - 55.0 - - 63.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 117 - - 47 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4056 - - 4205 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 49 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 13 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] 99407 21 118 15 092 19 072 99407 91940 21 097 18 091 18 092 91940 86152 20 101 13 085 19 091 86152 81340 15 099 10 102 16 056 81340 77211 11 088 11 108 9 052 77211 73558 12 107 7 103 3 090 73558 70236 9 102 5 134 1 079 70236 67174 5 104 3 162 1 171 67174 64335 3 139 2 249 1 122 64335 61594 1 307 7 279 6 344 61594 58752 9 316 11 284 11 287 58752 55821 16 317 15 293 18 291 55821 53044 22 307 21 285 23 292 53044 50553 32 305 25 305 30 313 50553 48324 43 298 40 299 43 292 48324 46316 49 289 45 295 33 277 46316 44489 48 280 51 294 47 308 44489 42816 57 289 58 297 65 304 42816 41264 54 290 60 296 68 297 41264 39806 51 308 54 292 66 289 39806 38426 48 307 50 288 62 285 38426 37084 43 297 51 288 59 279 37084 35712 39 301 52 296 60 278 35712 34279 35 312 47 305 59 283 34279 32790 37 305 36 300 53 294 32790 31233 42 303 32 302 43 300 31233 29593 39 299 33 307 30 294 29593 27866 33 286 39 300 31 277 27866 26049 32 289 33 294 38 284 26049 24154 31 288 31 290 40 306 24154 22189 29 295 27 294 32 320 22189 20145 26 305 24 308 24 317 20145 18016 23 309 20 316 23 317 18016 15851 20 311 24 325 22 324 15851 13767 12 301 21 326 23 333 13767 11866 11 307 16 318 20 322 11866 10177 10 306 12 319 16 308 10177 8682 7 302 8 312 12 297 8682 7358 5 289 6 296 11 291 7358 6187 4 249 6 250 12 272 6187 5154 5*205 6*219 10 245 5154 4247 5*197 6*214 8 224 4247 3445 5 196 5 211 7 212 3445 2727 5 194 5 208 6 202 2727 2092 5 194 5 206 5 193 2092 1562 5 192 4 206 5 183 1562 1155 4 192 4 206 5 174 1155 875 4 191 4 205 4 166 875 705 4 189 4 205 4*158 705 608 3 190 3 205 3*145 608 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