DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/14 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.2 - - 81.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 19 - - 34 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1389 - - 3291 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 592 - - 1473 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1989 - - 3891 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1773 - - 1040 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 142 - - 233 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 8 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 055 - - 074 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 167 - - 940 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1822 - - 2952 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -425 - - -19 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2414 - - 3910 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 95 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1380 - - 450 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.2 - - 81.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.0 - - 70.7 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.1 - - 81.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.1 - - 69.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 19 - - 34 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1389 - - 3291 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 104 - - 79 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - - 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] 99599 36 102 23 096 99599 92114 26 086 24 099 92114 86315 19 086 22 092 86315 81491 17 097 16 092 81491 77317 13 110 8 092 77317 73620 10 125 4 078 73620 70288 10 114 7 136 70288 67240 10 111 10 141 67240 64427 6 084 9 128 64427 61718 6 001 5 119 61718 58923 10 315 2 274 58923 56073 18 276 11 278 56073 53394 23 259 17 267 53394 51007 23 282 19 283 51007 48880 31 286 30 300 48880 46944 30 270 33 284 46944 45151 18 260 30 263 45151 43478 17 286 27 256 43478 41905 29 309 22 264 41905 40418 36 314 22 277 40418 39008 25 306 23 276 39008 37634 21 304 26 275 37634 36229 26 308 26 275 36229 34766 28 303 24 271 34766 33247 27 295 22 270 33247 31656 25 285 21 272 31656 29981 25 275 22 270 29981 28224 27 275 27 268 28224 26386 28 270 30 272 26386 24472 28 270 31 272 24472 22484 26 266 29 272 22484 20418 24 264 28 271 20418 18270 24 256 30 269 18270 16087 24 257 35 270 16087 13982 22 270 33 267 13982 12059 22 290 29 275 12059 10346 24 299 24 277 10346 8819 20 298 21 282 8819 7465 16 290 15 350 7465 6271 11 287 7 024 6271 5218 3 295 5 108 5218 4296 5 070 8*085 4296 3483 9 070 9*080 3483 2756 8 060 8 077 2756 2113 5*047 8 074 2113 1576 5*052 8 072 1576 1163 5 056 8 071 1163 879 5 055 7 070 879 707 4 056 7 069 707 608 4 054 6 069 608 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