DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/13 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 - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.6 - - 80.0 - - 73.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 216 - - 102 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2178 - - 2718 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1790 - - 1787 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2778 - - 3318 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 330 - - 869 - - 1922 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 319 - - 269 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 267 - - 271 - - 321 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2007 - - -1078 - - -1720 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4785 - - 4396 - - 2328 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6796 - - -5654 - - -7734 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9574 - - 8972 - - 8342 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 86 - - 83 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 670 - - 760 - - 930 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.6 - - 80.0 - - 73.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 60.7 - - 62.6 - - 64.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 78.2 - - 79.1 - - 73.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.3 - - 62.2 - - 64.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 216 - - 102 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2178 - - 2718 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 45 - - 30 - - 36 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 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] 97006 34 257 38 267 31 276 97006 89944 14 287 24 265 18 296 89944 84482 10 322 12 258 12 299 84482 79940 3 327 10 263 8 270 79940 76033 3 111 9 264 6 284 76033 72584 2 002 7 263 7 255 72584 69459 3 353 4 223 10 229 69459 66582 6 327 6 209 10 203 66582 63901 13 276 8 253 7 233 63901 61304 19 246 19 251 19 251 61304 58607 21 234 21 235 23 251 58607 55828 30 247 38 257 38 257 55828 53198 41 243 46 253 48 253 53198 50835 40 260 50 256 52 255 50835 48704 50 280 55 260 58 254 48704 46747 60 278 58 260 64 252 46747 44932 65 280 61 262 67 253 44932 43234 70 282 63 262 68 259 43234 41633 72 281 65 264 72 262 41633 40118 71 281 70 270 73 263 40118 38681 69 281 76 272 74 267 38681 37287 71 282 77 272 76 270 37287 35864 77 282 76 272 79 269 35864 34384 81 282 77 273 81 268 34384 32853 82 284 81 276 84 270 32853 31258 82 287 82 278 85 274 31258 29586 75 289 79 281 82 278 29586 27848 63 290 73 284 72 282 27848 26048 57 291 65 285 61 283 26048 24182 59 289 58 285 55 280 24182 22243 64 282 53 280 52 272 22243 20217 66 274 51 272 50 267 20217 18095 50 273 47 263 51 268 18095 15931 40 270 41 265 49 272 15931 13855 33 263 31 278 44 272 13855 11970 34 264 31 277 36 271 11970 10287 32 263 33 272 31 271 10287 8784 31 260 33 265 30 270 8784 7443 32 258 32 262 30 264 7443 6249 32 258 31 261 30 257 6249 5192 31 263 28 259 30 248 5192 4263 28 266 20 259 27 239 4263 3449 23*267 11*264 18 228 3449 2726 13*265 11*267 10 232 2726 2089 12 265 11 270 5 263 2089 1560 12 267 10 272 5 298 1560 1154 11 268 10 273 6 307 1154 875 11 268 10 274 6 311 875 705 10 269 9 275 5 315 705 608 8 269 7 276 2*321 608 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