DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/14 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 = 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 - - - - - - 65.7 - - 68.9 - - 67.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 370 - - 245 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5023 - - 5498 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4139 - - 4323 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5623 - - 6098 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1110 - - 1180 - - 5669 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 501 - - 451 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 80 - - 44 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 029 - - 283 - - 111 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -10 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2571 - - -2958 - - -7527 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8194 - - 9057 - - 8135 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12115 - - -11370 - - -15600 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17738 - - 17468 - - 16207 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 44 - - 47 - - 43 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.7 - - 68.9 - - 67.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.7 - - 31.1 - - 33.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.5 - - 67.4 - - 67.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.6 - - 30.0 - - 32.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 370 - - 245 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5023 - - 5498 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 98178 7 148 4 169 6 087 98178 90729 4 181 12 180 2 124 90729 84997 3 082 9 188 4 274 84997 80235 7 189 5 182 5 279 80235 76120 9 138 2 200 6 285 76120 72481 8 071 3 245 7 293 72481 69192 6 030 5 216 3 282 69192 66166 8 339 4 259 3 252 66166 63355 9 321 8 318 6 321 63355 60639 18 295 15 312 12 342 60639 57805 16 304 18 316 20 316 57805 54866 21 327 28 315 27 308 54866 52079 28 310 32 302 27 313 52079 49584 30 314 30 304 29 316 49584 47360 41 325 35 318 38 310 47360 45362 53 320 49 321 45 309 45362 43558 65 321 60 317 44 322 43558 41920 72 317 63 323 44 329 41920 40408 68 319 60 320 44 323 40408 38988 64 332 56 322 43 321 38988 37640 65 341 52 332 42 322 37640 36329 64 340 47 337 37 322 36329 34989 59 341 46 334 33 322 34989 33591 55 345 45 333 33 324 33591 32138 55 347 44 336 40 323 32138 30614 55 344 44 339 45 323 30614 29006 53 339 41 336 45 324 29006 27317 50 334 38 322 41 316 27317 25547 51 331 40 319 43 308 25547 23696 55 328 42 322 44 310 23696 21769 55 329 43 327 40 312 21769 19760 53 330 41 332 36 323 19760 17668 49 332 35 336 34 320 17668 15533 47 335 33 335 30 318 15533 13471 40 340 30 336 26 317 13471 11594 30 343 23 340 22 316 11594 9933 23 347 16 345 15 321 9933 8469 17 357 10 337 8 326 8469 7177 10 000 7*283 6 259 7177 6039 3*342 5*271 8 220 6039 5036 2*341 4 270 8 206 5036 4152 1 352 3 272 7 187 4152 3370 1 009 2 280 6 160 3370 2671 1 029 1 295 6 138 2671 2052 1 047 1 335 7 127 2052 1536 1 062 1 016 7 121 1536 1140 2 066 1 034 7 117 1140 867 2 072 1 042 7 114 867 702 2 072 1 046 6 113 702 607 1 071 1 050 5*111 607 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