DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/08 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.3 - - 56.3 - - 55.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - -27 - - -68 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 988 - - 7 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 590 - - 590 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1588 - - 607 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 636 - - 1188 - - 1291 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 137 - - 10 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 25 - - 10 - - 21 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 182 - - 152 - - 146 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 14 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 7 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 211 - - -437 - - -80 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1378 - - 1044 - - 687 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -192 - - -3600 - - -4094 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1780 - - 4207 - - 4701 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 93 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 54.3 - - 56.3 - - 55.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.2 - - 53.5 - - 54.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.1 - - 57.2 - - 56.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.0 - - 53.3 - - 54.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 35 - - -27 - - -68 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 988 - - 7 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 71 - - 84 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 9 - - 9 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] 96347 59 255 53 268 44 263 96347 89133 37 241 36 247 30 269 89133 83628 26 238 23 254 19 257 83628 79074 17 219 21 252 13 241 79074 75144 11 215 19 235 15 221 75144 71657 14 244 16 235 12 236 71657 68497 14 236 21 244 24 260 68497 65590 13 268 19 259 23 234 65590 62871 30 268 39 268 33 263 62871 60224 51 255 48 255 47 250 60224 57450 54 255 46 246 50 241 57450 54530 51 254 47 248 52 246 54530 51724 53 255 55 255 60 250 51724 49209 59 256 63 254 61 244 49209 46974 66 251 66 244 60 237 46974 44955 64 254 59 240 55 240 44955 43104 82 258 57 257 56 253 43104 41395 88 247 88 263 96 249 41395 39820 85 246 114 245 104 240 39820 38365 84 250 103 238 95 237 38365 37008 86 252 91 232 94 238 37008 35702 87 248 91 231 94 237 35702 34375 79 241 91 231 91 234 34375 32999 71 231 88 231 88 231 32999 31574 71 233 85 230 85 230 31574 30082 73 241 79 228 82 229 30082 28511 75 245 74 227 81 230 28511 26862 64 255 69 227 82 232 26862 25133 57 253 65 229 82 234 25133 23325 51 248 63 231 77 230 23325 21442 49 248 61 232 74 221 21442 19479 56 239 61 232 71 222 19479 17432 54 230 61 231 69 226 17432 15347 52 223 59 231 69 229 15347 13339 43 221 56 229 67 233 13339 11513 35 211 57 222 61 234 11513 9889 30 215 62 214 55 225 9889 8446 28 227 59 213 59 218 8446 7163 28 233 49 216 68 215 7163 6023 29 228 39 208 68 209 6023 5015 32 221 35 196 58 204 5015 4128 31 209 35 188 54 187 4128 3346 34 197 35 180 57 177 3346 2648 40 189 36 176 57 171 2648 2033 36*187 33 172 53 160 2033 1522 30*182 26 162 47 153 1522 1132 28 182 22 158 42 150 1132 863 24 182 18 155 35 148 863 700 21 181 15*154 30*147 700 607 15 181 10*152 21*146 607 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