DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/05 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1327z - - 1554z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 27.1 - - 33.2 - - 42.6 - - 40.0 - - 39.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -18 - - 17 - - 51 - - 6 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 5 - - 153 - - 932 - - 916 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit 588 - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top 605 - - 753 - - 1532 - - 1516 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 302 - - 362 - - 507 - - 582 - - 1267 Hgt.Variab. W* 5 - - 58 - - 149 - - 74 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 9 - - 12 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 178 - - 192 - - 201 - - 192 - - 173 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 3 - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -870 - - -1600 - - -1821 - - -338 - - -176 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1475 - - 2353 - - 3353 - - 1854 - - 781 sfcLCL ODpotential -13379 - - -12377 - - -10765 - - -9650 - - -566 ODpotential blCL 13984 - - 13130 - - 12297 - - 11166 - - 1171 blCL maxRH 76 - - 70 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 27.1 - - 33.2 - - 42.6 - - 40.0 - - 39.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 23.1 - - 25.3 - - 30.1 - - 34.1 - - 37.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 28.3 - - 33.1 - - 42.4 - - 40.0 - - 39.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 22.9 - - 24.7 - - 29.5 - - 33.9 - - 37.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -18 - - 17 - - 51 - - 6 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 5 - - 153 - - 932 - - 916 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 3 - - 0 - - 101 - - 101 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 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] 95362 52 260 67 266 72 265 55 263 63 257 95362 88318 49 266 49 268 53 265 46 269 46 270 88318 82839 45 272 41 272 37 266 40 266 39 272 82839 78279 42 280 34 276 28 265 36 264 40 267 78279 74346 43 277 38 278 32 267 36 268 37 264 74346 70866 42 277 41 279 32 268 37 264 32 269 70866 67709 47 274 42 279 32 270 38 267 41 273 67709 64802 49 271 43 272 45 267 48 272 38 268 64802 62086 49 268 44 266 49 269 49 272 42 282 62086 59434 47 270 50 271 53 269 56 275 63 283 59434 56660 54 281 63 271 59 270 64 269 75 272 56660 53790 70 278 69 274 68 271 72 269 77 268 53790 51066 81 279 78 276 78 273 82 270 89 273 51066 48632 96 275 85 274 88 276 95 269 101 272 48632 46455 107 269 99 271 104 273 100 269 106 272 46455 44470 106 270 104 270 110 267 102 270 113 273 44470 42648 104 274 107 271 108 267 107 272 119 271 42648 40978 111 278 114 273 107 268 112 272 119 271 40978 39444 123 278 120 273 108 270 113 272 119 271 39444 38019 128 276 121 273 108 272 112 274 119 273 38019 36683 122 274 116 272 107 271 111 275 115 273 36683 35394 106 274 105 272 102 269 102 272 108 271 35394 34083 96 277 100 278 97 268 96 267 102 267 34083 32716 94 283 101 281 93 268 96 263 97 264 32716 31297 94 284 100 279 91 267 95 263 95 263 31297 29809 92 282 96 274 89 266 92 264 93 264 29809 28242 87 279 90 271 83 264 87 263 90 264 28242 26595 79 275 86 272 77 263 83 260 85 262 26595 24869 76 271 83 273 73 263 84 257 82 260 24869 23065 72 272 81 272 70 264 80 259 80 256 23065 21185 63 270 74 267 69 264 71 260 79 257 21185 19227 55 264 60 264 66 263 62 262 72 261 19227 17198 49 265 51 265 59 263 56 264 54 267 17198 15140 40 268 45 265 51 267 47 260 45 275 15140 13151 37 261 42 265 45 272 38 256 39 263 13151 11335 40 258 35 256 42 259 36 254 36 252 11335 9715 38 259 33 254 38 252 33 248 33 243 9715 8275 32 259 29 257 33 244 31 230 33 235 8275 6997 26 252 25 251 29 233 31 225 29 240 6997 5871 22 238 25 244 26 229 29 231 23 245 5871 4882 24 231 23 238 24 232 24 228 18 233 4882 4013 23 228 21 235 22 234 21 215 16 222 4013 3250 23 237 20 232 21 233 20 206 15 226 3250 2571 24 244 20 228 22 222 18 209 14 227 2571 1978 24 238 21 224 20*211 15*204 16 206 1978 1486 26 224 22 216 17*206 12*194 15 194 1486 1110 24 209 20 207 13 200 11 192 11 186 1110 852 16 184 12*194 12 199 10 191 8 178 852 695 14*182 11*193 10 199 9 190 7 175 695 605 7*178 8 191 8 198 7 189 4*173 605 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