DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/26 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.0 - - 86.7 - - 83.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 233 - - 134 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3603 - - 4666 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2879 - - 3406 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4203 - - 5266 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1455 - - 3655 - - 6954 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 391 - - 360 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 107 - - 127 - - 121 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -5 - - -8 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -5670 - - -6310 - - -8733 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9874 - - 11577 - - 9342 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12408 - - -12196 - - -12935 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16611 - - 17462 - - 13543 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 84 - - 45 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 83.0 - - 86.7 - - 83.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 41.8 - - 37.9 - - 44.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.4 - - 85.7 - - 84.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.5 - - 36.7 - - 43.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 233 - - 134 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3603 - - 4666 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 3 - - 38 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 6 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] 98634 4 156 9 070 16 048 98634 91222 10 109 7 086 8 063 91222 85496 11 091 11 110 6 097 85496 80706 12 097 11 099 10 088 80706 76576 10 103 8 094 9 072 76576 72944 9 088 9 097 10 044 72944 69673 8 046 9 075 8 045 69673 66673 7 132 4 091 7 049 66673 63890 3 119 3 165 1 087 63890 61189 5 234 6 242 7 011 61189 58366 12 223 11 231 13 271 58366 55447 17 235 17 245 18 243 55447 52680 28 224 28 227 30 243 52680 50207 30 232 30 229 35 230 50207 48006 39 234 34 234 35 233 48006 46015 47 220 44 219 41 224 46015 44199 57 217 48 216 42 218 44199 42531 62 217 50 217 41 218 42531 40983 60 215 52 214 38 217 40983 39529 55 215 50 211 36 207 39529 38156 51 215 49 207 34 204 38156 36822 46 210 52 197 32 205 36822 35459 41 202 49 195 34 188 35459 34039 42 203 46 202 35 184 34039 32562 45 214 41 215 32 194 32562 31013 45 219 33 222 30 211 31013 29381 38 228 29 229 31 226 29381 27668 15 216 20 234 30 235 27668 25874 11 238 12 225 6 218 25874 24007 12 245 6 310 6 021 24007 22071 10 257 7 329 5 014 22071 20056 10 271 9 337 4 051 20056 17952 6 275 4 338 4 080 17952 15806 3 136 1 098 7 056 15806 13741 5 117 4 058 11 054 13741 11863 9 052 10 063 11 065 11863 10195 11 022 10 054 10 065 10195 8715 7 021 5 059 6 069 8715 7397 5 036 3 097 3 114 7397 6226 5 097 5*133 7 142 6226 5190 9 120 6*135 8 143 5190 4276 8*115 6 132 8 141 4276 3468 7*112 6 131 8 141 3468 2744 7 109 6 127 8 140 2744 2104 7 107 6 124 8 140 2104 1570 6 105 5 121 8 137 1570 1160 6 104 5 119 8 135 1160 878 6 103 5 118 7 133 878 706 5 102 5 117 5 129 706 608 5 102 4 118 3*121 608 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