DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/15 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 23.0 - - 27.0 - - 21.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 207 - - 84 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2029 - - 2654 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1651 - - 1563 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2629 - - 3254 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 935 - - 845 - - 2220 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 303 - - 249 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 294 - - 263 - - 217 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1476 - - -2429 - - -3568 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4105 - - 5683 - - 4172 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10966 - - -14153 - - -15378 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13595 - - 17407 - - 15982 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 66 - - 62 - - 45 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 23.0 - - 27.0 - - 21.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 7.2 - - 4.1 - - 5.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 21.7 - - 26.4 - - 22.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 6.5 - - 3.0 - - 4.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 207 - - 84 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2029 - - 2654 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95802 27 341 30 335 20 355 95802 89038 21 350 21 352 24 342 89038 83686 18 359 14 350 14 335 83686 79133 12 346 14 333 25 318 79133 75153 11 342 21 306 25 309 75153 71602 9 293 18 284 18 312 71602 68343 12 290 21 292 21 305 68343 65325 21 308 26 295 22 295 65325 62520 30 305 24 308 16 287 62520 59784 23 304 28 319 20 315 59784 56913 25 320 34 308 33 303 56913 53937 36 326 30 308 35 290 53937 51101 44 330 40 320 38 297 51101 48542 53 330 52 315 44 303 48542 46232 60 327 55 320 46 303 46232 44129 63 326 56 325 51 307 44129 42199 63 325 57 326 57 307 42199 40415 62 327 63 320 58 305 40415 38759 63 329 65 313 57 303 38759 37220 65 330 61 313 54 303 37220 35792 66 328 59 319 57 308 35792 34436 69 328 66 321 62 312 34436 33084 68 331 70 317 62 311 33084 31705 68 336 67 317 60 311 31705 30302 73 337 70 325 66 307 30302 28852 80 337 77 326 67 301 28852 27333 81 336 78 325 67 302 27333 25737 78 337 79 324 68 306 25737 24064 79 337 77 326 65 307 24064 22316 79 339 72 329 52 313 22316 20498 79 341 68 329 46 316 20498 18601 69 346 65 330 48 317 18601 16621 59 345 55 341 50 319 16621 14601 51 341 41 339 48 320 14601 12652 49 342 35 327 37 319 12652 10879 47 344 36 325 27 314 10879 9311 41 344 33 333 24 305 9311 7928 29 343 27 328 23 291 7928 6707 21 343 23 314 21 289 6707 5630 13 335 18 299 19 280 5630 4684 9 311 13 277 19 263 4684 3857 11 295 12*262 21 248 3857 3135 11*294 11*262 20 237 3135 2493 11*294 11 262 18 234 2493 1927 11 294 11 262 17 232 1927 1454 11 294 10 263 17 230 1454 1091 10 294 10 263 16 227 1091 842 10 294 9 263 13 224 842 690 9 294 9 264 10 222 690 604 8 294 7 263 5*217 604 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