DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/17 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 - - - - - - 84.1 - - 85.4 - - 81.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 207 - - 61 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5462 - - 5092 - - 9 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4253 - - 3136 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6062 - - 5692 - - 609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1637 - - 2313 - - 6207 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 438 - - 293 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 25 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 176 - - 191 - - 191 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -8 - - 1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 809 - - -299 - - -4035 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5254 - - 5991 - - 4645 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -824 - - -1698 - - -5124 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6886 - - 7390 - - 5733 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 94 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1160 - - 1120 - - 1230 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 84.1 - - 85.4 - - 81.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 62.9 - - 61.1 - - 63.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 83.1 - - 85.1 - - 82.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.9 - - 60.5 - - 62.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 207 - - 61 - - -38 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5462 - - 5092 - - 9 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 15 - - 77 - - 32 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 12 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] 97907 6 109 6 055 7 091 97907 90537 8 086 3 095 4 015 90537 84898 2 051 2 344 10 008 84898 80199 5 029 4 218 8 343 80199 76131 3 235 2 228 5 284 76131 72536 6 167 3 255 5 249 72536 69290 2 203 5 185 5 222 69290 66319 10 234 4 184 9 223 66319 63564 14 286 15 274 10 250 63564 60893 21 258 17 269 16 277 60893 58105 23 268 27 293 24 286 58105 55226 42 269 46 273 41 275 55226 52514 48 255 44 251 42 253 52514 50096 39 253 32 247 37 239 50096 47916 28 262 28 259 31 235 47916 45918 24 265 32 263 39 258 45918 44084 36 270 35 264 48 261 44084 42397 48 268 45 254 51 255 42397 40839 48 251 53 244 49 245 40839 39390 43 241 47 242 46 232 39390 38027 36 239 36 240 37 225 38027 36704 33 251 34 230 30 223 36704 35354 31 256 32 225 25 225 35354 33944 28 250 29 223 23 226 33944 32480 25 231 28 223 25 224 32480 30947 27 219 24 220 25 221 30947 29334 21 217 18 206 22 221 29334 27640 18 249 12 211 19 233 27640 25863 22 271 8 237 24 237 25863 24005 27 267 11 233 27 230 24005 22071 31 262 20 235 25 227 22071 20061 35 253 29 255 24 231 20061 17977 34 243 27 252 29 232 17977 15850 36 244 29 256 32 237 15850 13791 39 246 34 242 33 239 13791 11907 39 233 35 235 32 242 11907 10227 40 219 36 229 34 239 10227 8734 36 204 33 220 35 227 8734 7411 28 188 28 208 34 209 7411 6241 25*180 26*197 29 198 6241 5205 25*178 26*195 28 195 5205 4289 25 177 26 193 28 194 4289 3479 24 176 26 192 27 194 3479 2753 24 176 25 190 27 194 2753 2110 24 176 25 190 26 193 2110 1574 23 175 25 189 25 193 1574 1163 22 175 24 189 23 192 1163 879 21 175 22 189 20 192 879 707 19 174 20 188 17*191 707 609 15 174 15 188 12*191 609 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