DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/06 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 - - - - - - 56.9 - - 60.2 - - 50.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 140 - - 18 - - -45 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2138 - - 2428 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1559 - - 590 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2738 - - 3028 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 991 - - 1075 - - 354 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 273 - - 149 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 16 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 167 - - 175 - - 158 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4472 - - -5982 - - -6012 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7211 - - 9011 - - 6618 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14372 - - -15038 - - -15980 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17110 - - 18066 - - 16586 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 76 - - 76 - - 29 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.9 - - 60.2 - - 50.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 27.7 - - 23.1 - - 24.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 56.0 - - 60.0 - - 52.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 26.5 - - 22.2 - - 23.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 140 - - 18 - - -45 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2138 - - 2428 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 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] 96593 13 055 8 071 4 049 96593 89369 6 071 4 003 1 003 89369 83772 7 216 13 271 16 325 83772 79136 9 273 15 263 18 291 79136 75141 17 296 19 288 16 281 75141 71608 19 274 24 285 23 292 71608 68415 24 283 28 280 28 291 68415 65472 29 287 29 274 32 282 65472 62731 35 291 30 279 35 282 62731 60064 43 282 41 280 40 281 60064 57278 52 277 43 278 45 277 57278 54386 56 281 53 279 49 268 54386 51624 69 274 69 265 54 274 51624 49148 70 269 65 262 63 274 49148 46951 73 274 60 271 62 271 46951 44967 77 271 69 272 62 268 44967 43154 81 265 75 269 72 266 43154 41495 69 261 73 259 77 266 41495 39971 62 266 69 259 78 265 39971 38551 63 267 69 260 73 261 38551 37210 59 266 69 262 74 254 37210 35908 58 266 69 262 73 252 35908 34578 57 267 63 261 70 255 34578 33190 55 267 58 264 69 257 33190 31750 54 267 55 268 65 261 31750 30240 53 269 53 269 60 264 30240 28649 51 272 51 270 56 262 28649 26978 50 275 47 268 53 266 26978 25230 47 277 41 271 55 271 25230 23407 44 280 39 272 58 263 23407 21513 39 277 40 271 47 251 21513 19542 38 279 40 271 40 251 19542 17482 36 291 38 274 37 255 17482 15378 35 307 31 280 31 255 15378 13348 32 314 24 281 26 250 13348 11500 23 303 18 276 24 242 11500 9856 17 281 16 245 25 236 9856 8396 19 255 19 235 24 229 8396 7105 16 247 20 230 22 211 7105 5967 12 239 20 216 26 202 5967 4966 9 216 20 198 32 201 4966 4087 9 196 21 186 31 191 4087 3315 12*185 19*178 30 182 3315 2627 13*173 18*177 29 177 2627 2020 13 169 17 176 29 173 2020 1514 12 167 17 175 28 169 1514 1126 12 165 16 174 25 165 1126 859 11 164 14 174 20 160 859 698 10 163 13 174 16*159 698 606 9 162 10 173 7*158 606 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