DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/20 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 - - - - - - 47.6 - - 49.2 - - 47.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 31 - - 10 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1005 - - 1020 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 590 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1605 - - 1620 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1129 - - 961 - - 1403 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 130 - - 93 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 222 - - 198 - - 147 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 410 - - 401 - - -109 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1195 - - 1219 - - 715 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 231 - - 181 - - -807 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1374 - - 1439 - - 1413 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 47.6 - - 49.2 - - 47.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 44.7 - - 46.1 - - 46.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 47.3 - - 49.2 - - 48.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.2 - - 45.8 - - 46.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 31 - - 10 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1005 - - 1020 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 7 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] 95790 22 316 30 303 30 305 95790 88858 26 333 25 321 22 322 88858 83490 27 331 29 330 23 332 83490 79011 19 320 26 328 24 327 79011 75122 15 303 24 321 22 321 75122 71656 17 303 23 308 19 313 71656 68486 21 307 25 302 18 298 68486 65548 24 299 28 297 21 291 65548 62822 27 289 30 289 33 302 62822 60187 32 284 37 280 46 290 60187 57435 38 275 42 268 47 273 57435 54569 44 275 44 267 45 268 54569 51820 51 278 50 270 47 278 51820 49335 63 280 57 271 59 273 49335 47111 79 274 72 273 69 268 47111 45104 83 270 80 274 77 277 45104 43274 90 269 101 271 102 276 43274 41591 110 265 120 269 118 270 41591 40042 127 264 131 261 136 262 40042 38606 136 263 137 257 149 255 38606 37255 135 259 138 252 149 254 37255 35940 129 253 136 252 147 256 35940 34597 129 252 133 255 130 261 34597 33202 127 253 124 258 124 265 33202 31758 126 256 122 261 121 268 31758 30250 112 266 107 268 100 273 30250 28668 89 273 80 275 81 274 28668 27011 83 287 63 264 63 266 27011 25272 71 286 63 263 63 264 25272 23450 57 277 65 263 63 263 23450 21550 49 272 61 269 58 270 21550 19566 45 268 56 274 54 278 19566 17492 45 270 51 274 47 277 17492 15381 39 275 38 277 39 279 15381 13349 32 271 30 272 33 278 13349 11498 31 268 31 263 31 271 11498 9849 28 269 33 260 35 271 9849 8387 31 266 32 261 36 276 8387 7093 33 255 31 264 28 279 7093 5950 26 250 32 255 21 284 5950 4944 20 260 30 263 21 273 4944 4066 15 274 18 279 17 277 4066 3297 14 274 12 282 12 284 3297 2612 11 264 9 263 9 276 2612 2008 7*238 9*200 7 243 2008 1506 6*224 9*199 6 200 1506 1122 6 222 9 198 5 184 1122 858 5 221 8 198 4 168 858 698 5 220 8 198 4 151 698 606 4 219 6 197 3*147 606 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