DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 12/20 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 35.8 - - 41.7 - - 40.9 - - 34.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -31 - - 2 - - -9 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5 - - 895 - - 1466 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 605 - - 1495 - - 2066 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 883 - - 1419 - - 1113 - - 1484 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 12 - - 78 - - 80 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 20 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 200 - - 249 - - 315 - - 280 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 12 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - 1 - - -6 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1619 - - -700 - - -341 - - -858 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2224 - - 2195 - - 2408 - - 1463 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13681 - - -10141 - - -9878 - - -5648 ODpotential blCL - - - 14286 - - 11636 - - 11944 - - 6253 blCL maxRH - - - 67 - - 96 - - 95 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 35.8 - - 41.7 - - 40.9 - - 34.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.3 - - 34.2 - - 32.6 - - 30.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 36.8 - - 41.7 - - 41.3 - - 35.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.6 - - 33.3 - - 31.5 - - 29.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -31 - - 2 - - -9 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5 - - 895 - - 1466 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 84 - - 82 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 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] 96183 30 242 29 249 38 238 35 263 96183 89116 17 265 17 242 22 245 21 249 89116 83639 19 242 19 233 16 257 20 228 83639 79062 18 218 26 238 24 260 18 240 79062 75084 8 249 27 231 31 251 23 264 75084 71544 12 288 24 216 30 243 27 258 71544 68319 21 278 19 224 22 240 27 251 68319 65345 26 250 23 253 24 260 26 251 65345 62591 32 247 33 256 36 259 25 255 62591 59946 33 248 40 248 33 260 38 263 59946 57197 38 259 44 245 39 263 45 262 57197 54313 55 251 51 271 60 265 62 263 54313 51531 60 265 59 264 65 257 64 248 51531 49008 61 267 59 271 66 264 66 259 49008 46739 70 267 75 273 83 264 86 262 46739 44681 82 260 91 263 92 258 100 258 44681 42793 90 257 99 257 94 253 97 255 42793 41053 87 261 97 258 95 256 95 263 41053 39448 105 268 106 263 107 259 106 267 39448 37960 130 265 133 259 118 258 124 266 37960 36567 134 259 132 252 120 256 134 264 36567 35228 124 256 117 254 117 254 133 262 35228 33876 106 254 115 263 115 255 134 263 33876 32483 93 257 110 260 115 258 139 263 32483 31048 92 262 105 258 116 260 140 261 31048 29548 89 261 103 256 112 261 140 262 29548 27972 89 259 100 255 107 260 132 263 27972 26326 82 255 95 253 102 258 111 258 26326 24609 80 258 91 250 97 258 109 252 24609 22816 87 259 86 248 91 257 105 255 22816 20951 89 258 85 247 85 253 97 255 20951 19007 85 261 79 240 84 248 94 254 19007 16978 77 264 66 235 78 241 93 258 16978 14909 66 258 57 243 66 240 74 266 14909 12921 63 243 55 248 73 260 63 274 12921 11120 61 234 51 256 73 274 54 280 11120 9530 59 232 45 271 54 283 43 283 9530 8127 51 237 37 272 41 293 39 282 8127 6885 36 237 32 273 26 275 39 290 6885 5788 35 247 31 278 26 272 38 300 5788 4818 43 256 30 274 22 315 39 308 4818 3967 49 253 30 274 28 334 40 315 3967 3219 51 246 32 271 25 333 38 318 3219 2554 51 231 31 267 21*326 28 313 2554 1968 49 216 28*255 19*318 24 304 1968 1481 42 209 24*251 18 315 22 293 1481 1107 32 203 22 250 17 314 20 289 1107 850 26 201 19 249 15 313 16 285 850 694 22 201 16 248 13 312 14 283 694 605 14*200 12 248 9 312 6*280 605 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