DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 12/25 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.7 - - 44.7 - - 43.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 42 - - 5 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1144 - - 970 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 590 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1744 - - 1570 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 639 - - 1016 - - 1548 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 151 - - 78 - - 8 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 075 - - 090 - - 093 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 352 - - 174 - - -624 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1392 - - 1396 - - 1230 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 222 - - -134 - - -1301 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1522 - - 1704 - - 1907 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.7 - - 44.7 - - 43.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.0 - - 41.0 - - 40.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 43.4 - - 44.8 - - 43.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.5 - - 40.6 - - 39.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 42 - - 5 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1144 - - 970 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95018 72 272 67 276 75 274 95018 88173 57 280 52 283 59 278 88173 82828 51 283 51 293 51 290 82828 78385 48 283 54 287 48 292 78385 74569 43 290 45 281 44 293 74569 71198 39 302 41 290 41 295 71198 68136 44 304 40 295 38 291 68136 65303 48 305 48 310 49 307 65303 62663 57 297 60 297 54 301 62663 60105 61 288 63 291 53 287 60105 57433 62 297 65 296 57 295 57433 54638 86 300 75 294 70 296 54638 51961 97 295 91 289 85 290 51961 49562 93 293 95 287 94 289 49562 47416 86 296 91 289 94 288 47416 45463 84 298 90 294 92 289 45463 43675 85 298 94 296 90 289 43675 42032 88 298 96 295 85 287 42032 40508 90 299 93 295 79 283 40508 39077 91 300 89 296 75 280 39077 37722 90 302 84 295 74 280 37722 36404 87 302 80 294 72 283 36404 35056 85 302 78 295 71 285 35056 33650 82 300 76 294 70 286 33650 32186 78 298 74 293 68 283 32186 30654 76 300 71 294 65 282 30654 29042 72 299 63 296 60 288 29042 27350 66 296 58 299 54 290 27350 25574 57 294 55 299 51 286 25574 23717 51 293 52 297 44 287 23717 21783 51 296 45 298 39 288 21783 19769 47 301 42 294 38 283 19769 17669 39 302 35 286 38 272 17669 15524 33 302 33 285 34 274 15524 13455 27 299 26 288 25 268 13455 11570 22 289 22 282 24 260 11570 9899 14 280 17 262 20 253 9899 8420 6 259 13 234 21 239 8420 7110 4 177 12 194 21 237 7110 5951 11 114 16 163 18 219 5951 4934 14 102 19 141 17 193 4934 4050 11 116 20 143 18 181 4050 3277 13 108 18 146 19 168 3277 2590 17 094 15 128 21 137 2590 1991 15*081 12*097 25 110 1991 1495 14*076 12*093 24 104 1495 1116 13 075 11 091 20 100 1116 854 12 074 10 089 16 096 854 696 11 073 9 087 14*095 696 606 9 073 7 086 8*093 606 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