DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/09 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 - - - - - - 72.6 - - 74.0 - - 68.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 316 - - 41 - - -52 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5454 - - 6625 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4421 - - 3810 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6054 - - 7225 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3213 - - 4164 - - 7489 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 493 - - 287 - - 14 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 25 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 274 - - 299 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 17 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 10 - - 18 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -241 - - -2630 - - -7335 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6296 - - 9855 - - 7943 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2117 - - -4722 - - -9194 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8171 - - 11947 - - 9801 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 100 - - 63 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 280 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 72.6 - - 74.0 - - 68.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.8 - - 32.3 - - 35.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 71.0 - - 73.8 - - 70.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.5 - - 31.1 - - 34.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 316 - - 41 - - -52 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5454 - - 6625 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 15 - - 101 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 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] 97633 2 261 1 238 1 220 97633 90284 6 163 4 209 2 290 90284 84608 13 167 9 195 4 262 84608 79866 8 197 6 177 4 229 79866 75764 4 198 5 190 3 257 75764 72140 7 213 7 244 10 323 72140 68862 11 249 15 264 13 295 68862 65838 12 270 15 268 12 260 65838 63020 18 284 22 271 16 292 63020 60283 19 272 19 261 18 286 60283 57422 17 286 19 283 26 292 57422 54458 40 277 34 284 38 279 54458 51642 43 270 44 276 40 277 51642 49119 46 277 45 273 51 273 49119 46864 50 277 50 273 55 273 46864 44822 61 281 59 274 61 274 44822 42964 72 281 70 276 68 273 42964 41267 81 280 79 276 71 274 41267 39706 87 283 86 278 81 272 39706 38264 93 284 95 277 93 268 38264 36917 97 284 99 274 90 265 36917 35617 100 285 92 273 84 265 35617 34295 101 287 89 276 82 267 34295 32917 100 289 87 279 79 270 32917 31486 96 289 84 281 78 272 31486 29987 93 291 83 281 78 273 29987 28409 89 291 82 282 76 273 28409 26752 83 289 82 284 74 275 26752 25017 78 288 82 284 71 277 25017 23206 74 287 81 284 68 281 23206 21325 70 287 74 286 66 284 21325 19370 63 288 67 288 63 285 19370 17340 52 287 64 286 60 284 17340 15276 43 278 56 280 57 281 15276 13290 37 276 42 279 51 282 13290 11485 33 276 39 276 43 272 11485 9881 28 274 36 272 38 271 9881 8455 26 275 32*269 33 271 8455 7184 26*280 30*270 31 275 7184 6053 23*280 28 270 31 279 6053 5049 21 276 27 271 28 286 5049 4164 21 273 25 274 27 290 4164 3381 20 270 25 276 27 294 3381 2680 19 268 24 277 26 296 2680 2059 19 266 23 278 25 297 2059 1541 18 265 22 279 24 298 1541 1143 17 264 21 280 21 298 1143 869 16 263 20 280 18 298 869 703 15 263 18 280 15 299 703 607 12 262 14 280 10*299 607 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