DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 12/27 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 - - - - - - 41.4 - - 44.0 - - 44.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 13 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 580 - - 718 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1180 - - 1318 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 892 - - 776 - - 976 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 125 - - 88 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 146 - - 144 - - 129 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 383 - - 362 - - 0 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 797 - - 956 - - 606 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 285 - - 169 - - -8836 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 895 - - 1149 - - 9442 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 41.4 - - 44.0 - - 44.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.1 - - 42.0 - - 44.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.1 - - 44.0 - - 45.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.9 - - 41.7 - - 44.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 49 - - 13 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 580 - - 718 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 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] 95286 53 267 58 268 57 269 95286 88497 34 269 43 279 42 282 88497 83193 27 284 28 278 33 285 83193 78752 24 292 20 279 22 283 78752 74895 24 291 18 292 18 288 74895 71464 18 284 20 273 15 285 71464 68328 14 280 13 259 20 296 68328 65410 23 261 23 277 26 294 65410 62680 32 245 32 283 28 286 62680 60040 32 262 43 274 37 283 60040 57279 43 266 47 268 46 276 57279 54410 58 274 63 266 63 267 54410 51704 71 269 67 268 63 264 51704 49274 75 273 68 280 70 274 49274 47088 86 278 89 283 88 276 47088 45112 101 270 104 273 99 274 45112 43326 102 266 103 266 102 268 43326 41702 101 269 100 270 102 264 41702 40192 104 275 105 276 102 262 40192 38765 106 275 107 277 99 262 38765 37409 110 273 107 275 96 263 37409 36092 110 273 106 272 90 265 36092 34747 109 275 102 271 86 265 34747 33346 106 276 98 272 83 264 33346 31893 101 276 94 269 82 263 31893 30371 96 275 92 266 81 265 30371 28771 90 275 88 268 79 266 28771 27096 84 274 82 272 77 268 27096 25344 78 276 75 273 75 270 25344 23513 72 277 72 273 71 269 23513 21605 65 272 72 273 68 267 21605 19615 59 266 65 273 65 267 19615 17539 53 265 55 267 59 269 17539 15422 43 259 49 263 53 266 15422 13382 34 252 37 256 45 261 13382 11532 23 248 31 258 34 244 11532 9896 17 250 23 247 30 220 9896 8444 17 262 18 242 28 206 8444 7152 14 279 13 236 26 190 7152 6004 11 270 10 223 25 185 6004 4987 10 226 15 207 26 189 4987 4092 13 208 18 204 27 192 4092 3303 15 202 18 187 30 189 3303 2606 15 173 19 170 31 177 2606 2001 15 150 16 154 28 159 2001 1501 15*149 15*151 24 147 1501 1118 13*147 13*146 20 138 1118 856 11 145 11 144 15 132 856 697 10 145 10 143 13*130 697 606 8 145 8 143 8*129 606 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