DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/10 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 - - - - - - 63.1 - - 65.2 - - 63.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 395 - - 255 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7849 - - 9164 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6416 - - 7220 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 8449 - - 9764 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 752 - - 743 - - 10130 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 594 - - 542 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 323 - - 312 - - 315 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -703 - - -120 - - -8498 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9152 - - 9885 - - 9105 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7134 - - -6231 - - -8957 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15583 - - 15995 - - 9564 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 68 - - 74 - - 52 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.1 - - 65.2 - - 63.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 24.7 - - 23.4 - - 25.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 61.1 - - 63.7 - - 63.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 23.5 - - 22.2 - - 24.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 395 - - 255 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7849 - - 9164 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 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] 97951 7 160 9 191 8 269 97951 90512 11 181 10 198 10 247 90512 84791 14 174 8 197 9 214 84791 80041 6 162 9 186 3 224 80041 75952 3 225 4 170 5 182 75952 72328 5 193 7 222 6 284 72328 69044 3 308 11 204 13 267 69044 66027 11 293 7 258 13 255 66027 63210 16 263 15 272 11 298 63210 60470 18 246 22 265 24 292 60470 57625 23 256 26 265 32 261 57625 54673 33 284 27 281 27 270 54673 51852 51 275 45 273 43 275 51852 49325 59 263 56 266 51 272 49325 47062 58 259 59 264 58 271 47062 45003 59 259 61 263 61 269 45003 43113 60 262 61 264 62 266 43113 41367 66 268 62 266 62 268 41367 39753 76 270 67 266 65 271 39753 38259 80 267 73 266 69 270 38259 36872 82 262 77 265 72 267 36872 35544 82 260 83 265 75 264 35544 34206 80 260 84 264 76 264 34206 32825 76 263 78 264 75 262 32825 31398 72 268 72 265 70 263 31398 29905 77 274 70 267 66 267 29905 28335 81 274 69 269 63 270 28335 26687 73 272 69 270 60 272 26687 24960 68 269 71 271 59 272 24960 23154 64 266 70 272 60 273 23154 21273 60 266 66 269 60 273 21273 19312 57 269 61 269 58 272 19312 17266 56 273 58 270 55 274 17266 15182 52 274 52 275 49 279 15182 13180 44 276 42 283 38 288 13180 11376 34 283 30*290 26 294 11376 9786 26*293 15*297 15 297 9786 8375 15*314 15 301 14 299 8375 7117 15 316 15 305 14 302 7117 5996 15 319 14 310 13 304 5996 5002 15 322 13 314 12 307 5002 4124 15 325 13 318 12 308 4124 3349 15 326 13 320 11 310 3349 2654 15 328 12 323 11 312 2654 2040 14 329 12 325 10 313 2040 1528 14 331 11 326 10 315 1528 1135 13 331 11 327 9 314 1135 865 13 332 10 328 8 315 865 701 12 332 10 328 7*314 701 607 11 332 9 328 5*315 607 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