DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/04 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 29.9 - - 33.1 - - 31.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 89 - - 28 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1786 - - 1838 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2386 - - 2438 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 621 - - 360 - - 1624 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 221 - - 155 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 12 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 165 - - 183 - - 149 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -32 - - 702 - - -691 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2418 - - 1736 - - 1296 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -14090 - - 396 - - -12166 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16476 - - 2042 - - 12771 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 100 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 29.9 - - 33.1 - - 31.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 21.8 - - 27.9 - - 28.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 29.3 - - 33.1 - - 31.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 20.6 - - 27.3 - - 27.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 89 - - 28 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1786 - - 1838 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 47 - - 99 - - 37 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 95893 53 258 47 261 47 251 95893 88784 26 280 27 263 30 266 88784 83316 23 268 26 257 32 274 83316 78781 21 266 28 261 31 276 78781 74864 25 278 23 273 26 286 74864 71382 28 288 22 292 25 293 71382 68192 32 290 29 288 28 291 68192 65242 32 280 32 277 30 286 65242 62508 28 279 32 276 28 293 62508 59849 35 289 37 275 38 291 59849 57067 41 284 42 283 45 284 57067 54179 46 287 52 285 49 282 54179 51414 51 286 62 281 61 282 51414 48918 59 287 66 280 61 271 48918 46674 66 286 65 284 62 283 46674 44638 67 287 65 289 67 286 44638 42783 68 292 70 290 78 284 42783 41086 78 288 82 287 82 282 41086 39518 85 284 87 278 84 283 39518 38062 89 285 83 275 87 286 38062 36709 95 285 85 276 88 285 36709 35416 97 287 86 275 84 279 35416 34110 96 290 88 271 75 275 34110 32754 84 291 80 273 71 280 32754 31344 66 290 62 278 66 281 31344 29864 62 287 59 279 63 279 29864 28303 60 284 67 279 65 280 28303 26662 60 281 74 276 58 283 26662 24938 57 276 68 279 51 286 24938 23135 52 278 62 283 55 281 23135 21257 48 284 54 286 56 273 21257 19297 45 288 46 285 53 267 19297 17249 43 289 42 286 49 266 17249 15157 40 294 37 288 44 265 15157 13143 37 300 33 289 39 274 13143 11313 34 303 26 286 30 272 11313 9689 28 305 23 280 21 261 9689 8248 22 303 20 278 22 257 8248 6969 19 288 20 271 22 255 6969 5838 14 290 19 254 21 250 5838 4840 10 291 19 236 21 243 4840 3965 5 252 16 225 23 238 3965 3203 8 187 17 202 22 226 3203 2535 7*177 15*187 21 195 2535 1954 6*167 14*184 20 176 1954 1471 6 166 13 184 18 172 1471 1101 6 164 12 182 16 164 1101 847 5 162 11 181 12 155 847 693 5 163 10 181 10*152 693 605 4 162 8 180 6*149 605 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