DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/29 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.9 - - 85.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 301 - - 188 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4744 - - 5205 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3847 - - 3980 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5344 - - 5805 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1121 - - 1277 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 463 - - 411 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 34 - - 57 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 142 - - 178 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -9 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4074 - - -3631 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9419 - - 9436 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11579 - - -9337 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16923 - - 15142 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 69 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 82.9 - - 85.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.7 - - 46.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.9 - - 84.5 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 42.5 - - 45.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 301 - - 188 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4744 - - 5205 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 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] 98202 12 125 11 115 98202 90806 16 056 17 061 90806 85136 17 058 15 064 85136 80426 14 067 10 062 80426 76359 17 055 11 065 76359 72770 16 039 14 061 72770 69518 14 027 10 044 69518 66522 13 012 10 012 66522 63742 16 013 11 356 63742 61050 19 355 15 355 61050 58260 19 332 18 347 58260 55388 20 322 21 337 55388 52672 25 314 27 330 52672 50250 21 287 27 295 50250 48100 24 275 32 268 48100 46171 23 273 27 258 46171 44411 28 269 25 269 44411 42774 25 268 22 272 42774 41233 23 274 23 272 41233 39775 20 292 27 273 39775 38389 21 307 23 280 38389 37039 22 308 19 292 37039 35658 19 311 19 316 35658 34218 20 322 16 320 34218 32721 21 323 15 324 32721 31153 18 307 16 311 31153 29503 16 290 21 291 29503 27772 16 288 19 303 27772 25965 16 293 19 314 25965 24084 17 288 19 309 24084 22133 15 297 13 315 22133 20107 8 311 5 006 20107 17999 1 109 5 046 17999 15846 2 208 2 042 15846 13768 6 225 3 244 13768 11875 6 215 5 238 11875 10195 8 200 6 238 10195 8705 10 178 8 242 8705 7384 9 194 7 238 7384 6215 4*183 4*219 6215 5181 3*171 3*211 5181 4269 3 161 2 206 4269 3463 3 151 2 192 3463 2741 3 141 1 176 2741 2102 2 131 1 147 2102 1569 2 121 1 118 1569 1159 3 115 1 106 1159 878 2 112 1 096 878 706 2 108 1 093 706 608 2 107 1 090 608 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