DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/16 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 28.0 - - 35.0 - - 39.6 - - 33.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -22 - - 47 - - -3 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5 - - 886 - - 2021 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 588 - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 605 - - 1486 - - 2621 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1242 - - 1624 - - 4901 - - 3421 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 10 - - 142 - - 87 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 14 - - 18 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 225 - - 260 - - 266 - - 232 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 8 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 0 - - 14 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1022 - - 448 - - 338 - - -143 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1627 - - 1038 - - 2283 - - 748 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5405 - - 207 - - -482 - - -1015 ODpotential blCL - - - 6010 - - 1279 - - 3103 - - 1620 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 96 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - 20 - - 0 - - 110 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 28.0 - - 35.0 - - 39.6 - - 33.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.9 - - 32.5 - - 31.5 - - 32.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 28.8 - - 34.8 - - 39.7 - - 34.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.2 - - 32.1 - - 30.5 - - 32.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -22 - - 47 - - -3 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5 - - 886 - - 2021 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 101 - - 83 - - 92 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 95968 28 020 32 334 29 010 15 022 95968 89179 22 011 17 350 29 002 18 020 89179 83785 12 349 10 002 19 345 20 354 83785 79221 6 310 5 356 10 300 18 330 79221 75232 10 309 3 328 10 260 20 307 75232 71652 16 287 2 304 14 249 21 303 71652 68374 17 274 5 287 18 260 25 296 68374 65339 17 277 13 261 17 263 17 272 65339 62502 22 282 17 267 14 286 11 265 62502 59734 23 279 22 276 20 287 14 259 59734 56825 26 275 29 259 27 268 19 263 56825 53797 31 260 32 253 33 267 37 259 53797 50900 32 254 39 258 42 260 48 250 50900 48275 34 261 46 247 46 250 47 253 48275 45919 47 258 44 242 48 248 46 251 45919 43787 48 248 45 249 47 251 45 251 43787 41839 43 259 55 252 53 256 54 251 41839 40046 57 260 61 253 63 253 60 248 40046 38388 56 254 60 247 64 246 61 247 38388 36844 55 257 57 245 58 243 63 246 36844 35400 59 259 61 254 53 246 62 244 35400 34019 64 259 66 256 52 251 58 242 34019 32632 69 256 66 255 55 254 54 240 32632 31214 66 252 65 254 62 250 51 238 31214 29771 60 250 60 254 63 246 49 241 29771 28293 63 252 56 257 57 241 43 239 28293 26771 80 248 59 258 50 240 32 235 26771 25199 98 242 64 256 50 246 21 244 25199 23566 102 239 65 254 53 250 22 259 23566 21868 104 240 64 252 55 250 24 249 21868 20105 105 244 64 251 52 248 23 241 20105 18271 94 247 63 251 45 251 24 244 18271 16356 70 235 57 252 42 256 30 249 16356 14400 67 232 50 254 43 260 32 253 14400 12519 55 243 43 253 39 264 33 244 12519 10817 40 260 38 258 30 272 31 229 10817 9306 40 252 36 264 26 276 29 243 9306 7962 38 250 30 264 28 271 28 253 7962 6768 30 254 28 265 29 267 26 260 6768 5705 28 265 28 278 28 264 25 266 5705 4764 31 263 26 279 26 262 25 269 4764 3934 31 263 23 278 25 262 25 271 3934 3201 26 267 23 277 23*263 25 271 3201 2543 25 270 22 274 21*264 24 269 2543 1962 26 260 20*270 20 265 22 260 1962 1477 24 241 17*264 19 266 20 249 1477 1105 20 231 15 260 17 267 18 242 1105 849 18 228 13 258 15 267 15 236 849 694 15*227 12 258 13 267 13*234 694 605 10*225 9 257 10 268 8*232 605 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