DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/29 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 = 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 - - - - - - 21.2 - - 18.9 - - 16.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - 11 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1952 - - 1666 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 587 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2552 - - 2266 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1364 - - 1715 - - 3336 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 155 - - 114 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 28 - - 24 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 305 - - 302 - - 299 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 18 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 830 - - 582 - - -933 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1722 - - 1684 - - 1537 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 277 - - 110 - - -1191 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2275 - - 2156 - - 1795 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 21.2 - - 18.9 - - 16.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 16.1 - - 14.1 - - 12.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 21.1 - - 18.9 - - 17.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 15.3 - - 13.3 - - 12.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 25 - - 11 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1952 - - 1666 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 102 - - 104 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95489 36 290 50 285 47 274 95489 88438 29 278 42 269 44 262 88438 82986 27 287 36 262 46 263 82986 78445 28 285 32 258 45 258 78445 74519 20 271 30 258 34 259 74519 71017 18 287 33 263 34 265 71017 67809 36 278 37 264 42 261 67809 64839 41 270 42 268 46 261 64839 62065 46 257 49 260 48 264 62065 59361 43 257 47 248 51 265 59361 56529 45 264 51 252 51 269 56529 53583 55 273 51 255 56 276 53583 50767 61 266 52 264 63 275 50767 48234 54 269 55 269 66 274 48234 45965 58 273 62 274 68 272 45965 43905 65 270 68 271 69 268 43905 42015 67 268 65 266 64 271 42015 40275 64 268 58 274 63 279 40275 38672 62 272 62 279 63 281 38672 37184 57 278 65 277 59 284 37184 35796 57 286 62 278 55 290 35796 34471 59 288 60 279 48 295 34471 33144 58 286 54 286 47 305 33144 31789 53 289 53 296 51 308 31789 30402 48 292 56 305 54 307 30402 28959 48 295 58 310 55 305 28959 27440 48 297 57 313 55 305 27440 25839 49 311 57 314 55 305 25839 24158 53 317 57 314 55 307 24158 22397 54 315 56 314 54 310 22397 20557 53 315 56 310 54 312 20557 18634 50 316 59 307 56 314 18634 16624 50 311 57 308 58 318 16624 14575 54 308 52 308 54 319 14575 12609 53 308 51 309 49 315 12609 10828 52 310 51 311 47 315 10828 9255 52 311 48 320 45 325 9255 7869 51 315 44 326 42 331 7869 6646 44 324 40 326 38 331 6646 5569 32 329 36 323 37 331 5569 4625 33 332 32 324 36 331 4625 3810 35 325 31 319 34 325 3810 3101 35*317 31 313 33 316 3101 2467 33*309 29*307 32 312 2467 1908 32 307 29*304 30 309 1908 1442 30 304 27 303 27 306 1442 1084 27 303 25 301 24 303 1084 838 24 302 22 301 21 301 838 689 21 301 19 300 18*300 689 604 16 301 14 299 12*299 604 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