DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/26 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.2 - - 47.2 - - 44.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 26 - - 12 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 804 - - 1172 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 590 - - 589 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1404 - - 1772 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 945 - - 1075 - - 2146 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 117 - - 107 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 16 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 306 - - 318 - - 315 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 492 - - 538 - - -351 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 912 - - 1234 - - 957 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 197 - - 301 - - -580 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1207 - - 1471 - - 1186 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.2 - - 47.2 - - 44.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 48.1 - - 43.9 - - 42.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 50.2 - - 47.2 - - 44.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.8 - - 43.5 - - 41.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 26 - - 12 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 804 - - 1172 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 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] 95189 74 261 63 267 71 267 95189 88351 56 262 57 270 56 271 88351 83002 44 273 51 267 46 278 83002 78525 40 286 44 275 39 278 78525 74670 34 288 38 280 30 284 74670 71256 28 283 35 278 31 299 71256 68146 22 278 34 281 35 289 68146 65275 29 285 32 281 33 291 65275 62600 36 265 35 288 33 306 62600 59992 47 285 44 281 40 285 59992 57246 59 278 42 282 45 286 57246 54384 66 268 73 282 64 274 54384 51650 84 268 91 276 72 273 51650 49189 88 268 96 273 81 275 49189 46998 89 273 95 277 92 281 46998 45024 99 280 97 284 100 284 45024 43223 113 281 106 287 107 284 43223 41565 116 281 114 284 113 282 41565 40030 112 281 115 283 117 282 40030 38596 109 282 118 286 118 286 38596 37246 107 282 120 288 116 289 37246 35936 105 283 120 291 114 291 35936 34597 104 284 120 293 113 293 34597 33201 104 286 119 294 111 294 33201 31749 103 285 114 295 108 294 31749 30231 102 283 107 294 103 293 30231 28634 102 285 97 290 99 292 28634 26959 99 286 94 289 94 291 26959 25205 94 283 92 293 89 290 25205 23374 88 281 84 294 84 290 23374 21466 83 280 77 289 75 289 21466 19477 70 280 72 287 69 285 19477 17407 62 275 61 287 60 287 17407 15304 56 280 52 287 48 291 15304 13282 53 282 49 292 46 293 13282 11442 46 288 45 297 41 297 11442 9810 40 293 40 300 33 299 9810 8361 36 291 38 302 31 300 8361 7073 35 293 38 306 32 308 7073 5930 38 300 37 310 28 313 5930 4919 34 308 35 313 26 312 4919 4033 30 299 32 321 23 316 4033 3262 27 300 25 324 17 330 3262 2584 27 307 21 320 15 328 2584 1991 25 308 20*319 15 325 1991 1496 23*308 18*319 14 321 1496 1116 21*307 17 318 13 319 1116 855 19 306 16 318 11 318 855 696 17 306 14 318 10*316 696 606 12 306 10 317 6*315 606 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