DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/03 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 29.3 - - 30.3 - - 30.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 14 - - 1 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 872 - - 300 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1472 - - 900 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 501 - - 1408 - - 2677 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 97 - - 29 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 232 - - 254 - - 295 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1 - - -167 - - -135 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1474 - - 1067 - - 740 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7052 - - -335 - - -461 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8524 - - 1235 - - 1066 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 29.3 - - 30.3 - - 30.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.2 - - 28.0 - - 30.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 29.2 - - 30.4 - - 31.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.8 - - 27.9 - - 30.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 14 - - 1 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 872 - - 300 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 96325 5 213 17 316 3 299 96325 89163 2 199 6 301 5 277 89163 83624 4 258 6 259 8 299 83624 78999 7 273 10 279 15 270 78999 74984 12 283 13 271 21 265 74984 71412 21 269 17 271 21 271 71412 68160 24 270 23 277 27 277 68160 65158 29 261 34 266 31 270 65158 62369 29 258 43 253 36 275 62369 59664 36 268 45 254 46 274 59664 56828 45 260 48 254 48 263 56828 53878 48 256 55 251 63 262 53878 51062 59 253 64 254 69 257 51062 48531 67 251 71 257 72 256 48531 46263 75 250 83 250 75 259 46263 44209 80 252 91 248 92 255 44209 42342 91 251 94 254 96 250 42342 40628 100 245 107 258 101 255 40628 39038 101 245 122 251 110 255 39038 37553 108 250 119 246 112 255 37553 36171 109 249 118 254 128 263 36171 34857 109 248 133 257 155 263 34857 33526 111 246 138 254 156 261 33526 32142 113 247 133 253 150 261 32142 30717 111 247 119 255 136 259 30717 29242 105 247 106 252 124 258 29242 27698 102 250 107 252 112 258 27698 26079 98 251 100 254 98 253 26079 24382 88 248 96 253 89 255 24382 22606 80 251 88 254 88 256 22606 20753 72 254 84 255 86 260 20753 18824 60 256 75 260 72 264 18824 16819 56 260 62 256 59 262 16819 14776 51 260 53 255 54 261 14776 12809 45 257 49 257 45 264 12809 11024 48 257 44 261 41 270 11024 9447 50 260 39 267 39 274 9447 8052 42 262 36 266 35 271 8052 6815 35 265 33 258 31 269 6815 5722 31 269 26 256 27 274 5722 4762 24 267 22 261 21 284 4762 3922 20 264 20 276 15 292 3922 3186 18 266 18 287 14 322 3186 2531 19 260 18 288 18 325 2531 1953 20*246 18 270 19 322 1953 1470 17*234 15 256 18 315 1470 1101 15 232 14*255 15 306 1101 847 14 231 12*254 12 299 847 693 12 230 10 254 10*297 693 605 9 229 7 253 6*295 605 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