DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/02 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 - - - 22.1 - - 25.0 - - 26.2 - - 24.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 21 - - 141 - - 38 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 616 - - 1522 - - 1924 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 588 - - 1115 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1216 - - 2122 - - 2524 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1294 - - 564 - - 312 - - 1858 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 97 - - 244 - - 172 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 7 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 325 - - 342 - - 323 - - 012 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -569 - - 19 - - 589 - - -961 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1785 - - 2104 - - 1935 - - 1565 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -15510 - - -14568 - - 299 - - -1157 ODpotential blCL - - - 16726 - - 16690 - - 2225 - - 1761 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 95 - - 100 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 22.1 - - 25.0 - - 26.2 - - 24.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 16.7 - - 18.1 - - 20.1 - - 19.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 21.9 - - 24.0 - - 26.0 - - 24.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 16.2 - - 17.1 - - 19.2 - - 19.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 21 - - 141 - - 38 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 616 - - 1522 - - 1924 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 28 - - 81 - - 100 - - 72 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 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] 94880 47 295 47 276 54 267 67 271 94880 88051 38 301 43 303 45 287 45 294 88051 82762 42 319 46 307 42 315 31 313 82762 78347 48 336 38 318 38 324 26 317 78347 74502 54 330 37 326 37 313 32 302 74502 71065 50 324 37 323 33 302 34 293 71065 67910 47 319 37 324 34 304 34 300 67910 64977 47 308 41 318 39 307 40 307 64977 62244 47 303 42 307 42 307 43 310 62244 59588 49 306 46 297 47 303 48 306 59588 56811 54 307 48 296 48 295 49 296 56811 53928 58 307 50 299 48 292 51 292 53928 51172 65 304 55 299 53 290 56 288 51172 48690 74 296 62 295 58 291 57 287 48690 46469 74 292 66 290 62 287 58 287 46469 44461 76 290 68 288 63 287 57 286 44461 42639 83 283 70 287 67 285 57 290 42639 40975 81 281 72 288 66 284 59 292 40975 39442 81 283 75 286 67 284 60 284 39442 38018 82 287 78 280 68 279 62 276 38018 36681 82 288 78 279 68 279 61 271 36681 35384 82 288 75 286 66 284 58 270 35384 34058 82 289 76 289 64 291 57 273 34058 32677 82 291 74 286 62 289 56 280 32677 31243 83 294 67 287 61 284 56 283 31243 29741 84 294 65 291 60 284 57 282 29741 28159 81 294 64 292 57 286 57 281 28159 26496 82 305 64 294 55 291 51 283 26496 24754 77 304 63 296 53 292 45 285 24754 22932 73 295 60 297 50 291 42 291 22932 21035 72 289 57 295 47 289 40 288 21035 19069 67 293 57 291 46 291 40 290 19069 17030 63 298 54 288 44 289 37 294 17030 14952 60 302 50 292 42 291 33 290 14952 12953 57 306 48 299 39 299 34 284 12953 11135 54 305 42 304 35 304 33 290 11135 9523 51 303 38 307 32 304 30 298 9523 8096 48 306 34 311 27 307 26 305 8096 6833 42 311 31 316 23 313 21 314 6833 5718 34 320 26 322 19 320 18 323 5718 4740 24 327 20 330 14 324 16 331 4740 3889 17 331 15 341 10 331 12 343 3889 3148 15 322 13 345 7*327 9 001 3148 2497 13 319 8*342 6*321 6 011 2497 1928 10 323 7*342 6 323 6 012 1928 1455 10*328 7 342 5 323 7 012 1455 1092 10*328 7 341 5 324 7 013 1092 843 8 324 7 341 5 325 6 013 843 691 7 325 6 341 5 324 5 014 691 604 5 324 6 341 4 324 4*012 604 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