DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/01 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 - - - - - - 19.6 - - 23.1 - - 20.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 114 - - 76 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1428 - - 1953 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 588 - - 587 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2028 - - 2553 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 549 - - 448 - - 2159 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 222 - - 215 - - 1 W* B/S - - - - - - 30 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 1 - - 4 - - 0 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 271 - - 256 - - 302 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -562 - - -232 - - -1273 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2590 - - 2785 - - 1877 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -15019 - - -13956 - - -16563 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17047 - - 16509 - - 17167 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 84 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 19.6 - - 23.1 - - 20.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 10.5 - - 13.1 - - 14.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 18.7 - - 22.6 - - 21.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 9.6 - - 12.2 - - 14.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 114 - - 76 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1428 - - 1953 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 38 - - 23 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 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] 93958 82 269 78 281 68 281 93958 87284 58 285 60 286 62 301 87284 82021 53 316 45 303 50 314 82021 77581 64 323 54 324 55 326 77581 73714 69 313 64 323 63 323 73714 70295 64 314 65 325 62 324 70295 67211 61 313 67 324 64 325 67211 64374 62 311 70 318 68 323 64374 61732 65 311 71 313 69 318 61732 59153 66 311 71 311 66 312 59153 56432 68 312 71 305 70 305 56432 53587 70 309 71 302 71 302 53587 50861 76 307 73 301 73 302 50861 48396 80 305 80 300 82 302 48396 46189 84 298 88 297 90 301 46189 44202 88 301 97 301 98 302 44202 42394 96 302 106 300 104 302 42394 40731 101 301 109 302 112 303 40731 39190 105 304 116 305 125 303 39190 37752 115 307 123 306 134 302 37752 36400 121 306 124 305 139 301 36400 35094 115 305 121 306 139 301 35094 33769 106 305 116 307 126 297 33769 32399 109 310 105 307 111 298 32399 30983 119 310 105 309 107 302 30983 29501 121 308 108 309 106 303 29501 27937 119 305 110 307 105 303 27937 26295 115 303 110 305 105 303 26295 24574 110 299 110 305 102 305 24574 22776 105 295 108 304 95 305 22776 20904 98 295 102 301 92 305 20904 18952 88 297 92 299 85 304 18952 16916 75 299 80 299 73 306 16916 14841 65 297 71 299 65 309 14841 12845 62 293 63 297 60 304 12845 11035 56 285 56 298 54 298 11035 9427 50 280 52 296 51 295 9427 8003 40 275 48 293 43 291 8003 6748 32 279 40 286 35 291 6748 5646 23 279 30 274 30 285 5646 4684 15 277 22 263 24 276 4684 3850 8 271 15 254 19 258 3850 3124 5 250 8*242 14 246 3124 2483 2*240 5*249 9 247 2483 1920 1*259 4 253 7 251 1920 1450 1 266 4 256 5 256 1450 1089 1 272 4 260 3 267 1089 841 1 281 3 262 2 279 841 690 1 285 3 263 1*289 690 604 1 284 3 264 0*302 604 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