DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/11 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 - - - - - - 62.8 - - 62.3 - - 55.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 402 - - 291 - - 20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5494 - - 4441 - - 1464 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4542 - - 3588 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6094 - - 5041 - - 2064 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1057 - - 2056 - - 1525 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 530 - - 444 - - 132 W* B/S - - - - - - 9 - - 10 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 8 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 360 - - 035 - - 074 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 10 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1420 - - -3268 - - -5168 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 7514 - - 8310 - - 7232 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5008 - - -11085 - - -14465 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11102 - - 16126 - - 16529 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 59 - - 53 - - 52 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 62.8 - - 62.3 - - 55.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.9 - - 27.9 - - 26.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.6 - - 60.7 - - 55.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.7 - - 26.8 - - 25.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 402 - - 291 - - 20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5494 - - 4441 - - 1464 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 98141 7 234 4 202 5 266 98141 90684 9 192 7 271 9 326 90684 84965 3 293 6 223 9 301 84965 80224 6 280 4 245 7 262 80224 76127 3 256 4 285 6 226 76127 72489 3 225 5 267 5 323 72489 69193 3 285 7 234 11 263 69193 66156 12 273 10 299 6 308 66156 63342 13 241 17 269 15 308 63342 60620 15 308 11 290 15 293 60620 57777 28 295 27 297 25 292 57777 54823 37 286 38 288 34 297 54823 52006 42 282 44 290 41 295 52006 49477 43 281 47 287 45 297 49477 47213 41 290 45 285 54 296 47213 45170 46 299 44 292 58 290 45170 43303 53 305 51 306 50 293 43303 41590 63 306 63 307 63 304 41590 40032 67 305 67 308 72 298 40032 38593 69 316 68 311 58 296 38593 37243 84 324 71 313 68 316 37243 35943 90 326 74 314 82 318 35943 34621 93 327 75 314 81 317 34621 33242 81 326 77 317 73 312 33242 31809 73 320 75 321 67 307 31809 30305 75 316 71 323 69 303 30305 28717 71 316 71 324 68 303 28717 27045 63 314 71 325 63 309 27045 25288 58 311 62 323 56 316 25288 23450 57 311 53 317 51 314 23450 21535 55 312 49 313 47 314 21535 19542 51 314 45 313 44 315 19542 17467 48 312 44 312 41 316 17467 15350 43 309 44 313 39 318 15350 13307 35 307 42 313 37 319 13307 11450 29 304 37 305 35 318 11450 9806 27 297 33 295 33 311 9806 8356 25 291 29 290 31 300 8356 7078 18*293 18 289 25 288 7078 5950 10*335 8*309 17 280 5950 4954 10 342 6*326 11 280 4954 4079 10 351 6 002 5 298 4079 3309 11 004 8 034 4 054 3309 2622 12 008 10 043 12*074 2622 2016 12 010 10 045 15*074 2016 1513 12 012 11 047 16 074 1513 1126 12 013 11 048 16 074 1126 860 12 014 11 048 15 074 860 699 11 014 10 049 13 074 699 606 10 014 9 049 10 074 606 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