DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/20 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 - - - - - - 20.5 - - 25.1 - - 20.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 196 - - 60 - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2626 - - 3343 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2051 - - 1590 - - 587 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3226 - - 3943 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1471 - - 1358 - - 1110 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 323 - - 237 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 16 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 239 - - 223 - - 164 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3353 - - -2440 - - -4729 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6579 - - 6383 - - 5333 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12180 - - -9879 - - -15286 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15406 - - 13822 - - 15890 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 82 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 20.5 - - 25.1 - - 20.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -6.3 - - -0.8 - - -0.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 19.5 - - 24.8 - - 22.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -6.3 - - -1.0 - - -0.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 196 - - 60 - - -35 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2626 - - 3343 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 28 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95622 24 292 24 262 31 263 95622 88548 24 278 22 270 26 258 88548 83036 29 281 32 291 29 290 83036 78443 37 264 43 278 44 283 78443 74479 34 261 43 265 47 273 74479 70943 40 275 49 278 47 277 70943 67703 49 277 52 282 48 276 67703 64692 52 271 55 283 52 283 64692 61881 53 272 57 277 60 284 61881 59155 60 278 59 271 64 277 59155 56304 69 278 62 272 66 270 56304 53332 75 275 71 277 68 271 53332 50494 79 272 79 277 74 275 50494 47955 82 271 82 274 79 276 47955 45701 83 272 85 272 81 274 45701 43670 82 271 87 269 79 272 43670 41810 80 271 86 266 80 275 41810 40090 81 271 85 267 91 276 40090 38496 83 271 86 269 100 274 38496 37020 85 271 88 270 105 273 37020 35644 85 274 88 271 109 273 35644 34328 89 279 86 276 113 273 34328 33003 99 282 91 281 116 273 33003 31635 107 281 97 283 117 274 31635 30226 112 279 100 284 114 277 30226 28764 107 277 105 282 103 280 28764 27241 96 277 104 279 97 283 27241 25651 87 279 92 285 96 283 25651 23990 82 279 89 289 85 280 23990 22254 79 279 86 290 73 278 22254 20440 75 279 85 291 70 277 20440 18541 71 281 69 289 69 278 18541 16557 65 286 63 277 63 281 16557 14539 57 291 57 277 57 279 14539 12604 51 294 50 273 50 273 12604 10849 47 289 45 274 46 270 10849 9292 43 283 43 276 42 272 9292 7913 38 277 40 275 38 269 7913 6697 34 273 32 268 32 261 6697 5625 27 268 27 251 32 245 5625 4685 25 267 22*241 31 228 4685 3865 22*262 17*226 29 211 3865 3143 17*249 17 225 27 203 3143 2498 14 240 16 224 27 196 2498 1929 13 237 16 223 26 190 1929 1455 12 236 15 222 24 184 1455 1091 11 236 15 222 21 178 1091 842 11 235 14 221 16 171 842 691 10 235 13 221 13*169 691 604 8 235 10 221 7*164 604 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