DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/04 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.6 - - 56.9 - - 54.1 - - 52.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -7 - - 23 - - 5 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1082 - - 1515 - - 1420 - - 218 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 591 - - 590 - - 590 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1682 - - 2115 - - 2020 - - 818 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2405 - - 1599 - - 1917 - - 2894 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 82 - - 146 - - 97 - - 35 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 18 - - 18 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 213 - - 245 - - 239 - - 230 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 9 - - 10 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -4 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 396 - - 903 - - 736 - - -274 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1286 - - 1212 - - 1285 - - 1092 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -334 - - 345 - - 165 - - -650 ODpotential blCL - - - 2016 - - 1770 - - 1855 - - 1468 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 50 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.6 - - 56.9 - - 54.1 - - 52.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 57.7 - - 53.4 - - 50.4 - - 49.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 61.9 - - 56.8 - - 54.2 - - 52.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 57.1 - - 52.8 - - 49.9 - - 49.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -7 - - 23 - - 5 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1082 - - 1515 - - 1420 - - 218 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 99 - - 102 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 10 - - 8 - - 8 - - 8 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] 95928 62 261 72 262 77 270 59 266 95928 89014 44 269 42 273 45 268 48 280 89014 83651 28 279 30 279 28 264 38 279 83651 79174 14 292 25 277 17 270 22 288 79174 75302 10 302 12 283 12 260 21 293 75302 71855 13 315 5 302 10 260 19 268 71855 68716 11 298 4 326 7 276 11 237 68716 65806 8 231 6 298 6 285 4 201 65806 63086 8 175 9 260 11 273 7 271 63086 60445 3 154 9 246 14 259 13 255 60445 57690 6 274 9 246 16 239 15 238 57690 54825 14 243 12 230 16 221 16 231 54825 52079 18 226 18 222 22 218 27 210 52079 49593 21 205 26 214 30 207 27 203 49593 47349 25 200 27 205 28 199 28 214 47349 45314 29 202 29 208 30 222 35 218 45314 43462 35 204 33 216 39 232 34 230 43462 41759 34 201 49 218 47 232 51 234 41759 40177 50 213 61 209 61 220 59 218 40177 38692 55 210 64 203 62 207 51 215 38692 37289 70 208 70 196 60 204 48 228 37289 35933 97 200 82 192 59 206 53 230 35933 34558 114 196 94 191 61 213 60 219 34558 33139 113 194 98 191 65 219 60 214 33139 31675 97 193 94 192 69 220 60 218 31675 30149 83 199 86 196 73 217 61 223 30149 28547 79 205 82 198 75 213 63 224 28547 26870 77 208 76 197 76 210 65 221 26870 25115 78 210 71 198 71 211 63 220 25115 23284 68 215 70 204 66 217 59 220 23284 21383 51 209 64 206 61 223 54 225 21383 19406 50 193 54 204 50 228 48 224 19406 17344 52 193 45 205 43 228 46 220 17344 15245 50 198 43 208 43 228 44 221 15245 13225 49 203 42 211 39 226 42 224 13225 11394 51 201 41 213 35 227 39 232 11394 9773 51 200 39 213 35 230 32 233 9773 8338 45 198 33 214 31 237 29 236 8338 7061 44 193 27 215 28 242 29 243 7061 5929 41 193 25 218 25 245 29 246 5929 4936 33 197 23 217 23 250 25 250 4936 4069 29 202 21 221 23 249 24 251 4069 3304 27 207 21 231 23 247 24 249 3304 2620 26 210 20*241 22*244 23 245 2620 2016 24*212 20*243 21*242 22 238 2016 1513 22*213 20 244 19 240 20 234 1513 1126 20 213 19 245 18 239 17 232 1126 860 18 213 17 245 16 238 15*230 860 699 15 213 15 246 14 238 13*230 699 606 11 213 11 245 10 237 9 229 606 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