DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/13 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.9 - - 58.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 190 - - 94 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4222 - - 3977 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3227 - - 2606 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4822 - - 4577 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1849 - - 2772 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 380 - - 296 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 17 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 337 - - 339 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 3 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 423 - - -259 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4400 - - 4836 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 155 - - -730 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4667 - - 5307 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 20 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.9 - - 58.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.8 - - 39.6 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 56.9 - - 58.0 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.0 - - 38.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 190 - - 94 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4222 - - 3977 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - - 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] 98057 11 064 6 140 98057 90614 3 207 1 285 90614 84866 4 127 8 241 84866 80106 3 354 2 268 80106 76016 3 359 1 334 76016 72398 6 336 3 167 72398 69111 2 334 1 235 69111 66077 10 317 6 318 66077 63252 18 297 11 295 63252 60520 16 306 17 305 60520 57684 16 322 20 311 57684 54742 21 305 26 303 54742 51929 27 312 27 307 51929 49392 33 317 28 319 49392 47116 40 322 43 315 47116 45061 46 317 48 310 45061 43184 49 314 53 312 43184 41456 57 313 64 313 41456 39860 61 312 73 314 39860 38376 65 314 79 315 38376 36987 73 316 83 316 36987 35655 81 318 86 317 35655 34310 83 319 88 318 34310 32922 84 322 90 318 32922 31487 86 324 90 317 31487 29986 86 325 87 316 29986 28406 81 323 82 317 28406 26745 75 322 80 317 26745 25003 70 322 78 318 25003 23181 67 323 74 321 23181 21285 66 323 68 321 21285 19310 58 321 61 320 19310 17251 46 315 57 321 17251 15159 37 312 50 324 15159 13156 35 311 44 326 13156 11343 33 316 40 326 11343 9736 32 317 36 325 9736 8312 28 321 32 319 8312 7054 22 324 26 314 7054 5941 20 331 25 315 5941 4956 20*332 22*321 4956 4087 19*334 19*331 4087 3320 19 336 18 336 3320 2633 19 337 17 339 2633 2025 19 338 17 341 2025 1519 19 338 17 342 1519 1130 18 338 16 343 1130 862 17 339 15 343 862 700 16 339 14 344 700 607 12 339 11 344 607 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