DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/08 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 2.1 - - 23.1 - - 24.4 - - 18.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 15 - - 87 - - 37 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3 - - 1567 - - 1654 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 587 - - 588 - - 588 - - 587 Hcrit BL Top - - - 603 - - 2167 - - 2254 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 123 - - 898 - - 888 - - 1453 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 14 - - 210 - - 162 - - 3 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 0 - - 8 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 148 - - 121 - - 155 - - 158 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -833 - - -790 - - -400 - - -946 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1436 - - 2957 - - 2655 - - 1550 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13999 - - -8951 - - -6714 - - -10589 ODpotential blCL - - - 14602 - - 11118 - - 8968 - - 11193 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 82 - - 91 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 2.1 - - 23.1 - - 24.4 - - 18.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - -1.3 - - 12.6 - - 15.3 - - 14.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 2.1 - - 22.6 - - 24.1 - - 20.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 2.0 - - 11.5 - - 14.2 - - 14.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 15 - - 87 - - 37 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3 - - 1567 - - 1654 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 98 - - 30 - - 63 - - 47 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 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] 95835 10 283 17 268 17 281 16 251 95835 88669 12 321 17 282 21 294 22 310 88669 83123 19 304 16 280 28 283 29 298 83123 78470 23 282 20 275 28 276 33 298 78470 74420 27 287 27 276 34 282 37 292 74420 70831 37 277 37 268 41 268 43 288 70831 67585 42 273 42 269 42 268 52 279 67585 64604 43 277 44 269 50 275 53 277 64604 61841 47 280 54 278 51 275 56 278 61841 59162 58 274 63 275 56 280 57 277 59162 56355 63 270 63 274 63 279 63 279 56355 53432 68 269 66 270 70 273 67 278 53432 50642 65 268 71 269 75 273 68 281 50642 48131 66 273 75 272 72 274 71 284 48131 45877 67 275 74 275 67 276 73 284 45877 43831 67 275 72 274 66 278 72 282 43831 41960 64 277 68 276 69 279 72 285 41960 40241 63 279 70 279 71 281 78 286 40241 38653 63 280 76 281 72 283 78 286 38653 37177 63 280 73 284 68 284 74 289 37177 35799 58 282 65 289 67 287 74 294 35799 34477 55 290 62 291 71 292 79 297 34477 33144 54 294 62 296 70 292 82 297 33144 31774 54 294 62 302 63 295 79 300 31774 30369 49 293 65 307 58 297 79 305 30369 28914 41 298 65 309 56 304 73 304 28914 27398 37 300 64 309 60 310 62 300 27398 25813 34 293 63 310 62 311 60 301 25813 24152 30 289 62 313 61 312 57 302 24152 22414 23 289 54 309 58 317 48 304 22414 20601 23 285 42 302 55 322 44 304 20601 18705 25 279 29 284 50 320 41 306 18705 16718 26 283 23 283 43 314 39 303 16718 14685 25 294 23 295 36 304 39 300 14685 12727 22 299 24 293 31 299 33 300 12727 10952 18 297 20 283 26 294 29 296 10952 9378 17 296 16 278 18 279 27 296 9378 7985 16 297 14 275 17 281 20 285 7985 6753 10 302 9 268 16 274 14 257 6753 5669 2 295 6 249 10 257 14 262 5669 4713 5 128 6 177 9 236 12 258 4713 3876 9 102 10 139 9 208 11 234 3876 3143 8 111 10 132 10 180 12 198 3143 2494 12 125 9*127 9*162 15 174 2494 1926 14 123 8*123 7*156 15 163 1926 1453 16 117 8 122 7 155 14 161 1453 1090 15 114 8 120 6 154 13 161 1090 841 10 112 7 120 6 154 11 160 841 690 3*119 7 120 6 153 9*158 690 604 0*148 6 119 5 153 5*158 604 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