DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/28 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 - - - 25.8 - - 31.2 - - 32.9 - - 25.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 76 - - 225 - - 65 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 817 - - 2726 - - 3382 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 588 - - 2184 - - 1744 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1417 - - 3326 - - 3982 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1760 - - 1144 - - 1046 - - 3369 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 159 - - 343 - - 244 - - 2 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 5 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 13 - - 9 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - 313 - - 303 - - 294 - - 303 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - -2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1650 - - -1067 - - -973 - - -2544 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3067 - - 4394 - - 4955 - - 3148 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7010 - - -7538 - - -9975 - - -13643 ODpotential blCL - - - 8427 - - 10864 - - 13957 - - 14247 blCL maxRH - - - 69 - - 73 - - 74 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 25.8 - - 31.2 - - 32.9 - - 25.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 15.0 - - 14.3 - - 13.6 - - 14.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 25.3 - - 30.0 - - 32.5 - - 28.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 14.6 - - 13.9 - - 13.2 - - 14.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 76 - - 225 - - 65 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 817 - - 2726 - - 3382 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96033 29 046 25 040 18 035 14 019 96033 88991 22 040 20 055 13 041 17 016 88991 83480 13 034 10 045 9 021 14 355 83480 78869 4 016 4 329 8 328 11 336 78869 74875 6 322 8 260 14 285 11 317 74875 71316 10 277 10 268 14 270 12 279 71316 68062 13 276 16 268 17 282 12 282 68062 65053 15 285 24 273 27 277 22 289 65053 62255 24 275 27 267 27 269 27 273 62255 59534 23 255 27 276 28 279 30 280 59534 56683 26 291 32 285 36 279 37 280 56683 53724 41 290 40 281 45 277 51 281 53724 50919 47 290 48 281 54 281 55 273 50919 48414 51 291 52 279 55 282 55 272 48414 46179 56 293 53 281 60 285 54 277 46179 44154 61 294 57 284 62 283 60 283 44154 42308 64 294 63 286 64 284 73 277 42308 40618 68 298 67 287 72 281 73 272 40618 39058 81 298 70 288 73 279 73 279 39058 37613 89 296 78 290 79 287 91 284 37613 36272 92 295 87 289 95 286 105 284 36272 34986 93 295 93 285 100 282 108 284 34986 33680 95 295 90 283 97 282 104 284 33680 32322 93 295 85 285 95 285 95 284 32322 30912 87 297 82 288 95 288 91 288 30912 29436 87 307 82 290 95 290 90 289 29436 27880 87 313 84 292 94 292 88 290 27880 26243 85 311 83 293 91 296 86 292 26243 24522 85 311 82 295 86 297 83 292 24522 22723 84 314 73 296 81 296 79 291 22723 20849 79 316 70 301 73 298 71 294 20849 18904 74 314 68 302 67 303 57 300 18904 16884 70 310 64 305 63 303 57 301 16884 14820 61 311 58 306 58 303 55 303 14820 12825 49 313 48 309 50 305 49 305 12825 11016 40 316 37 308 42 309 39 308 11016 9420 35 319 31 310 32 309 29 310 9420 8014 31 321 27 314 23 312 21 309 8014 6778 27 324 24 319 19 315 14 301 6778 5691 24 325 21 322 14 317 9 289 5691 4738 21 321 18 316 11*300 8 270 4738 3908 20 317 15*306 10*293 7 264 3908 3177 19 326 13*304 9 293 5 273 3177 2525 20 333 13 303 9 294 5 282 2525 1948 20 332 13 303 9 295 5 293 1948 1468 17*321 13 303 9 295 4 304 1468 1099 13*314 12 303 8 295 4 311 1099 845 12 313 11 303 8 295 3 315 845 692 11 313 11 303 8 297 2 312 692 604 9 312 9 303 6 296 1*303 604 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