DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/22 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.0 - - 42.3 - - 41.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 45 - - -25 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 581 - - 6 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1181 - - 606 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 601 - - 1088 - - 1097 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 125 - - 8 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 7 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 181 - - 170 - - 178 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3434 - - -2831 - - -2408 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4616 - - 3438 - - 3013 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -15188 - - -14110 - - -14632 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 16369 - - 14716 - - 15237 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.0 - - 42.3 - - 41.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.6 - - 29.8 - - 30.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.9 - - 43.4 - - 42.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.6 - - 29.1 - - 29.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 45 - - -25 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 581 - - 6 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 95524 63 273 61 277 53 280 95524 88618 38 270 49 265 57 269 88618 83240 34 268 39 264 49 269 83240 78751 32 275 27 275 34 258 78751 74861 31 264 28 267 33 273 74861 71443 39 284 35 289 38 268 71443 68356 44 281 53 298 35 295 68356 65490 42 291 54 284 42 306 65490 62816 57 302 58 278 52 281 62816 60205 67 296 63 289 73 271 60205 57465 69 291 81 286 78 280 57465 54609 70 292 80 284 82 277 54609 51866 76 294 78 286 77 285 51866 49392 83 291 89 288 85 289 49392 47172 87 288 95 287 94 290 47172 45154 87 287 96 290 101 291 45154 43306 90 289 100 293 107 290 43306 41614 100 291 103 288 108 288 41614 40066 103 288 100 284 101 284 40066 38634 97 284 91 285 93 284 38634 37292 94 286 86 291 91 289 37292 35996 93 289 86 293 92 292 35996 34674 91 289 85 292 91 292 34674 33293 87 289 85 291 89 291 33293 31856 85 290 84 288 87 291 31856 30349 82 292 85 286 85 287 30349 28760 77 293 85 287 81 286 28760 27091 70 292 81 290 75 285 27091 25341 64 289 71 290 71 283 25341 23513 61 288 60 284 66 278 23513 21607 58 284 54 278 62 274 21607 19615 52 285 53 279 56 277 19615 17533 52 283 49 281 51 279 17533 15410 54 272 40 277 47 290 15410 13362 51 268 40 278 40 288 13362 11493 50 257 39 269 36 273 11493 9826 51 244 39 256 39 264 9826 8353 50 230 43 245 35 256 8353 7064 44 222 41 237 34 246 7064 5929 43 220 35 228 33 240 5929 4925 45 215 31 235 28 237 4925 4043 45 210 32 239 27 234 4043 3269 43 207 35 228 31 232 3269 2584 40 202 32 214 33 219 2584 1987 34 196 29 196 31 205 1987 1492 26*189 24 185 27 189 1492 1113 20*182 21 180 23 187 1113 853 17 181 16 175 16 183 853 695 15 181 13*174 14 182 695 605 11 180 7*170 7*178 605 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