DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/02 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 22.1 - - 22.3 - - 22.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 16 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1412 - - 1200 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 587 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2012 - - 1800 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 549 - - 857 - - 2133 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 197 - - 110 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 269 - - 256 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 563 - - 438 - - -594 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1449 - - 1362 - - 1198 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 282 - - 375 - - -728 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1730 - - 1425 - - 1332 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 22.1 - - 22.3 - - 22.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 18.2 - - 18.8 - - 19.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 21.5 - - 22.1 - - 22.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 17.1 - - 18.4 - - 19.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 79 - - 16 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1412 - - 1200 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 96309 15 048 15 060 9 056 96309 89130 8 047 9 007 6 031 89130 83590 7 005 8 340 3 030 83590 78969 8 321 14 288 9 302 78969 74971 18 282 19 258 18 281 74971 71412 21 261 22 237 25 265 71412 68157 18 263 18 255 23 269 68157 65145 25 278 22 276 29 286 65145 62355 24 269 26 264 32 276 62355 59655 24 282 28 263 31 271 59655 56839 37 288 31 275 37 270 56839 53922 44 278 40 284 39 271 53922 51134 47 269 52 283 47 275 51134 48622 45 265 60 273 55 273 48622 46376 46 269 57 264 57 268 46376 44340 47 274 49 263 58 263 44340 42470 47 272 47 268 62 265 42470 40745 46 284 52 276 65 268 40745 39146 60 288 61 277 71 272 39146 37660 76 280 64 279 75 274 37660 36274 79 271 70 281 81 278 36274 34952 69 274 72 280 85 281 34952 33628 61 276 71 279 92 284 33628 32263 54 277 72 281 95 285 32263 30850 47 287 75 284 88 285 30850 29374 55 302 74 286 80 288 29374 27820 68 307 71 288 71 287 27820 26193 69 304 68 291 63 281 26193 24490 67 298 61 292 57 275 24490 22708 62 298 55 291 48 271 22708 20850 51 292 50 293 44 270 20850 18908 51 294 45 297 38 275 18908 16880 52 302 45 296 32 280 16880 14809 44 306 43 298 31 283 14809 12812 32 300 33 305 27 282 12812 10999 25 296 24 295 24 279 10999 9400 21 300 22 282 25 287 9400 7996 16 294 20 281 23 292 7996 6758 13 292 19 280 19 284 6758 5668 10 291 16 273 18 277 5668 4708 8 276 14 266 17 270 4708 3868 8 254 12 261 17 263 3868 3135 8 251 13 265 16 251 3135 2490 9*275 11 258 14 233 2490 1924 9*271 10*258 13 229 1924 1453 9 270 10*257 12 224 1453 1091 9 268 9 255 11 222 1091 842 8 268 8 256 10 219 842 691 8 267 7 255 8*217 691 604 7 267 6 254 5*215 604 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