DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/12 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 - - - - - - 29.0 - - 29.1 - - 26.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 41 - - 1 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1403 - - 1775 - - 1357 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2003 - - 2375 - - 1957 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1397 - - 1615 - - 738 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 160 - - 77 - - 84 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 1 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 11 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 279 - - 279 - - 262 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 7 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 662 - - 797 - - 204 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1341 - - 1578 - - 1753 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 307 - - 205 - - -7073 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1696 - - 2170 - - 9030 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 29.0 - - 29.1 - - 26.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.6 - - 24.7 - - 21.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 28.7 - - 29.2 - - 26.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 24.7 - - 23.8 - - 20.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 41 - - 1 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1403 - - 1775 - - 1357 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 94975 73 279 72 273 73 274 94975 88121 60 281 61 284 60 269 88121 82718 52 274 53 283 52 275 82718 78169 48 274 51 286 57 286 78169 74244 50 276 53 282 58 288 74244 70764 54 278 53 282 53 287 70764 67590 53 277 51 283 50 292 67590 64654 58 286 51 287 47 289 64654 61907 63 281 53 285 47 287 61907 59216 63 277 54 285 50 293 59216 56395 62 280 59 285 63 293 56395 53474 61 282 65 281 69 282 53474 50693 64 283 66 280 67 279 50693 48188 67 284 65 284 71 288 48188 45945 70 287 69 288 81 291 45945 43915 75 291 77 290 88 292 43915 42062 81 292 84 290 96 292 42062 40356 86 291 90 287 101 290 40356 38773 87 289 92 286 104 290 38773 37296 87 291 91 286 108 289 37296 35910 90 294 89 289 107 291 35910 34578 94 293 95 294 113 294 34578 33237 94 290 106 294 122 295 33237 31856 90 289 107 292 124 295 31856 30434 88 292 102 292 124 295 30434 28957 87 293 100 292 119 295 28957 27414 83 293 95 293 106 294 27414 25807 78 293 86 295 94 291 25807 24130 74 295 74 294 88 292 24130 22379 71 298 66 290 76 295 22379 20557 66 301 62 286 62 289 20557 18661 55 296 55 286 58 283 18661 16684 51 281 48 282 58 284 16684 14667 47 272 50 277 55 285 14667 12724 38 275 42 283 49 289 12724 10960 31 282 40 286 37 287 10960 9393 26 279 35 280 34 297 9393 8000 23 284 28 285 33 302 8000 6764 15 293 23 284 31 300 6764 5677 13 298 18 274 25 286 5677 4726 9 270 17 274 24 295 4726 3892 9 236 18 271 26 306 3892 3158 9 255 16 271 23 303 3158 2506 8*268 14*274 17*292 2506 1935 6*274 13*277 12*266 1935 1460 5 278 12 279 11 263 1460 1095 5 281 12 280 10 261 1095 844 4 283 11 280 9 260 844 691 4 283 9 280 8 260 691 605 4 283 7 280 6 258 605 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