DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/24 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 - - - - - - 42.4 - - 46.4 - - 43.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - 1 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 893 - - 6 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1493 - - 606 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 171 - - 1209 - - 917 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 160 - - 12 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 8 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 130 - - 149 - - 162 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -813 - - -1805 - - -216 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2306 - - 2411 - - 821 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11930 - - -12417 - - -11940 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13423 - - 13023 - - 12545 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 77 - - 86 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 450 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.4 - - 46.4 - - 43.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.8 - - 38.2 - - 42.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.9 - - 46.4 - - 44.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.0 - - 37.8 - - 42.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 66 - - 1 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 893 - - 6 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 7 - - 43 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 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] 95308 63 262 70 266 63 268 95308 88374 47 271 50 268 50 268 88374 82975 42 277 43 270 47 278 82975 78489 41 279 44 277 40 287 78489 74638 35 283 37 289 35 291 74638 71225 34 293 34 295 37 294 71225 68133 34 286 41 289 48 294 68133 65284 33 292 47 292 59 294 65284 62642 47 291 51 289 60 292 62642 60075 55 292 57 291 58 289 60075 57379 66 290 70 291 69 286 57379 54588 82 290 79 292 92 295 54588 51931 94 289 98 293 110 298 51931 49535 100 286 109 288 114 290 49535 47375 104 285 109 284 105 282 47375 45398 107 286 103 283 99 285 45398 43580 107 287 102 287 101 291 43580 41902 108 287 105 288 107 292 41902 40341 110 283 108 286 114 292 40341 38880 109 277 108 283 119 292 38880 37503 107 277 109 277 118 292 37503 36173 104 282 112 274 111 293 36173 34828 103 284 111 275 105 298 34828 33437 99 283 105 281 98 301 33437 31997 89 285 95 283 93 301 31997 30489 83 287 85 284 88 295 30489 28902 82 286 82 285 84 295 28902 27233 85 284 84 282 82 296 27233 25479 84 281 85 281 82 292 25479 23645 76 279 79 279 76 292 23645 21739 69 279 67 280 72 289 21739 19756 63 282 60 284 61 292 19756 17686 52 285 55 286 50 292 17686 15567 37 280 45 285 45 295 15567 13516 30 265 33 270 36 291 13516 11647 28 263 31 253 32 285 11647 9984 27 246 28 240 26 284 9984 8510 19 237 27 228 24 249 8510 7202 15 216 26 213 25 228 7202 6040 17 202 28 213 23 230 6040 5012 20 195 27 226 26 222 5012 4109 20 193 26 235 28 219 4109 3317 16 186 23 224 30 214 3317 2613 17 163 22 203 31 206 2613 2000 20*144 21 171 29 192 2000 1497 17*137 17 157 22 172 1497 1116 12 128 15 154 17 166 1116 855 11 127 13 152 12 163 855 696 10 126 11*151 10 162 696 605 8 126 8*149 4*162 605 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