DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 12/04 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 - - - 0.2 - - 14.5 - - 17.6 - - 5.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 4 - - 69 - - 14 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3 - - 530 - - 549 - - 3 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 586 - - 587 - - 587 - - 587 Hcrit BL Top - - - 603 - - 1130 - - 1149 - - 603 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 172 - - 405 - - 686 - - 193 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 9 - - 135 - - 82 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 4 - - 2 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 299 - - 351 - - 274 - - 237 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1392 - - -1388 - - -1216 - - -1516 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1995 - - 2518 - - 2365 - - 2119 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -18353 - - -14520 - - -12990 - - -15893 ODpotential blCL - - - 18956 - - 15650 - - 14139 - - 16496 blCL maxRH - - - 66 - - 70 - - 74 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 0.2 - - 14.5 - - 17.6 - - 5.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - -5.7 - - 6.1 - - 9.9 - - -1.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 0.6 - - 13.9 - - 17.6 - - 10.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - -6.0 - - 5.0 - - 9.2 - - 5.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 4 - - 69 - - 14 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3 - - 530 - - 549 - - 3 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 18 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96310 11 333 19 331 6 010 8 275 96310 89159 6 328 10 329 7 321 12 323 89159 83621 4 348 3 329 9 312 12 331 83621 78995 14 328 3 243 12 291 14 324 78995 74976 23 306 11 304 15 308 16 314 74976 71406 25 286 21 290 18 303 23 305 71406 68168 25 287 23 278 23 288 31 294 68168 65183 33 289 27 277 30 282 34 289 65183 62405 39 283 34 274 41 276 36 279 62405 59698 44 279 41 269 46 271 35 277 59698 56859 48 276 45 269 50 272 42 281 56859 53919 52 274 53 272 59 275 52 284 53919 51126 60 274 64 272 67 273 60 282 51126 48621 68 271 70 268 68 269 64 276 48621 46376 73 266 73 263 69 267 65 270 46376 44340 74 264 75 261 69 265 66 268 44340 42473 77 266 76 262 71 264 69 269 42473 40746 84 267 79 263 73 262 74 267 40746 39139 91 265 83 261 76 261 76 264 39139 37637 96 262 90 259 82 259 77 261 37637 36229 97 259 97 258 87 257 75 261 36229 34875 99 257 98 257 92 255 72 262 34875 33507 99 258 96 257 92 254 69 264 33507 32099 97 260 90 256 85 254 65 265 32099 30654 91 260 82 256 74 255 58 262 30654 29158 78 259 74 258 60 258 49 261 29158 27593 69 262 64 261 50 263 45 265 27593 25958 78 264 57 261 46 264 43 268 25958 24253 81 266 57 261 47 265 40 269 24253 22477 75 267 63 262 49 265 39 267 22477 20631 65 268 61 262 50 266 42 268 20631 18709 56 270 54 267 45 267 42 266 18709 16708 45 274 43 267 41 267 41 266 16708 14666 35 284 33 263 35 262 36 265 14666 12701 31 281 29 264 31 261 30 265 12701 10917 30 279 27 272 27 267 26 261 10917 9336 28 293 23 281 21 269 23 256 9336 7939 24 308 18 287 16 267 20 248 7939 6705 17 317 11 297 13 255 17 243 6705 5620 13 327 7 316 9 247 15 237 5620 4669 12 343 5 348 5 239 11 231 4669 3842 12 357 4 022 4 201 8 215 3842 3117 11 011 4 058 6 172 9 196 3117 2474 12 022 6 069 8 145 12 169 2474 1909 14 026 8 057 6 142 12 158 1909 1440 18 019 7*029 1*208 7 158 1440 1082 19 012 4*353 2*275 3 178 1082 836 11 357 4 353 2 275 2 226 836 688 7*347 4 350 3 273 2 242 688 603 2*299 4 348 2 273 2*237 603 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