DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/13 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 35.8 - - 40.0 - - 41.7 - - 34.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 43 - - 102 - - 37 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1070 - - 1849 - - 3008 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 589 - - 1134 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1670 - - 2449 - - 3608 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 754 - - 1097 - - 2205 - - 493 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 148 - - 236 - - 202 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 14 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 345 - - 330 - - 337 - - 312 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 88 - - 123 - - 645 - - -694 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1582 - - 2326 - - 2963 - - 1299 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2070 - - -1305 - - 117 - - -2326 ODpotential blCL - - - 3740 - - 3754 - - 3491 - - 2931 blCL maxRH - - - 98 - - 99 - - 94 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 35.8 - - 40.0 - - 41.7 - - 34.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.2 - - 32.1 - - 31.0 - - 31.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 35.6 - - 39.4 - - 41.5 - - 36.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.7 - - 31.3 - - 30.2 - - 31.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 43 - - 102 - - 37 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1070 - - 1849 - - 3008 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 94 - - 95 - - 75 - - 56 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96027 29 256 41 252 45 257 38 265 96027 88872 16 254 14 247 18 254 23 266 88872 83405 10 288 8 267 7 275 11 258 83405 78853 7 324 5 307 5 248 4 300 78853 74901 6 337 7 290 7 283 8 292 74901 71385 12 307 5 292 7 291 4 329 71385 68195 14 316 11 332 13 303 12 327 68195 65264 14 327 17 329 14 300 16 318 65264 62525 16 332 17 319 21 312 21 314 62525 59847 26 319 22 316 25 319 21 319 59847 57031 33 318 24 313 27 321 24 318 57031 54090 33 321 28 320 28 326 34 318 54090 51270 32 327 36 319 37 324 40 322 51270 48730 34 338 39 323 41 320 46 321 48730 46451 40 338 43 329 43 327 45 319 46451 44379 45 335 47 329 49 329 45 329 44379 42481 50 333 48 331 50 328 51 333 42481 40730 53 334 50 335 51 327 56 331 40730 39101 57 335 53 334 51 327 56 332 39101 37577 60 333 54 332 53 332 57 337 37577 36148 61 332 57 334 56 335 59 337 36148 34771 61 334 58 334 56 339 60 339 34771 33383 61 335 56 333 57 340 61 341 33383 31957 57 334 54 333 55 340 58 344 31957 30496 50 334 53 335 54 343 57 348 30496 28984 45 332 51 333 54 342 58 350 28984 27410 38 334 46 328 53 340 58 352 27410 25778 38 338 39 324 51 338 55 354 25778 24086 36 336 36 325 46 339 50 358 24086 22335 35 338 36 329 41 341 45 002 22335 20525 34 344 35 330 39 342 42 002 20525 18647 32 347 33 330 34 341 37 002 18647 16691 31 343 31 334 30 348 32 003 16691 14695 27 341 26 336 28 352 29 358 14695 12770 25 341 23 340 19 351 26 352 12770 11018 17 355 18 343 17 353 23 342 11018 9460 11 037 9 331 12 358 20 337 9460 8081 6 008 7 320 11 342 13 004 8081 6858 8 329 11 329 11 333 9 036 6858 5774 11 322 12 331 13 349 13 026 5774 4814 13 346 13 342 15 354 16 013 4814 3971 17 003 15 353 18*345 18 004 3971 3227 21 010 17 352 19*340 19 357 3227 2562 23 006 16*341 19 339 19 352 2562 1974 20*357 15*331 18 338 20 346 1974 1485 16*347 15 330 18 336 20 341 1485 1109 15 346 14 329 17 336 19 334 1109 851 14 344 13 329 16 335 15 324 851 694 12 344 12 328 14 335 13 320 694 605 9 344 10 327 10 334 6*312 605 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