DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 12/07 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 - - - 31.3 - - 31.8 - - 30.1 - - 22.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 307 - - 561 - - 1296 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - 907 - - 1161 - - 1896 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1223 - - 1246 - - 1000 - - 1455 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 42 - - 52 - - 78 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 14 - - 17 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 046 - - 014 - - 018 - - 359 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 8 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 23 - - 55 - - 428 - - -811 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 884 - - 1106 - - 1468 - - 1415 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -135 - - -206 - - 181 - - -2371 ODpotential blCL - - - 1042 - - 1367 - - 1715 - - 2975 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 31.3 - - 31.8 - - 30.1 - - 22.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.9 - - 29.5 - - 26.2 - - 19.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 31.4 - - 31.9 - - 30.1 - - 23.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.7 - - 29.2 - - 25.7 - - 19.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 307 - - 561 - - 1296 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 - - 63 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 96128 5 148 6 237 6 341 6 224 96128 88898 7 239 11 224 11 275 9 311 88898 83322 13 266 9 201 20 259 20 279 83322 78702 13 305 7 273 16 251 20 255 78702 74688 34 263 28 288 27 268 32 270 74688 71140 35 269 35 275 35 264 37 273 71140 67933 44 287 44 269 44 273 39 277 67933 64969 53 286 58 274 58 273 54 281 64969 62211 60 279 63 272 66 272 65 279 62211 59523 65 267 67 262 69 268 66 276 59523 56696 70 261 65 261 71 267 64 273 56696 53740 71 264 68 263 71 266 68 270 53740 50911 77 267 73 266 73 264 74 273 50911 48380 84 265 81 268 80 264 83 272 48380 46131 88 265 87 264 89 265 88 265 46131 44095 88 265 87 259 92 262 85 259 44095 42223 88 266 87 260 91 260 82 259 42223 40490 89 268 87 262 86 261 79 260 40490 38883 92 268 88 263 84 263 76 261 38883 37388 93 266 88 261 85 263 74 262 37388 35993 92 263 87 260 89 259 76 261 35993 34657 89 260 88 260 92 255 82 259 34657 33311 88 258 86 260 87 253 81 255 33311 31927 80 265 80 260 79 255 77 254 31927 30510 71 272 68 262 70 259 68 254 30510 29051 60 280 58 270 58 260 56 253 29051 27530 49 282 52 275 51 266 51 251 27530 25937 44 284 48 278 49 263 50 251 25937 24264 44 285 45 284 46 263 48 250 24264 22513 43 281 44 288 44 265 44 255 22513 20685 43 276 44 289 41 271 40 260 20685 18773 44 270 41 291 36 278 38 262 18773 16772 42 271 35 293 32 280 35 264 16772 14726 36 274 30 295 28 279 31 273 14726 12756 29 283 21 291 23 280 24 281 12756 10972 30 270 17 284 19 282 19 289 10972 9393 31 255 16 289 14 292 13 309 9393 7997 24 254 12 295 14 326 14 333 7997 6761 16 272 11 342 16 341 16 338 6761 5673 14 330 15 001 17 349 15 347 5673 4719 15 348 14 023 13 003 9 000 4719 3885 13 345 18 051 13 040 7 030 3885 3154 10 007 22 049 16 042 17 054 3154 2505 11 036 23 040 20 028 22 047 2505 1933 14 053 23 031 20*022 22 037 1933 1457 15 058 20*023 20*020 20 022 1457 1092 13*054 17*016 18 018 17 009 1092 842 10*048 15 014 17 017 15 004 842 691 9 047 13 013 14 015 13 002 691 604 6 043 9 011 10 015 8*359 604 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