DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/22 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.1 - - 76.8 - - 71.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 186 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2213 - - 4669 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1524 - - 3562 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2813 - - 5269 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1094 - - 1065 - - 4756 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 263 - - 393 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 092 - - 085 - - 053 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3641 - - -2195 - - -4647 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6454 - - 7465 - - 5255 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10293 - - -7311 - - -9317 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13106 - - 12580 - - 9925 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 93 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 30 - - 40 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 69.1 - - 76.8 - - 71.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.2 - - 46.2 - - 50.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.3 - - 75.6 - - 71.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 42.4 - - 45.2 - - 50.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 118 - - 186 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2213 - - 4669 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 71 - - 42 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 8 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] 98295 9 128 10 099 7 071 98295 90898 7 086 3 099 8 038 90898 85191 9 083 1 196 6 062 85191 80415 11 088 7 140 6 144 80415 76305 9 088 8 112 1 175 76305 72700 2 138 4 087 4 357 72700 69438 8 306 2 207 5 285 69438 66428 11 249 5 252 5 269 66428 63632 12 222 7 223 6 251 63632 60923 12 246 11 230 12 243 60923 58096 20 237 18 236 16 225 58096 55160 28 238 28 238 22 238 55160 52365 36 233 34 238 28 243 52365 49869 33 238 36 229 34 242 49869 47660 46 250 39 236 37 239 47660 45686 61 234 57 230 42 236 45686 43899 61 219 60 220 54 225 43899 42260 57 220 60 218 70 218 42260 40734 62 224 66 223 77 207 40734 39298 66 224 75 220 75 203 39298 37936 66 218 72 218 68 204 37936 36610 62 214 65 221 64 202 36610 35254 61 217 63 221 56 203 35254 33841 57 221 57 218 50 206 33841 32371 50 227 50 216 49 207 32371 30829 38 234 48 224 47 207 30829 29204 32 231 40 224 41 212 29204 27497 32 227 39 221 33 220 27497 25707 31 220 35 215 29 216 25707 23835 25 211 27 209 32 216 23835 21887 20 209 27 208 35 211 21887 19860 19 220 18 200 32 200 19860 17759 18 204 15 183 14 174 17759 15634 14 183 13 171 9 143 15634 13587 9 182 12 155 8 136 13587 11721 6 189 11 150 6 107 11721 10060 7 151 14 160 6 109 10060 8584 12 130 16 155 10 133 8584 7275 21 128 18 134 16 131 7275 6116 27 120 16*113 19 120 6116 5095 25 108 16*090 19 109 5095 4198 25 099 16 088 18 102 4198 3406 22*095 16 086 17 097 3406 2697 17*091 16 085 17 087 2697 2070 16 091 16 084 16 074 2070 1548 15 092 15 083 15 064 1548 1147 14 092 15 082 15 060 1147 871 13 093 14 082 13 057 871 703 12 094 13 082 11*055 703 608 10 094 11 081 8*053 608 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