DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 11/29 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 - - - - - - 28.6 - - 30.5 - - 29.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 13 - - 6 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 468 - - 104 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1068 - - 704 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1436 - - 2087 - - 2200 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 76 - - 36 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 134 - - 131 - - 138 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -95 - - -189 - - -232 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1163 - - 893 - - 837 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -253 - - -401 - - -647 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1321 - - 1105 - - 1252 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 99 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 28.6 - - 30.5 - - 29.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.1 - - 29.0 - - 28.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 28.7 - - 30.6 - - 30.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.9 - - 28.9 - - 28.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 13 - - 6 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 468 - - 104 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 95 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95988 39 034 38 039 55 042 95988 88952 20 021 30 029 34 032 88952 83446 11 020 14 004 20 352 83446 78846 9 003 9 004 13 314 78846 74851 13 325 12 342 12 313 74851 71292 14 292 15 305 18 310 71292 68055 18 284 18 285 22 293 68055 65070 24 278 23 280 21 282 65070 62282 29 264 31 273 28 286 62282 59558 29 263 38 274 43 283 59558 56710 40 267 49 269 51 268 56710 53759 46 255 53 260 54 262 53759 50940 45 254 53 258 52 261 50940 48404 45 259 53 260 50 260 48404 46135 51 260 55 261 49 262 46135 44086 56 257 58 260 56 266 44086 42223 60 259 60 255 71 260 42223 40516 66 255 65 253 67 251 40516 38939 73 245 64 242 59 245 38939 37468 84 243 67 240 57 247 37468 36093 97 238 83 235 59 245 36093 34775 90 236 84 228 61 241 34775 33444 78 230 73 224 61 236 33444 32084 72 226 70 222 55 220 32084 30696 68 231 70 221 73 199 30696 29248 57 234 68 223 67 200 29248 27721 52 239 67 223 59 200 27721 26112 52 246 65 223 54 199 26112 24422 52 246 63 222 49 202 24422 22651 49 240 62 218 48 207 22651 20802 49 233 60 214 50 214 20802 18870 54 231 51 206 53 219 18870 16851 59 231 43 191 53 224 16851 14787 49 235 32 194 51 225 14787 12802 32 201 25 208 41 213 12802 11008 31 222 37 233 25 206 11008 9423 44 225 52 232 32 238 9423 8023 46 215 58 220 41 237 8023 6788 39 202 51 208 53 224 6788 5701 39 195 46 197 52 207 5701 4748 38 185 44 182 49 187 4748 3913 36 177 41 169 47 176 3913 3179 37 161 39 154 45 162 3179 2525 34 150 34 146 41 154 2525 1948 31 145 30 138 37 148 1948 1468 26 140 28 136 32 143 1468 1100 23*137 24 133 29 141 1100 846 20*135 21*132 24 139 846 693 17 134 18*131 20*139 693 605 12 133 13 131 14*138 605 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