DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/11 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 - - - - - - 30.4 - - 30.5 - - 30.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 33 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2712 - - 1895 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1295 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3312 - - 2495 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1009 - - 1489 - - 2726 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 232 - - 166 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 325 - - 284 - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1328 - - 755 - - -1081 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1984 - - 1740 - - 1686 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 749 - - 466 - - -1170 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2563 - - 2029 - - 1775 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 30.4 - - 30.5 - - 30.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 24.3 - - 25.6 - - 26.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 30.0 - - 30.2 - - 30.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 23.2 - - 24.6 - - 25.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 33 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2712 - - 1895 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 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] 94975 84 266 79 263 84 274 94975 88203 58 268 60 274 59 277 88203 82930 45 267 45 276 46 281 82930 78517 38 270 40 263 41 277 78517 74663 36 273 37 265 40 274 74663 71208 35 274 40 275 40 277 71208 68041 35 273 43 274 37 279 68041 65098 34 276 40 278 37 287 65098 62349 38 278 41 288 40 291 62349 59680 41 271 44 287 39 293 59680 56890 42 270 47 284 41 294 56890 53980 45 282 49 279 50 290 53980 51192 48 292 47 283 57 284 51192 48680 54 298 49 287 56 277 48680 46425 58 296 49 283 53 277 46425 44378 56 296 48 287 52 288 44378 42511 55 304 55 299 67 292 42511 40813 70 306 75 293 77 288 40813 39258 84 300 81 289 80 288 39258 37819 87 295 81 291 83 288 37819 36477 81 295 80 293 88 285 36477 35190 75 301 77 297 84 282 35190 33889 75 310 80 302 74 288 33889 32539 79 315 81 303 72 293 32539 31138 83 317 78 305 71 291 31138 29668 85 317 75 309 70 290 29668 28117 86 317 72 312 64 289 28117 26485 85 319 71 314 63 294 26485 24770 81 321 71 316 61 300 24770 22974 73 327 70 319 62 302 22974 21098 70 330 64 323 65 304 21098 19136 75 336 57 325 59 306 19136 17083 70 342 62 328 45 307 17083 14982 62 348 60 335 43 311 14982 12960 51 347 49 341 36 309 12960 11130 41 341 41 342 33 303 11130 9514 39 339 34 336 33 306 9514 8090 39 338 30 334 27 308 8090 6838 37 338 28 332 22 303 6838 5738 33 337 27 326 21 293 5738 4770 27 336 24 314 21 286 4770 3921 22*332 18 297 20 280 3921 3181 22*331 17 289 19 262 3181 2527 21 329 16*287 17 256 2527 1950 19 324 16*285 16 255 1950 1469 18 322 16 284 16 254 1469 1100 17 321 15 284 14 253 1100 846 16 321 14 283 13 252 846 693 14 320 13 282 11*251 693 605 11 319 10 282 8*251 605 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