DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/01 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 - - - - - - 22.9 - - 24.3 - - 21.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 48 - - 11 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 508 - - 544 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1108 - - 1144 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 337 - - 838 - - 1395 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 118 - - 74 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 132 - - 143 - - 112 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 103 - - -58 - - -301 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1006 - - 1202 - - 905 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2661 - - -1768 - - -1403 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3769 - - 2912 - - 2007 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 94 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 22.9 - - 24.3 - - 21.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 21.1 - - 21.7 - - 20.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 22.4 - - 24.4 - - 23.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 20.5 - - 21.4 - - 21.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 48 - - 11 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 508 - - 544 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 83 - - 77 - - 83 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96223 38 038 30 033 24 033 96223 89129 24 035 22 032 13 050 89129 83622 17 031 18 022 14 046 83622 79014 15 041 14 017 15 017 79014 75006 19 029 15 022 15 016 75006 71407 17 026 15 357 20 352 71407 68113 13 020 12 331 22 325 68113 65080 13 323 13 313 19 300 65080 62258 25 291 20 297 22 290 62258 59510 35 279 32 285 30 283 59510 56644 41 272 40 274 38 272 56644 53679 43 266 45 268 46 271 53679 50857 50 269 54 266 55 269 50857 48327 59 269 61 264 60 267 48327 46066 72 267 67 261 65 264 46066 44025 80 260 72 259 71 260 44025 42164 84 253 76 258 77 255 42164 40454 80 250 83 256 82 251 40454 38871 77 254 87 253 82 247 38871 37396 85 260 92 251 84 245 37396 36018 102 262 99 251 87 244 36018 34699 118 261 108 251 94 243 34699 33374 124 260 114 251 104 242 33374 32014 125 258 116 249 111 241 32014 30615 120 256 114 247 113 239 30615 29152 112 254 109 246 109 237 29152 27612 99 249 100 244 106 237 27612 25992 92 247 92 243 100 237 25992 24293 85 248 85 244 89 237 24293 22517 75 247 78 244 79 236 22517 20665 61 248 78 245 74 235 20665 18727 51 252 76 244 72 239 18727 16704 46 252 70 243 67 243 16704 14646 42 245 58 243 56 242 14646 12675 35 247 45 243 41 231 12675 10897 26 240 35 246 28 229 10897 9329 20 224 24 234 17 248 9329 7944 21 219 20 216 17 237 7944 6724 22 200 20 203 15 229 6724 5652 16 183 21 184 15 201 5652 4709 15 172 18 164 16 187 4709 3882 17 171 18 165 12 178 3882 3154 16 169 17 167 10 173 3154 2505 11 159 13 178 11 164 2505 1933 9 141 12 176 11 156 1933 1458 8*141 10*167 11 147 1458 1093 6*135 7*145 11 139 1093 843 5 130 6 143 9 129 843 691 4 131 6 142 7 122 691 604 4 131 4 141 3*112 604 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