DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/21 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 - - - 30.9 - - 34.3 - - 35.2 - - 30.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 48 - - 241 - - 111 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 910 - - 2586 - - 3065 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 589 - - 2112 - - 2056 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1510 - - 3186 - - 3665 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 905 - - 751 - - 1131 - - 2151 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 143 - - 346 - - 283 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 21 - - 21 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 272 - - 267 - - 253 - - 223 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 12 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2188 - - -971 - - -996 - - -2813 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3698 - - 4157 - - 4661 - - 3417 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7499 - - -4890 - - -5126 - - -5521 ODpotential blCL - - - 9009 - - 8076 - - 8791 - - 6125 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 77 - - 74 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 30.9 - - 34.3 - - 35.2 - - 30.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 17.0 - - 18.2 - - 16.8 - - 18.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 30.7 - - 33.0 - - 34.7 - - 32.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 16.6 - - 17.6 - - 16.4 - - 17.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 48 - - 241 - - 111 - - -29 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 910 - - 2586 - - 3065 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 18 - - 9 - - 0 - - 65 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 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] 95367 31 258 45 261 42 259 44 262 95367 88401 33 290 28 252 37 268 36 266 88401 82987 37 280 26 277 33 261 36 266 82987 78461 39 282 36 288 33 267 37 273 78461 74527 34 279 34 270 38 280 33 277 74527 70989 40 286 33 255 43 270 38 291 70989 67744 50 287 41 275 48 278 53 288 67744 64761 55 278 52 278 57 273 56 278 64761 61989 52 265 52 267 52 265 56 261 61989 59273 49 254 47 256 50 254 48 249 59273 56388 50 263 47 259 52 264 50 265 56388 53370 63 271 59 267 64 265 69 271 53370 50516 81 267 70 260 74 263 81 268 50516 47972 79 258 72 254 78 261 80 263 47972 45698 72 261 74 263 73 263 76 260 45698 43631 82 265 84 267 78 266 79 262 43631 41740 91 262 89 265 88 264 85 264 41740 40002 91 257 91 260 93 261 91 266 40002 38395 84 256 94 256 95 260 100 267 38395 36904 83 260 95 252 99 261 110 264 36904 35518 92 263 95 251 106 261 118 258 35518 34203 101 260 97 251 112 259 119 251 34203 32887 103 257 99 252 113 254 113 248 32887 31529 105 257 105 256 105 253 107 252 31529 30129 108 257 106 255 101 257 108 259 30129 28673 113 257 97 255 101 262 111 262 28673 27146 114 257 93 258 105 265 112 264 27146 25545 106 259 93 257 108 266 113 265 25545 23870 100 257 92 255 107 264 116 265 23870 22121 93 257 93 253 104 262 118 266 22121 20303 81 260 93 253 98 262 116 266 20303 18415 72 259 87 256 93 261 111 267 18415 16452 65 259 75 259 88 262 99 267 16452 14464 61 260 67 255 78 270 84 265 14464 12566 59 259 64 259 57 277 65 262 12566 10853 56 256 54 262 51 268 55 260 10853 9328 53 256 48 261 50 265 55 264 9328 7973 44 258 44 262 48 266 59 269 7973 6770 42 261 41 263 45 264 58 266 6770 5700 41 266 38 261 42 261 54 261 5700 4755 38 267 35 262 35 258 46 254 4755 3923 34 262 31*265 24*251 39 244 3923 3191 25 260 25*266 23*251 35 242 3191 2535 21 276 22 266 23 252 32 240 2535 1955 21*285 21 267 22 252 28 239 1955 1473 20*279 21 267 21 253 24 237 1473 1102 17 271 20 268 20 254 20 234 1102 848 16 269 19 267 19 254 15 230 848 693 14 269 17 268 17 254 12 228 693 604 10 267 14 268 14 254 6*223 604 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