DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 11/23 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 - - - - - - 51.4 - - 53.6 - - 42.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 4 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1219 - - 1523 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 590 - - 590 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1819 - - 2123 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1075 - - 1038 - - 65 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 196 - - 89 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 286 - - 252 - - 201 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1705 - - -2206 - - -788 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3525 - - 4329 - - 1393 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8280 - - -8536 - - -9323 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10099 - - 10659 - - 9928 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 66 - - 61 - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.4 - - 53.6 - - 42.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.3 - - 37.1 - - 38.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 50.7 - - 53.6 - - 44.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.1 - - 36.0 - - 38.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 85 - - 4 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1219 - - 1523 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96049 14 294 17 336 19 320 96049 89150 10 026 16 353 13 338 89150 83742 14 040 13 358 13 357 83742 79188 14 035 14 359 17 007 79188 75230 14 025 8 339 15 004 75230 71705 14 342 9 323 16 345 71705 68501 13 276 19 307 19 316 68501 65555 19 297 26 303 25 296 65555 62826 30 305 28 291 30 289 62826 60169 40 297 37 285 35 290 60169 57389 44 285 44 282 44 287 57389 54506 47 286 48 282 49 280 54506 51763 49 284 47 281 48 277 51763 49299 51 285 49 284 47 282 49299 47088 54 294 57 282 52 282 47088 45094 63 295 64 282 62 284 45094 43281 73 292 72 286 71 285 43281 41616 78 291 81 286 82 276 41616 40076 85 291 79 288 76 277 40076 38634 81 290 81 295 77 281 38634 37275 74 294 81 296 76 284 37275 35963 77 298 78 294 72 283 35963 34631 79 295 76 292 72 282 34631 33244 77 291 74 290 73 281 33244 31801 76 291 71 287 73 285 31801 30291 77 290 67 284 67 283 30291 28699 78 289 66 286 66 278 28699 27027 77 291 66 289 63 278 27027 25274 74 301 64 292 56 277 25274 23440 73 304 63 298 50 279 23440 21526 64 303 58 297 47 284 21526 19524 56 293 53 289 47 286 19524 17435 59 282 51 287 42 293 17435 15312 53 292 45 295 32 297 15312 13272 41 300 36 301 28 293 13272 11421 32 305 27 299 26 293 11421 9783 25 304 22 292 20 295 9783 8339 21 312 18 292 15 306 8339 7063 18 317 15 297 11 299 7063 5936 17 322 14 302 9 285 5936 4941 16 327 13 303 7 284 4941 4067 13 324 11 298 6 285 4067 3298 10 311 8 282 5 263 3298 2613 8 297 6*262 6 232 2613 2010 7*294 6*254 7 219 2010 1508 6*288 5 253 7 217 1508 1123 5 287 5 252 8 217 1123 858 5 285 5 251 8 212 858 697 5 286 4 249 7 204 697 605 4 284 4 248 5*201 605 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