DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/05 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 - - - - - - 45.4 - - 48.2 - - 40.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 8 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 993 - - 1410 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1593 - - 2010 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 444 - - 349 - - 129 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 187 - - 99 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 4 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 247 - - 190 - - 155 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -840 - - -938 - - -136 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2434 - - 2948 - - 743 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10459 - - -9508 - - -10340 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12052 - - 11518 - - 10946 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 82 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 45.4 - - 48.2 - - 40.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.9 - - 37.4 - - 38.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 44.7 - - 48.2 - - 42.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.1 - - 36.8 - - 39.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 94 - - 8 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 993 - - 1410 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 28 - - 29 - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 96057 56 251 55 263 56 266 96057 88936 33 272 32 275 30 277 88936 83447 25 275 23 276 26 276 83447 78876 27 281 24 276 28 285 78876 74952 24 289 19 277 27 291 74952 71484 26 305 22 295 27 296 71484 68315 30 295 30 293 29 284 68315 65376 24 298 31 290 28 275 65376 62634 39 305 33 293 29 285 62634 59963 46 285 41 283 34 292 59963 57160 49 282 39 279 44 280 57160 54247 52 286 40 277 50 277 54247 51469 60 287 54 282 58 274 51469 48981 62 280 64 274 63 273 48981 46763 62 283 61 279 66 279 46763 44756 70 287 72 284 79 278 44756 42925 83 283 87 282 93 275 42925 41253 85 282 97 280 105 274 41253 39716 90 285 104 283 120 277 39716 38287 100 286 117 286 129 278 38287 36941 100 283 115 285 123 277 36941 35633 94 279 109 282 114 275 35633 34300 91 275 101 279 105 275 34300 32915 86 274 91 276 94 273 32915 31482 86 273 90 273 91 269 31482 29984 87 274 92 270 91 267 29984 28411 87 275 90 272 87 268 28411 26761 85 276 85 275 79 270 26761 25035 82 278 80 275 73 267 25035 23237 79 281 75 274 67 263 23237 21366 73 281 68 270 65 259 21366 19409 64 276 64 264 62 256 19409 17367 58 275 57 262 53 257 17367 15284 52 281 45 264 43 253 15284 13277 45 289 36 268 40 244 13277 11449 38 293 32 266 33 244 11449 9820 31 286 32 267 23 254 9820 8370 28 280 31 269 21 250 8370 7085 26 281 25 283 13 246 7085 5949 25 279 21 291 8 243 5949 4946 23 277 16 276 10 228 4946 4064 22 280 15 276 12 237 4064 3289 21 277 15 266 14 228 3289 2601 19 257 9*241 14 203 2601 2000 16*255 5*204 16 188 2000 1501 10*247 4 193 15 182 1501 1118 10 247 4 185 14 181 1118 855 9 247 4 183 12 176 855 696 8 247 3 180 9*167 696 606 7 248 3 179 4*155 606 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