DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 11/22 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 - - - 38.1 - - 46.6 - - 48.2 - - 44.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 36 - - 91 - - 1 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 111 - - 1484 - - 1437 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 589 - - 590 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 711 - - 2084 - - 2037 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 299 - - 574 - - 650 - - 1179 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 65 - - 214 - - 83 - - 9 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 8 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 5 - - 11 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 072 - - 230 - - 208 - - 214 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -944 - - -1516 - - -953 - - -869 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1655 - - 3600 - - 2990 - - 1475 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9473 - - -9732 - - -7668 - - -7390 ODpotential blCL - - - 10184 - - 11816 - - 9705 - - 7996 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 65 - - 76 - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 38.1 - - 46.6 - - 48.2 - - 44.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.4 - - 33.2 - - 37.4 - - 39.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 37.9 - - 45.8 - - 48.3 - - 45.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.8 - - 32.0 - - 36.3 - - 39.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 36 - - 91 - - 1 - - -36 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 111 - - 1484 - - 1437 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 31 - - 0 - - 3 - - 43 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 95992 19 343 20 347 21 328 17 343 95992 89087 23 022 22 019 18 007 19 009 89087 83692 25 026 19 023 21 018 25 013 83692 79167 23 022 13 037 17 019 21 016 79167 75232 22 000 15 015 17 020 11 026 75232 71731 14 329 15 321 19 332 13 353 71731 68552 16 305 13 311 18 292 21 318 68552 65621 27 295 22 297 21 293 27 296 65621 62894 31 281 33 286 30 291 31 284 62894 60248 31 270 40 278 36 286 36 281 60248 57472 35 267 41 273 44 273 43 278 57472 54573 39 263 45 266 47 267 47 274 54573 51792 40 261 42 259 48 265 47 273 51792 49285 50 260 43 262 45 265 46 277 49285 47038 51 255 42 264 40 267 44 277 47038 45000 50 253 42 266 38 273 42 277 45000 43136 47 258 44 268 36 282 41 285 43136 41419 46 263 49 267 35 290 44 291 41419 39829 45 265 46 272 40 291 46 298 39829 38355 46 269 47 271 39 289 53 301 38355 36991 40 273 40 267 38 290 54 292 36991 35688 34 278 33 269 30 287 47 282 35688 34363 29 294 23 281 26 292 45 285 34363 32984 25 304 20 286 29 297 45 284 32984 31553 21 301 21 276 29 286 50 285 31553 30058 21 290 24 273 33 280 54 287 30058 28486 25 281 28 280 37 286 51 286 28486 26834 29 280 32 286 39 294 48 286 26834 25099 32 280 32 286 36 295 49 288 25099 23281 31 279 31 287 32 283 47 286 23281 21386 29 280 30 281 31 267 45 284 21386 19408 27 286 28 277 35 264 43 287 19408 17347 27 290 27 280 40 281 42 291 17347 15248 27 294 28 297 38 293 44 290 15248 13233 30 302 29 312 30 298 43 288 13233 11409 29 311 26 309 29 303 41 291 11409 9791 27 315 25 301 31 305 37 291 9791 8354 21 315 23 296 30 302 36 293 8354 7076 16 322 20 296 27 299 44 292 7076 5942 15 330 18 302 24 287 38 283 5942 4940 14 332 16 303 20 272 32 276 4940 4059 11 334 12 304 17 262 31 270 4059 3286 7 355 9 287 14 239 31 255 3286 2599 2 017 8*258 15*218 29 243 2599 1998 4 114 6*233 13*210 27 229 1998 1500 4 116 5 231 12 209 26 224 1500 1118 4 094 5 229 12 207 23 221 1118 856 4*076 5 227 11 207 18 217 856 697 2*073 4 228 9 206 15*216 697 606 2 072 4 226 7 206 8*214 606 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