DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/19 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 - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 14.9 - - 18.3 - - 17.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 193 - - 73 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1885 - - 1426 - - 450 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1522 - - 587 - - 587 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2485 - - 2026 - - 1050 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 237 - - 510 - - 1077 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 289 - - 190 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 9 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 294 - - 248 - - 202 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 3 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -379 - - -473 - - -745 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2864 - - 2499 - - 1795 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -17812 - - -17943 - - -839 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 20297 - - 19969 - - 1889 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - 90 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 14.9 - - 18.3 - - 17.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 4.6 - - 9.6 - - 12.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 14.1 - - 17.8 - - 18.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 4.1 - - 9.3 - - 12.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 193 - - 73 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1885 - - 1426 - - 450 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 40 - - 58 - - 84 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 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] 96271 28 246 33 239 34 258 96271 89162 7 243 20 233 17 247 89162 83666 14 232 22 232 19 231 83666 79104 17 234 22 232 25 241 79104 75152 18 245 23 228 24 245 75152 71628 17 249 20 227 19 244 71628 68417 15 247 17 251 15 248 68417 65441 17 242 19 260 17 266 65441 62669 18 260 26 257 20 264 62669 59971 31 269 27 242 31 280 59971 57152 29 258 35 274 46 275 57152 54232 42 271 58 266 43 273 54232 51428 62 263 56 262 49 283 51428 48898 57 266 49 271 61 281 48898 46650 46 288 65 291 67 287 46650 44632 48 305 84 293 75 282 44632 42784 72 306 90 293 79 281 42784 41075 95 300 95 296 86 291 41075 39494 105 295 100 293 102 294 39494 38027 104 295 98 289 109 291 38027 36655 101 295 94 294 106 286 36655 35337 91 296 97 300 100 283 35337 34002 91 310 97 303 94 284 34002 32615 106 317 99 305 95 289 32615 31181 112 314 101 304 101 292 31181 29684 114 308 100 302 104 292 29684 28108 116 307 95 300 102 290 28108 26452 118 314 87 301 98 291 26452 24717 109 316 83 299 89 292 24717 22901 94 305 83 294 80 291 22901 21004 85 299 82 293 71 286 21004 19026 79 302 82 298 62 285 19026 16968 74 298 73 302 63 291 16968 14878 66 303 61 299 63 296 14878 12868 63 311 55 296 59 283 12868 11050 64 313 47 296 54 274 11050 9455 58 316 37 297 41 277 9455 8050 49 317 29 297 30 284 8050 6804 45 316 30 291 28 276 6804 5699 43 313 31 289 28 272 5699 4723 39 317 28 292 23 273 4723 3870 33 320 21 295 18 262 3870 3127 28*315 13 289 15 246 3127 2474 20*300 10*254 15 225 2474 1909 19 294 9*249 12 209 1909 1443 18 293 9 248 10 206 1443 1085 17 292 9 248 9*204 1085 839 16 292 8 247 8*203 839 689 15 291 8 248 7 201 689 603 12 291 7 248 5 201 603 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