DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/12 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 - - - 42.8 - - 50.3 - - 52.6 - - 44.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 14 - - 81 - - -7 - - -53 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 367 - - 2040 - - 2250 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 589 - - 1123 - - 590 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 967 - - 2640 - - 2850 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1089 - - 1060 - - 1780 - - 181 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 79 - - 232 - - 93 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 21 - - 24 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 292 - - 288 - - 284 - - 270 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 12 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1672 - - -2148 - - -2600 - - -2546 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2639 - - 4788 - - 5451 - - 3152 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7829 - - -8126 - - -7901 - - -10283 ODpotential blCL - - - 8796 - - 10766 - - 10751 - - 10889 blCL maxRH - - - 65 - - 52 - - 53 - - 50 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 42.8 - - 50.3 - - 52.6 - - 44.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.6 - - 31.6 - - 31.0 - - 32.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 42.9 - - 49.9 - - 53.0 - - 46.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.5 - - 30.4 - - 30.2 - - 32.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 14 - - 81 - - -7 - - -53 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 367 - - 2040 - - 2250 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 95859 39 271 26 268 44 252 44 268 95859 88889 35 275 31 270 37 267 39 271 88889 83456 28 266 36 270 33 287 31 275 83456 78910 31 289 35 276 32 303 25 303 78910 74981 31 278 28 277 32 297 26 316 74981 71490 25 279 23 282 30 293 29 300 71490 68322 28 313 22 298 27 310 26 313 68322 65403 35 313 30 308 33 310 34 321 65403 62688 33 310 33 304 35 297 38 313 62688 60051 32 319 35 304 37 293 40 309 60051 57284 39 313 36 305 38 291 44 300 57284 54401 42 293 47 308 40 298 44 293 54401 51643 51 298 59 299 48 300 46 295 51643 49153 64 288 64 292 55 294 49 292 49153 46921 66 289 66 294 58 297 56 303 46921 44901 78 296 76 298 72 301 69 306 44901 43056 90 291 89 296 81 296 76 300 43056 41364 91 286 94 296 83 293 78 296 41364 39808 94 294 97 298 86 292 83 297 39808 38367 105 305 100 299 90 289 89 299 38367 37014 118 309 100 300 91 288 91 299 37014 35704 120 307 100 299 91 287 91 296 35704 34369 117 304 102 298 89 286 89 294 34369 32979 113 301 103 297 86 287 87 294 32979 31535 110 299 102 296 83 291 85 295 31535 30022 109 298 101 295 82 297 84 296 30022 28430 108 297 99 296 85 300 83 297 28430 26760 105 297 98 297 88 300 81 298 26760 25013 102 296 98 298 91 300 79 299 25013 23194 101 295 98 299 91 300 77 300 23194 21304 102 295 97 300 89 301 74 301 21304 19334 101 296 95 301 86 302 73 302 19334 17279 96 300 89 303 81 306 73 304 17279 15182 73 302 76 305 71 307 69 306 15182 13165 60 300 60 302 60 306 63 306 13165 11338 56 302 55 296 55 302 57 305 11338 9722 51 304 52 299 55 298 53 305 9722 8291 47 306 48 303 56 297 50 307 8291 7025 45 308 45 306 52 303 46 307 7025 5907 43 311 41 307 42 308 42 310 5907 4923 41 311 37 308 36 305 38 310 4923 4059 40 310 34 306 33 299 35 307 4059 3296 38 310 31*300 29*287 33 303 3296 2614 37 310 24*290 27*284 34 297 2614 2010 35 308 22 288 26 284 33 291 2010 1507 29 300 21 288 25 283 31 288 1507 1122 23*295 20 288 23 283 28 284 1122 857 19*292 19 288 21 283 21 278 857 697 17 291 16 288 18 282 17*276 697 606 12 290 13 288 13 282 7*270 606 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