DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/26 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 - - - 33.0 - - 34.5 - - 33.5 - - 31.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 14 - - 1 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2127 - - 2785 - - 1994 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 588 - - 588 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2727 - - 3385 - - 2594 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2428 - - 1792 - - 3147 - - 4413 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 123 - - 153 - - 91 - - 10 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 37 - - 40 - - 40 - - 18 BL Wind Direction - - - 270 - - 282 - - 282 - - 282 Direction Wind Shear - - - 24 - - 27 - - 27 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 2 - - 7 - - 3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 780 - - 994 - - 155 - - -1734 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1947 - - 2392 - - 2439 - - 2339 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 280 - - 409 - - -359 - - -2133 ODpotential blCL - - - 2447 - - 2976 - - 2953 - - 2738 blCL maxRH - - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 33.0 - - 34.5 - - 33.5 - - 31.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.7 - - 26.2 - - 25.1 - - 23.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 33.1 - - 34.5 - - 33.6 - - 31.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.1 - - 25.6 - - 24.5 - - 22.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 14 - - 1 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2127 - - 2785 - - 1994 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 95999 20 077 11 020 22 025 12 023 95999 89009 18 055 14 078 8 342 18 019 89009 83562 10 059 11 035 4 321 10 337 83562 79014 6 351 8 320 5 293 11 336 79014 75052 4 282 10 255 8 293 6 308 75052 71506 10 222 13 238 11 255 11 258 71506 68264 10 248 14 251 14 247 12 264 68264 65250 21 244 19 258 19 254 21 262 65250 62433 22 240 20 252 24 250 26 261 62433 59701 30 260 26 254 26 253 29 258 59701 56855 43 258 34 256 32 251 26 255 56855 53882 46 249 42 248 36 260 38 263 53882 51027 48 242 52 248 52 258 48 256 51027 48465 51 245 60 250 56 254 52 260 48465 46184 56 246 60 247 58 259 53 263 46184 44116 55 244 55 252 59 261 55 267 44116 42222 51 250 62 264 65 268 63 266 42222 40477 58 260 76 263 75 266 68 263 40477 38863 66 259 82 258 77 261 70 267 38863 37367 67 255 77 258 73 261 76 271 37367 35967 65 255 74 264 70 268 80 271 35967 34621 67 258 77 268 73 275 79 274 34621 33262 73 257 79 267 78 276 76 278 33262 31867 75 255 80 268 83 275 76 283 31867 30439 72 254 82 270 86 274 79 284 30439 28959 71 257 85 273 89 275 82 283 28959 27410 70 255 89 276 91 279 84 282 27410 25789 66 263 90 278 93 282 83 284 25789 24092 66 268 81 278 93 284 81 287 24092 22324 64 269 74 281 90 287 80 288 22324 20486 67 275 68 284 77 288 79 288 20486 18569 67 279 65 284 62 289 74 290 18569 16580 61 280 61 284 55 291 59 290 16580 14563 53 282 57 285 52 292 46 290 14563 12629 53 281 51 288 51 294 47 296 12629 10877 50 275 49 291 52 296 52 300 10877 9327 46 284 47 297 53 299 52 304 9327 7958 49 289 52 301 54 302 51 307 7958 6746 52 287 55 298 53 302 49 308 6746 5674 50 284 54 293 54 297 49 308 5674 4733 49 281 51 289 53 293 49 304 4733 3907 48 279 50*287 51 289 48 297 3907 3178 46*276 47*285 50*286 47 294 3178 2526 44*272 46 284 48*284 44 291 2526 1950 42 271 43 282 45 283 41 288 1950 1469 39 269 40 281 42 281 38 286 1469 1100 36 268 37 280 38 280 33 284 1100 847 32 267 32 279 34 279 29 283 847 693 27 266 28 279 29 279 25*282 693 605 20 266 20 278 21 279 18*282 605 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