DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/27 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 33.3 - - 33.2 - - 30.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 127 - - 28 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3263 - - 3648 - - 847 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2285 - - 589 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3863 - - 4248 - - 1447 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1178 - - 2056 - - 5521 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 302 - - 191 - - 36 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 23 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 303 - - 301 - - 299 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 13 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 575 - - 670 - - -1471 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3288 - - 3579 - - 2918 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 528 - - 515 - - -1711 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3335 - - 3733 - - 3158 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 33.3 - - 33.2 - - 30.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 21.3 - - 20.0 - - 20.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 32.8 - - 33.0 - - 30.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 20.7 - - 19.7 - - 20.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 127 - - 28 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3263 - - 3648 - - 847 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 87 - - 100 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 95854 22 046 22 027 22 034 95854 88867 16 061 20 032 25 040 88867 83397 11 065 13 022 9 009 83397 78834 10 041 7 356 1 158 78834 74867 8 342 7 318 7 298 74867 71319 11 312 4 332 11 264 71319 68086 17 285 12 301 14 296 68086 65092 20 266 19 276 17 298 65092 62285 19 244 20 265 23 280 62285 59547 16 267 21 276 26 271 59547 56685 27 285 25 286 32 284 56685 53705 38 276 42 281 40 282 53705 50852 46 265 46 268 41 290 50852 48285 42 263 40 272 45 291 48285 45990 40 274 42 283 50 294 45990 43915 45 282 48 292 55 296 43915 42023 49 283 54 294 60 297 42023 40285 53 282 57 295 65 300 40285 38676 54 281 59 295 71 304 38676 37179 54 282 62 295 77 305 37179 35780 53 285 65 294 81 305 35780 34435 54 289 66 294 84 306 34435 33076 54 291 66 295 86 307 33076 31674 57 292 70 297 89 308 31674 30232 60 291 73 297 90 308 30232 28736 61 290 76 297 91 308 28736 27175 62 289 78 297 93 308 27175 25546 62 289 79 297 92 307 25546 23848 61 290 80 297 91 306 23848 22086 60 291 80 298 88 307 22086 20265 58 291 77 297 80 307 20265 18384 59 293 72 296 66 305 18384 16437 59 296 65 298 54 307 16437 14459 55 298 57 300 48 308 14459 12554 48 302 47 303 45 308 12554 10823 43 303 42 304 43 307 10823 9285 41 306 41 304 40 308 9285 7923 38 311 40 303 36 308 7923 6725 36 314 34 304 30 307 6725 5667 32 315 28 301 29 309 5667 4730 27 310 27*301 29 309 4730 3904 24*304 26*301 28 308 3904 3175 24*303 25 301 27 306 3175 2523 23 303 25 301 26 303 2523 1947 23 303 24 301 24 302 1947 1468 22 302 23 302 23*300 1468 1099 21 302 22 302 21*300 1099 846 20 302 20 301 18 299 846 693 18 302 17 301 16 298 693 604 14 302 13 302 11 297 604 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