DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/24 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 - - - - - - 6.0 - - 10.9 - - 9.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 180 - - 95 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1346 - - 2166 - - 1019 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1094 - - 1241 - - 586 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1946 - - 2766 - - 1619 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 799 - - 815 - - 2084 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 250 - - 237 - - 42 W* B/S - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 8 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 080 - - 088 - - 074 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2678 - - -1662 - - -2075 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4625 - - 4428 - - 3694 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -21447 - - -19025 - - -21623 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 23393 - - 21791 - - 23242 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 89 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 6.0 - - 10.9 - - 9.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -11.8 - - -6.1 - - -4.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 5.0 - - 10.2 - - 9.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -12.2 - - -6.1 - - -4.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 180 - - 95 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1346 - - 2166 - - 1019 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 36 - - 57 - - 74 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 94475 113 253 112 251 122 249 94475 87661 94 253 90 256 95 251 87661 82439 72 254 75 256 84 257 82439 78071 61 256 67 260 76 259 78071 74264 55 257 61 260 69 258 74264 70850 53 260 57 259 62 261 70850 67729 57 264 60 264 63 268 67729 64852 64 262 65 264 64 267 64852 62169 68 259 68 262 70 266 62169 59553 70 259 70 261 77 263 59553 56809 77 264 76 261 80 259 56809 53939 84 263 83 261 83 258 53939 51179 90 262 90 261 93 258 51179 48676 96 262 95 260 97 258 48676 46414 100 259 102 259 100 258 46414 44348 101 258 105 256 102 257 44348 42454 103 257 105 257 106 259 42454 40714 107 258 111 258 116 259 40714 39114 115 259 125 257 125 256 39114 37640 124 258 135 252 138 249 37640 36278 138 255 132 253 127 243 36278 34974 142 255 145 263 119 260 34974 33658 140 256 153 263 124 259 33658 32294 139 255 146 255 121 253 32294 30870 146 253 146 253 122 252 30870 29373 144 250 149 260 123 251 29373 27793 132 249 135 257 121 250 27793 26129 121 254 128 250 120 252 26129 24379 113 259 124 250 120 255 24379 22547 101 253 106 256 113 249 22547 20643 95 251 94 256 107 252 20643 18668 85 256 85 255 85 253 18668 16621 70 255 71 257 66 250 16621 14540 58 256 57 256 49 244 14540 12545 48 252 51 255 39 255 12545 10747 35 250 41 251 35 263 10747 9170 27 254 30 254 26 262 9170 7787 16 263 21 264 18 265 7787 6569 8 261 10 257 10 263 6569 5498 5 199 3 208 3 193 5498 4567 5 195 3 131 6 113 4567 3763 9 149 7 119 11 111 3763 3061 13 115 9*100 12 100 3061 2438 12*110 9*092 11 094 2438 1887 8*098 8 090 11*085 1887 1428 5 077 8 088 10*079 1428 1076 5 074 8 086 9 075 1076 834 5 073 7 084 8 071 834 687 4 069 7 084 7 069 687 603 4 071 6 084 5 067 603 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