DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/06 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 - - - - - - 44.5 - - 46.2 - - 44.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 30 - - 13 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 957 - - 1460 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1557 - - 2060 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 761 - - 1158 - - 2698 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 129 - - 116 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 18 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 287 - - 280 - - 277 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 130 - - 441 - - -264 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1427 - - 1619 - - 870 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3169 - - 72 - - -687 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4726 - - 1988 - - 1293 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 44.5 - - 46.2 - - 44.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.2 - - 41.0 - - 42.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 44.3 - - 46.2 - - 44.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.7 - - 40.6 - - 42.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 30 - - 13 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 957 - - 1460 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 96210 43 260 54 258 57 273 96210 88980 26 261 26 259 31 264 88980 83492 19 273 17 286 13 267 83492 78946 15 279 19 290 16 267 78946 75010 17 278 26 299 16 308 75010 71528 24 290 37 288 29 309 71528 68372 27 290 31 276 32 300 68372 65450 29 290 29 292 44 292 65450 62716 40 274 49 288 44 273 62716 60046 46 263 50 275 41 287 60046 57221 38 265 45 275 55 293 57221 54238 48 277 58 273 64 276 54238 51378 59 276 60 271 68 268 51378 48828 65 274 65 273 59 270 48828 46554 71 270 69 272 58 277 46554 44484 74 266 72 272 66 273 44484 42586 79 266 77 272 72 269 42586 40834 83 268 83 271 74 269 40834 39207 90 268 87 267 77 270 39207 37690 95 268 83 265 79 270 37690 36271 98 267 76 269 78 269 36271 34909 101 267 80 273 76 270 34909 33537 106 266 88 274 79 272 33537 32130 110 264 96 275 84 274 32130 30692 113 262 99 273 85 274 30692 29207 116 261 92 270 83 276 29207 27668 116 261 82 268 85 278 27668 26072 106 261 65 268 82 277 26072 24410 75 265 51 267 67 277 24410 22677 53 268 44 271 57 276 22677 20870 45 263 49 275 54 278 20870 18979 42 261 49 280 52 283 18979 16998 44 267 45 281 52 282 16998 14970 45 276 42 280 45 278 14970 13015 44 278 43 279 37 273 13015 11232 47 281 41 286 31 278 11232 9643 43 286 38 290 31 280 9643 8228 37 293 34 289 27 282 8228 6970 39 299 33 292 26 286 6970 5853 40 294 35 298 23 292 5853 4871 32 281 35 302 19 298 4871 4012 32 283 31 298 22 297 4012 3259 27 287 27 290 25 291 3259 2586 22 293 24*286 26 285 2586 1992 21*293 21*282 25 282 1992 1496 17*289 20 281 23 280 1496 1117 16 288 18 280 21 278 1117 856 14 287 17 280 17 277 856 697 12 286 14 279 15*277 697 606 9 285 11 278 10*277 606 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