DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/31 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 - - - - - - 36.1 - - 37.0 - - 36.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -1 - - -2 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 278 - - 749 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 589 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 878 - - 1349 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3354 - - 2447 - - 2867 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 42 - - 51 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 15 - - 20 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 262 - - 270 - - 276 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -676 - - 242 - - -307 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1554 - - 1107 - - 912 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1051 - - -147 - - -886 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1929 - - 1496 - - 1491 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 36.1 - - 37.0 - - 36.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.5 - - 34.4 - - 35.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 36.2 - - 37.3 - - 37.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 30.9 - - 34.1 - - 34.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -1 - - -2 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 278 - - 749 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 93942 65 247 75 255 84 249 93942 86955 50 264 63 254 65 280 86955 81599 42 300 50 261 58 279 81599 77105 55 310 43 296 56 279 77105 73200 55 300 57 317 50 290 73200 69772 48 288 64 315 53 306 69772 66700 50 295 65 307 60 312 66700 63881 58 298 65 303 62 308 63881 61261 58 299 69 306 64 306 61261 58715 62 310 73 308 69 309 58715 56040 71 313 75 307 73 311 56040 53239 74 311 76 305 75 310 53239 50540 74 310 76 304 77 309 50540 48098 75 311 77 305 81 309 48098 45900 79 310 79 307 84 308 45900 43905 85 309 83 307 90 311 43905 42088 90 311 89 309 98 315 42088 40424 94 314 101 312 111 315 40424 38890 99 316 104 310 125 311 38890 37463 102 317 99 312 133 308 37463 36121 102 317 102 315 132 307 36121 34823 104 317 110 315 130 307 34823 33503 110 315 114 313 126 308 33503 32133 112 311 113 312 123 310 32133 30716 105 309 110 311 121 312 30716 29239 100 312 111 311 118 312 29239 27688 98 308 116 311 113 312 27688 26065 99 307 116 312 109 312 26065 24369 93 307 106 314 106 311 24369 22603 89 308 96 310 99 310 22603 20767 83 310 90 305 87 305 20767 18853 78 310 81 306 82 304 18853 16860 75 310 75 305 76 302 16860 14826 67 310 67 301 72 299 14826 12860 61 316 60 296 67 295 12860 11075 57 317 61 296 65 293 11075 9492 55 313 63 296 65 294 9492 8089 53 312 61 299 63 297 8089 6848 47 311 54 301 56 303 6848 5757 40 306 46 303 47 304 5757 4799 33 298 40 297 42 301 4799 3959 30 293 38 289 39 300 3959 3218 28 285 36 284 38 299 3218 2555 25 276 33 279 35 295 2555 1970 23 271 30 274 31 289 1970 1482 21 266 27*272 27 284 1482 1108 20*264 24*271 23 281 1108 851 18*263 21 270 19 278 851 694 16 261 18 269 16*277 694 605 12 261 13 269 11*276 605 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