DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 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 - - - - - - 15.0 - - 17.7 - - 7.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 19 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1069 - - 2046 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 587 - - 587 - - 587 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1669 - - 2646 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2953 - - 2982 - - 74 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 167 - - 138 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 007 - - 008 - - 014 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -247 - - 392 - - -783 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1916 - - 2255 - - 1387 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -952 - - 59 - - -2754 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2621 - - 2587 - - 3358 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 99 - - 99 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 15.0 - - 17.7 - - 7.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 9.3 - - 10.4 - - 4.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 14.6 - - 17.5 - - 12.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 8.3 - - 9.5 - - 10.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 65 - - 19 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1069 - - 2046 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 97 - - 96 - - 97 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] 95040 91 235 94 232 106 239 95040 87851 85 248 82 252 88 251 87851 82354 80 257 78 263 82 262 82354 77790 70 262 70 268 79 270 77790 73835 71 272 70 275 76 274 73835 70318 72 270 70 278 74 279 70318 67133 68 274 73 279 75 281 67133 64206 67 274 72 277 71 278 64206 61474 61 279 66 278 66 277 61474 58803 66 284 66 281 62 281 58803 55995 72 283 69 282 59 284 55995 53058 73 281 70 281 62 289 53058 50238 72 281 69 281 64 290 50238 47692 70 282 66 280 59 288 47692 45412 67 280 59 282 53 287 45412 43343 61 281 54 281 50 284 43343 41443 55 282 48 284 44 284 41443 39689 52 283 46 285 41 291 39689 38064 51 284 43 286 39 295 38064 36551 52 283 42 289 36 298 36551 35134 52 281 45 290 35 296 35134 33774 53 281 46 285 32 297 33774 32402 58 280 46 277 29 299 32402 30992 63 277 45 271 24 301 30992 29548 67 272 44 269 23 302 29548 28058 73 267 45 271 20 302 28058 26515 78 264 47 272 15 311 26515 24922 79 263 45 271 13 323 24922 23274 77 266 40 271 12 330 23274 21568 67 273 34 273 11 328 21568 19804 52 279 31 274 10 332 19804 17974 41 279 29 275 12 356 17974 16075 34 276 25 275 15 024 16075 14141 28 275 22 277 19 041 14141 12275 21 277 18 287 19 042 12275 10576 18 282 13 305 20 043 10576 9074 14 299 8 016 23 027 9074 7752 9 342 9 057 16 010 7752 6584 7 042 16 056 17 034 6584 5548 11 067 17 054 17 042 5548 4631 11 089 14 056 18 046 4631 3823 9 079 9 052 18 050 3823 3110 9 044 7*046 19 051 3110 2474 11 025 5*023 18 052 2474 1911 10*018 5 009 17 050 1911 1443 8*009 4 006 14 045 1443 1084 8 007 4 003 12 037 1084 838 7 006 4 002 9 026 838 689 6 004 4 001 7*016 689 604 5 004 3 001 5*014 604 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