DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/08 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 58.5 - - 63.1 - - 65.5 - - 65.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 143 - - 163 - - 153 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1948 - - 3110 - - 4722 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1463 - - 2356 - - 3506 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2548 - - 3710 - - 5322 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1711 - - 1684 - - 3247 - - 9258 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 271 - - 331 - - 373 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 9 - - 13 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 182 - - 234 - - 238 - - 249 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 3 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - -1 - - 5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 8 - - 214 - - 884 - - -4476 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2540 - - 3496 - - 4438 - - 5084 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1147 - - -1324 - - -371 - - -5485 ODpotential blCL - - - 3695 - - 5034 - - 5693 - - 6092 blCL maxRH - - - 93 - - 94 - - 90 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 40 - - 190 - - 140 - - 90 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 58.5 - - 63.1 - - 65.5 - - 65.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 49.4 - - 49.7 - - 47.9 - - 45.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 57.5 - - 62.1 - - 64.6 - - 67.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 48.2 - - 48.6 - - 46.8 - - 44.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 143 - - 163 - - 153 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1948 - - 3110 - - 4722 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 72 - - 77 - - 61 - - 49 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - 6 - - 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] 97580 4 007 7 326 5 002 8 261 97580 90235 9 018 4 185 7 299 5 354 90235 84555 5 342 6 191 12 250 7 333 84555 79816 4 012 5 184 5 221 8 321 79816 75729 5 277 5 246 6 257 11 295 75729 72108 10 254 12 251 7 244 10 296 72108 68810 9 243 20 246 18 273 21 295 68810 65769 18 293 21 247 26 244 26 278 65769 62953 28 273 25 280 20 262 21 267 62953 60218 30 254 32 278 29 280 23 281 60218 57355 33 273 36 274 37 280 35 280 57355 54387 47 275 40 268 44 273 41 270 54387 51555 52 271 44 264 51 265 47 273 51555 49005 56 271 48 266 53 259 55 270 49005 46722 58 269 54 270 58 263 57 265 46722 44652 60 268 65 271 63 261 57 266 44652 42760 63 267 70 263 64 262 60 267 42760 41022 64 267 71 260 69 266 63 268 41022 39417 71 272 78 260 76 266 68 267 39417 37929 84 273 82 261 81 263 75 264 37929 36548 93 271 93 267 86 263 79 259 36548 35236 96 270 105 268 93 265 79 258 35236 33924 91 270 109 268 94 265 79 252 33924 32575 80 268 100 269 91 264 73 253 32575 31177 72 270 95 269 86 263 73 252 31177 29711 68 274 92 270 79 265 73 252 29711 28164 66 276 88 272 79 268 71 254 28164 26537 67 276 82 263 74 268 69 257 26537 24831 70 274 79 260 72 266 65 259 24831 23050 57 272 60 264 74 263 63 261 23050 21198 56 273 52 268 71 267 55 266 21198 19270 56 274 50 269 59 271 48 273 19270 17258 48 275 46 266 54 270 42 280 17258 15206 41 277 44 261 44 273 36 285 15206 13228 38 278 39 259 35 274 29 288 13228 11429 32 261 29 265 32 269 26 280 11429 9834 32 253 25 264 28 267 22 274 9834 8419 26 263 29 256 23 264 20 272 8419 7157 18 253 28 258 22 267 20 270 7157 6033 11 264 21 254 20*265 19 267 6033 5035 9 266 20 246 17*254 18 266 5035 4154 9 248 15*243 16 250 17 263 4154 3373 7 218 10*237 14 238 17 261 3373 2674 6*199 9 235 13 234 16 260 2674 2055 6*187 9 234 13 231 16 257 2055 1538 6 183 9 233 13 230 15 256 1538 1141 5 180 8 233 12 228 14 254 1141 868 5 179 8 232 12 227 12 253 868 702 5 178 7 233 11 226 9 250 702 607 4 178 6 232 9 226 6*249 607 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