DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 11/30 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 22.9 - - 30.4 - - 31.9 - - 26.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 15 - - 3 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 173 - - 5 - - 2621 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - 773 - - 605 - - 3221 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1555 - - 3578 - - 2138 - - 2291 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 48 - - 18 - - 100 - - 2 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 11 - - 18 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 267 - - 286 - - 318 - - 315 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 0 - - 12 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -859 - - -882 - - 844 - - -600 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1632 - - 1487 - - 2377 - - 1205 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1117 - - -1004 - - 137 - - -1940 ODpotential blCL - - - 1890 - - 1609 - - 3084 - - 2545 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 22.9 - - 30.4 - - 31.9 - - 26.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 18.2 - - 26.4 - - 24.0 - - 23.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 22.9 - - 30.4 - - 32.0 - - 28.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 17.9 - - 25.9 - - 23.2 - - 23.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 15 - - 3 - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 173 - - 5 - - 2621 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 - - 33 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 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] 96173 31 031 36 040 40 025 41 028 96173 89115 34 038 32 036 33 028 34 039 89115 83573 37 039 29 039 31 026 31 034 83573 78913 33 023 23 048 20 029 23 024 78913 74860 20 341 16 359 22 028 19 018 74860 71263 15 311 14 285 19 313 18 348 71263 68008 17 305 10 287 20 273 24 292 68008 64996 31 275 23 295 22 286 27 290 64996 62187 31 264 34 276 32 281 34 283 62187 59465 39 256 40 261 39 271 39 280 59465 56616 41 251 42 258 46 260 46 272 56616 53648 41 257 46 259 48 258 50 269 53648 50811 47 268 53 269 55 265 58 268 50811 48264 58 272 64 271 64 267 64 268 48264 45994 70 268 72 268 71 267 69 269 45994 43949 77 264 80 265 77 269 74 270 43949 42090 83 262 84 264 80 269 78 272 42090 40381 89 262 85 263 81 269 83 272 40381 38801 92 259 84 264 85 270 86 271 38801 37333 90 258 85 266 90 270 88 273 37333 35963 88 258 89 266 92 270 91 275 35963 34649 87 259 93 265 91 272 95 276 34649 33324 88 260 97 264 92 275 99 277 33324 31959 88 260 98 262 93 275 102 279 31959 30552 84 262 94 261 93 274 104 279 30552 29086 82 264 88 262 93 273 108 278 29086 27543 82 264 87 264 92 274 108 277 27543 25920 83 264 86 265 93 275 103 278 25920 24216 83 265 86 266 93 276 94 280 24216 22435 84 266 84 268 88 275 87 282 22435 20581 81 269 80 270 84 274 79 283 20581 18654 73 272 73 271 73 277 66 287 18654 16653 62 275 60 274 58 281 54 294 16653 14622 50 279 49 280 46 286 43 298 14622 12680 45 283 42 287 37 295 34 302 12680 10923 36 284 31 294 27 311 28 306 10923 9368 28 308 25 314 25 312 23 309 9368 7993 35 312 25 314 22 320 20 317 7993 6777 35 304 23 318 22 329 16 344 6777 5703 28 305 26 329 22 340 14 004 5703 4753 28 312 27 331 23 334 15 009 4753 3918 30 311 26 322 22*331 18 002 3918 3183 32 307 24 312 21*327 20 347 3183 2528 34 293 23 307 20 321 21 341 2528 1951 33 277 21 299 18 318 22 336 1951 1469 30 272 20 293 17 316 21 330 1469 1100 28 270 18 290 16 314 20 325 1100 846 24*269 17 289 15 313 16 319 846 693 21*267 14*287 13 313 13*317 693 605 15 266 11*286 10 312 7*315 605 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