DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/05 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 - - - 14.5 - - 23.0 - - 27.6 - - 23.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 51 - - 18 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4 - - 566 - - 609 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 587 - - 587 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - 604 - - 1166 - - 1209 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 636 - - 412 - - 566 - - 744 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 13 - - 127 - - 95 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 12 - - 14 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 197 - - 199 - - 194 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -597 - - -1638 - - -1676 - - -1347 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1201 - - 2805 - - 2885 - - 1951 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -12563 - - -12283 - - -10402 - - -10117 ODpotential blCL - - - 13167 - - 13449 - - 11611 - - 10721 blCL maxRH - - - 94 - - 100 - - 91 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 14.5 - - 23.0 - - 27.6 - - 23.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 11.8 - - 13.1 - - 17.2 - - 17.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 14.7 - - 22.8 - - 27.7 - - 24.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 11.7 - - 12.1 - - 16.2 - - 17.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 8 - - 51 - - 18 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4 - - 566 - - 609 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 78 - - 100 - - 66 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96213 6 064 12 049 19 056 8 036 96213 89066 14 036 7 035 10 035 6 020 89066 83525 10 017 2 354 8 325 12 330 83525 78901 8 009 9 311 7 269 16 302 78901 74912 13 321 15 295 18 292 23 288 74912 71386 16 309 13 268 28 271 24 284 71386 68176 23 312 18 293 27 283 28 297 68176 65212 33 296 28 289 31 291 39 289 65212 62461 36 292 36 282 44 281 46 282 62461 59783 44 288 40 265 53 271 51 274 59783 56965 50 277 54 279 53 265 55 268 56965 54021 53 272 64 271 62 275 64 271 54021 51204 57 269 62 262 71 274 70 271 51204 48661 61 267 68 266 76 268 75 270 48661 46376 66 264 77 268 79 263 81 268 46376 44297 68 263 80 267 80 260 84 263 44297 42389 70 263 81 263 81 261 84 259 42389 40627 73 262 80 259 84 262 85 258 40627 38989 76 261 79 257 89 262 90 258 38989 37464 78 259 78 260 92 260 92 257 37464 36038 79 258 79 264 93 258 95 255 36038 34671 78 255 83 265 95 254 98 253 34671 33297 73 252 89 264 94 252 99 253 33297 31892 69 252 93 263 90 256 94 256 31892 30463 69 252 92 264 95 264 94 259 30463 28992 66 251 91 266 104 266 101 262 28992 27458 58 253 87 267 105 264 106 259 27458 25850 53 249 76 264 99 264 103 257 25850 24164 52 242 63 259 97 263 96 257 24164 22407 48 241 57 257 87 270 85 258 22407 20581 44 242 52 263 68 265 75 262 20581 18680 39 244 44 263 57 263 68 263 18680 16700 35 249 38 258 47 261 60 263 16700 14686 32 252 33 255 45 262 51 266 14686 12751 32 253 32 250 40 264 44 268 12751 10993 30 255 33 244 35 262 40 268 10993 9432 26 254 33 246 31 264 32 261 9432 8048 26 251 33 251 29 261 28 258 8048 6820 26 252 29 247 31 248 29 257 6820 5731 25 259 26 241 32 240 32 258 5731 4772 24 261 25 238 32 236 34 251 4772 3927 22 256 24 234 33 233 31 242 3927 3183 20 250 25 229 33 229 32 240 3183 2520 20 241 27 221 31 223 35 234 2520 1938 23 227 26 215 26 214 35 223 1938 1457 24 212 20*208 21*204 31 211 1457 1093 18 204 14*200 16*195 24 196 1093 842 15 201 13 199 15 194 19 192 842 691 13*200 11 198 13 193 17*191 691 604 8*197 9 198 10 192 10*190 604 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