DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/18 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 = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0659z - - 1001z - - 1336z - - 1601z - - 1901z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 16.0 - - 22.7 - - 35.1 - - 43.4 - - 39.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -16 - - 24 - - 104 - - -16 - - -93 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 4 - - 248 - - 960 - - 6 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit 587 - - 588 - - 588 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top 604 - - 848 - - 1560 - - 606 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 210 - - 255 - - 375 - - 2080 - - 455 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 74 - - 190 - - 12 - - 8 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 12 - - 22 - - 13 - - 13 BL Wind Direction 178 - - 169 - - 184 - - 191 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 6 - - 11 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - -1 - - 3 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -529 - - -638 - - -263 - - -1518 - - -516 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 1133 - - 1486 - - 1823 - - 2124 - - 1122 sfcLCL ODpotential -14509 - - -12925 - - -8214 - - -7059 - - -7349 ODpotential blCL 15113 - - 13773 - - 9774 - - 7665 - - 7954 blCL maxRH 86 - - 89 - - 90 - - 79 - - 77 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 16.0 - - 22.7 - - 35.1 - - 43.4 - - 39.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 13.5 - - 18.6 - - 29.4 - - 36.2 - - 37.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 17.2 - - 22.7 - - 34.7 - - 43.8 - - 42.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 14.3 - - 18.2 - - 28.7 - - 35.5 - - 36.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -16 - - 24 - - 104 - - -16 - - -93 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 4 - - 248 - - 960 - - 6 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 45 - - 54 - - 59 - - 14 - - 8 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 5 - - 5 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] 96150 21 303 19 298 12 307 11 294 15 294 96150 89026 20 287 20 273 20 284 19 307 17 271 89026 83452 21 285 18 274 17 284 19 279 23 268 83452 78794 28 275 21 277 18 290 20 261 28 274 78794 74766 30 271 24 275 26 279 24 274 29 276 74766 71195 34 273 26 273 30 268 28 273 31 280 71195 67952 34 271 31 274 34 272 32 270 35 274 67952 64962 34 275 33 277 39 273 35 272 35 275 64962 62177 38 281 33 281 42 270 36 273 39 279 62177 59471 41 285 37 285 42 269 38 277 42 277 59471 56650 49 284 41 286 41 272 44 276 44 276 56650 53730 54 284 48 290 46 279 50 277 49 274 53730 50944 58 290 57 287 53 280 56 278 50 281 50944 48427 65 296 61 285 59 282 60 279 57 277 48427 46173 71 293 66 286 65 280 66 275 66 271 46173 44145 72 288 74 280 72 282 69 276 68 270 44145 42299 74 286 75 278 79 281 72 281 69 271 42299 40609 80 292 77 280 86 277 79 281 72 273 40609 39059 94 295 83 285 88 276 83 279 73 274 39059 37631 102 292 89 284 88 277 92 275 79 275 37631 36304 103 291 92 281 88 278 98 270 87 267 36304 35027 101 291 94 281 89 279 98 269 90 263 35027 33722 98 292 98 283 90 279 95 272 86 262 33722 32363 95 293 101 284 91 278 90 276 82 264 32363 30952 92 295 98 286 89 279 87 278 80 267 30952 29477 90 295 94 289 87 281 78 277 79 268 29477 27926 84 296 84 286 84 285 70 279 76 269 27926 26304 76 296 75 283 82 290 69 281 65 267 26304 24607 72 305 70 286 74 287 65 272 60 265 24607 22833 66 304 65 288 69 279 60 269 61 266 22833 20986 64 298 61 288 65 281 55 272 61 270 20986 19062 55 302 57 290 60 280 52 275 55 270 19062 17064 46 303 51 292 49 282 52 272 52 273 17064 15028 43 300 45 292 41 282 47 272 48 268 15028 13066 42 296 42 288 40 280 42 281 42 276 13066 11278 39 293 37 287 37 270 35 280 38 276 11278 9687 33 285 33 275 37 257 38 263 35 272 9687 8272 29 279 32 268 45 254 45 256 35 268 8272 7012 26 277 29 255 46 244 51 247 35 260 7012 5893 25 278 24 250 40 231 51 233 36 256 5893 4902 24 276 22 239 43 227 48 232 42 248 4902 4031 19 276 23 228 44 218 48 228 45 238 4031 3268 12 269 22 218 44 206 45 217 47 227 3268 2591 9 238 20 207 41 196 39 207 48 213 2591 1993 10 219 20 191 34*188 32 197 45 204 1993 1496 10 206 23 182 26*185 30 196 42 200 1496 1115 11 201 22*177 24 184 26 194 37 198 1115 854 13 191 15*170 22 184 22 193 27 193 854 696 11*187 13 169 19 183 19*192 23 192 696 605 5*178 9 167 15 183 13*191 13*190 605 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