DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 11/03 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 63.0 - - 70.5 - - 70.1 - - 67.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -36 - - 38 - - -28 - - -45 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7 - - 2171 - - 8 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 591 - - 591 - - 591 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - 607 - - 2771 - - 608 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1675 - - 1031 - - 3802 - - 3081 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 11 - - 187 - - 11 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 30 - - 12 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - 176 - - 188 - - 179 - - 160 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 3 - - -1 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -411 - - 505 - - -1806 - - -1211 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1018 - - 2266 - - 2414 - - 1819 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3609 - - 87 - - -2464 - - -2364 ODpotential blCL - - - 4216 - - 2684 - - 3072 - - 2972 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 110 - - 80 - - 160 - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 63.0 - - 70.5 - - 70.1 - - 67.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 60.4 - - 62.4 - - 61.4 - - 61.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 64.1 - - 70.4 - - 70.9 - - 69.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 60.2 - - 62.1 - - 61.2 - - 61.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -36 - - 38 - - -28 - - -45 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7 - - 2171 - - 8 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 100 - - 102 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 11 - - 12 - - 12 - - 12 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] 96080 64 259 74 262 66 267 62 271 96080 89163 31 276 47 266 39 273 43 276 89163 83808 29 286 27 278 27 270 32 273 83808 79346 19 285 22 278 24 277 20 282 79346 75469 12 330 13 274 22 274 15 301 75469 72021 10 353 5 298 12 262 15 294 72021 68877 10 343 7 004 3 197 14 274 68877 65968 13 312 10 346 4 083 9 251 65968 63265 14 289 17 327 8 014 4 135 63265 60653 11 291 20 308 15 335 6 051 60653 57940 7 288 15 278 18 303 7 330 57940 55133 5 329 11 248 14 254 8 290 55133 52460 11 312 7 228 10 230 7 193 52460 50057 14 279 9 212 12 210 10 199 50057 47890 19 241 18 205 22 194 23 193 47890 45909 23 224 23 213 29 193 29 184 45909 44085 30 223 35 217 36 205 33 188 44085 42393 39 216 41 214 45 207 42 199 42393 40820 41 212 47 216 53 207 33 203 40820 39347 43 212 52 214 55 207 41 209 39347 37959 41 213 47 204 50 202 46 198 37959 36619 32 222 35 200 39 193 44 184 36619 35255 27 234 29 215 39 195 43 182 35255 33834 29 245 24 222 36 193 45 190 33834 32360 31 249 21 215 32 194 42 195 32360 30818 28 248 23 201 32 202 39 200 30818 29197 29 245 31 200 32 207 40 203 29197 27493 34 240 32 213 38 211 41 205 27493 25707 39 226 38 213 52 204 46 203 25707 23845 50 214 55 213 60 203 59 198 23845 21914 56 212 56 206 63 203 65 198 21914 19905 51 209 54 199 60 200 60 195 19905 17811 47 203 51 196 55 197 54 195 17811 15678 41 200 43 197 45 197 47 197 15678 13623 36 200 39 199 38 199 42 195 13623 11750 34 196 38 200 39 204 44 199 11750 10084 33 208 33 209 34 210 47 201 10084 8606 41 220 31 217 30 207 47 197 8606 7295 38 208 35 216 39 205 47 193 7295 6130 40 201 39 206 44 203 51 193 6130 5103 45 200 44 200 43 198 53 192 5103 4202 51 204 46 199 39 192 52 186 4202 3408 52 204 43*196 35 186 49 181 3408 2698 49 198 36*190 33 184 44 175 2698 2072 42 191 34 189 31 183 40 170 2072 1549 34 184 32 188 28 182 36 168 1549 1147 29 181 29 187 25 181 30 165 1147 871 23 178 26 187 21 181 25 163 871 704 20 177 23 186 18*180 21*162 704 608 13*176 17 186 12*179 13*160 608 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