DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/17 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.2 - - 41.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 78 - - 15 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1413 - - 1428 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 589 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2013 - - 2028 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 256 - - 492 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 197 - - 118 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 9 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 328 - - 164 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 262 - - 373 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1751 - - 1655 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 138 - - 112 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1875 - - 1916 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 39.2 - - 41.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 33.9 - - 36.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 38.5 - - 41.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.1 - - 36.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 78 - - 15 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1413 - - 1428 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 99 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - - 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] 95862 32 322 22 327 95862 89028 23 325 16 312 89028 83631 17 292 16 274 83631 79053 18 256 22 251 79053 75073 11 264 26 251 75073 71550 16 278 21 264 71550 68346 20 274 23 266 68346 65377 28 270 23 258 65377 62609 29 264 35 267 62609 59927 33 273 32 276 59927 57138 39 283 50 289 57138 54249 49 283 60 277 54249 51478 59 276 64 268 51478 48959 50 274 63 274 48959 46689 58 281 64 277 46689 44628 66 284 66 280 44628 42745 73 283 69 279 42745 41017 68 277 69 278 41017 39423 63 275 65 276 39423 37943 60 275 60 276 37943 36574 58 276 49 280 36574 35276 61 272 50 284 35276 33968 61 261 54 283 33968 32612 60 258 54 278 32612 31209 62 264 49 278 31209 29741 62 268 46 280 29741 28195 57 272 44 279 28195 26570 55 273 43 275 26570 24865 49 274 40 268 24865 23079 41 279 36 268 23079 21218 41 284 30 271 21218 19278 45 282 26 274 19278 17250 37 290 26 268 17250 15179 41 289 28 261 15179 13184 40 285 30 256 13184 11370 36 282 32 255 11370 9753 30 274 31 262 9753 8315 26 271 23 277 8315 7036 22 272 16 281 7036 5900 19 276 14 264 5900 4898 18 284 13 266 4898 4018 17 299 8 288 4018 3248 16 311 3 282 3248 2569 8*332 10*161 2569 1979 6*328 10*163 1979 1489 6 328 9 163 1489 1112 6 327 9 164 1112 853 5 327 9 164 853 696 5 327 8 164 696 606 4 328 6 164 606 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