DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/09 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 - - - 30.2 - - 35.2 - - 35.2 - - 34.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -19 - - 13 - - -13 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5 - - 885 - - 5 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 588 - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 605 - - 1485 - - 605 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1052 - - 617 - - 1305 - - 590 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 6 - - 97 - - 4 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 17 - - 6 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 227 - - 233 - - 210 - - 185 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -550 - - 98 - - -262 - - -42 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1155 - - 1387 - - 867 - - 647 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8238 - - -6243 - - -5625 - - -6305 ODpotential blCL - - - 8843 - - 7728 - - 6230 - - 6910 blCL maxRH - - - 92 - - 94 - - 98 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 30.2 - - 35.2 - - 35.2 - - 34.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.4 - - 31.3 - - 33.4 - - 33.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 31.3 - - 35.2 - - 36.4 - - 37.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.3 - - 30.9 - - 33.4 - - 34.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -19 - - 13 - - -13 - - -43 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5 - - 885 - - 5 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 67 - - 77 - - 90 - - 79 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 95293 44 269 56 261 63 268 61 272 95293 88302 35 276 44 269 53 266 59 281 88302 82842 37 286 40 280 42 276 50 285 82842 78263 39 278 41 281 41 281 42 285 78263 74273 41 286 40 274 44 286 45 289 74273 70727 46 292 39 280 51 290 49 291 70727 67525 43 285 41 285 50 290 47 289 67525 64584 46 294 42 287 44 290 46 295 64584 61846 55 294 46 292 50 293 49 301 61846 59177 59 289 56 296 53 292 52 302 59177 56377 57 289 62 291 57 291 64 294 56377 53480 58 294 58 285 63 289 66 289 53480 50720 63 291 56 288 63 289 63 290 50720 48219 63 287 58 295 60 295 65 290 48219 45972 61 291 66 301 70 298 71 289 45972 43943 64 302 78 298 75 295 78 294 43943 42104 74 307 83 291 77 295 86 295 42104 40424 85 298 75 286 81 294 95 292 40424 38870 79 293 67 294 84 294 98 289 38870 37418 67 293 71 309 88 303 96 288 37418 36059 54 301 80 314 97 309 96 291 36059 34754 61 319 88 316 100 309 97 293 34754 33438 66 325 88 316 103 307 97 291 33438 32078 83 324 83 311 106 299 97 286 32078 30677 92 317 82 303 101 294 95 283 30677 29214 87 311 78 302 98 295 94 283 29214 27675 71 316 73 300 94 295 90 280 27675 26062 60 315 71 295 84 298 77 280 26062 24376 55 308 70 286 74 303 69 285 24376 22617 54 295 67 275 66 304 69 290 22617 20785 55 287 57 266 63 301 64 289 20785 18875 54 293 49 270 56 289 59 283 18875 16884 48 298 42 266 55 284 53 280 16884 14859 45 296 46 255 55 281 47 277 14859 12911 45 285 40 259 52 271 53 275 12911 11141 45 283 38 262 50 263 60 268 11141 9572 41 288 38 264 50 256 64 266 9572 8179 39 286 36 267 51 256 56 267 8179 6937 38 279 34 272 43 259 46 256 6937 5835 37 278 33 276 34 261 37 244 5835 4858 38 276 31 276 29 266 34 244 4858 3998 38 272 31 271 26 269 35 240 3998 3243 34 269 31 263 26 259 40 233 3243 2570 34 264 26 253 28 242 40 222 2570 1978 36 249 24*245 27 229 36 211 1978 1485 32 236 20*236 21 222 33 202 1485 1109 27 232 18 233 17 220 29 196 1109 851 21 229 16 232 13 216 21 190 851 695 18*228 14 231 11*214 18 188 695 605 12*227 10 230 6*210 10*185 605 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