DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/07 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.4 - - 51.9 - - 56.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 92 - - 98 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3459 - - 1418 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2284 - - 589 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4059 - - 2018 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1678 - - 2201 - - 6726 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 288 - - 218 - - 12 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 11 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 258 - - 248 - - 256 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -68 - - -26 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 45 - - 238 - - -3654 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4014 - - 1780 - - 4260 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1180 - - -1165 - - -4786 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5239 - - 3183 - - 5392 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 87 - - 92 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 220 - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.4 - - 51.9 - - 56.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.0 - - 46.2 - - 40.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.8 - - 51.3 - - 57.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.9 - - 44.9 - - 39.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 92 - - 98 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3459 - - 1418 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 49 - - 69 - - 14 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 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] 97774 7 269 10 319 12 326 97774 90430 8 286 11 293 11 313 90430 84736 11 231 17 274 16 333 84736 79973 5 279 17 240 18 295 79973 75867 10 295 10 234 17 244 75867 72235 19 260 17 267 16 274 72235 68937 24 246 30 256 20 267 68937 65893 23 253 30 255 26 265 65893 63068 30 267 30 263 26 261 63068 60319 37 262 34 268 27 266 60319 57429 40 268 38 272 40 278 57429 54436 53 269 53 277 54 278 54436 51594 65 262 61 270 59 275 51594 49040 64 257 62 266 65 273 49040 46747 60 260 65 264 67 272 46747 44667 66 269 71 262 70 271 44667 42763 77 270 74 265 72 272 42763 41010 79 267 81 270 78 275 41010 39387 81 267 90 272 82 275 39387 37878 84 268 96 271 84 275 37878 36470 89 269 98 269 89 276 36470 35127 95 270 99 270 96 275 35127 33780 102 272 102 271 98 273 33780 32393 109 273 103 270 95 274 32393 30960 114 274 101 272 95 278 30960 29467 114 273 99 274 94 281 29467 27898 113 273 98 277 92 283 27898 26256 111 273 98 280 94 285 26256 24535 104 275 88 283 90 288 24535 22749 94 276 72 288 73 286 22749 20903 74 276 56 291 57 289 20903 18993 57 274 41 288 51 291 18993 17012 42 262 30 265 49 291 17012 14996 40 266 33 261 54 283 14996 13055 37 268 40 270 47 277 13055 11284 36 271 42 277 40 276 11284 9707 33 270 41 274 37 277 9707 8305 29 267 37 269 34 279 8305 7057 25 264 34 266 32 279 7057 5947 20 260 31 263 30 276 5947 4963 16*258 27 261 30 273 4963 4093 14*257 23 259 30 272 4093 3325 13 256 20 257 29 270 3325 2637 13 258 17*254 26 267 2637 2028 13 259 14*251 23 264 2028 1521 13 259 12 249 21 262 1521 1131 13 259 11 248 19 261 1131 863 13 259 10 247 16 259 863 700 12 260 9 246 13 258 700 606 10 258 7 244 8*256 606 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