DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/26 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 - - - 56.2 - - 64.4 - - 66.9 - - 56.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 59 - - 99 - - 51 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 364 - - 1047 - - 1591 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 590 - - 591 - - 591 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - 964 - - 1647 - - 2191 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 386 - - 611 - - 822 - - 1337 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 114 - - 192 - - 177 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 9 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 4 - - 7 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 039 - - 013 - - 052 - - 063 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - -1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -483 - - -1651 - - -1185 - - -1374 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1447 - - 3298 - - 3376 - - 1981 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7647 - - -4974 - - -3836 - - -6478 ODpotential blCL - - - 8611 - - 6621 - - 6027 - - 7085 blCL maxRH - - - 94 - - 78 - - 84 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.2 - - 64.4 - - 66.9 - - 56.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 52.3 - - 52.4 - - 54.5 - - 50.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.6 - - 63.6 - - 66.4 - - 57.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 52.0 - - 52.0 - - 54.2 - - 50.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 59 - - 99 - - 51 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 364 - - 1047 - - 1591 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 78 - - 10 - - 35 - - 24 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 8 - - 9 - - 8 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] 96973 13 250 18 262 33 258 29 277 96973 89818 7 247 16 254 16 255 15 277 89818 84286 5 224 16 231 8 255 8 226 84286 79691 6 167 14 208 10 229 8 224 79691 75737 5 162 11 207 12 218 9 254 75737 72230 3 289 6 216 12 219 13 260 72230 69041 8 301 5 263 10 227 14 250 69041 66117 10 281 8 272 8 245 14 229 66117 63417 17 249 12 251 13 255 13 247 63417 60800 21 239 17 250 19 258 19 256 60800 58067 18 254 17 255 21 258 21 248 58067 55230 27 267 27 264 30 258 26 250 55230 52520 34 258 34 260 34 250 31 255 52520 50069 36 253 40 253 36 256 42 254 50069 47854 41 247 44 252 46 253 43 246 47854 45831 44 246 48 249 53 250 41 257 45831 43994 46 250 45 243 59 248 59 264 43994 42329 50 253 41 248 56 250 65 253 42329 40800 55 254 49 261 50 261 45 239 40800 39362 57 254 57 260 44 279 37 253 39362 37999 51 252 55 256 45 284 44 291 37999 36677 47 252 51 255 47 271 50 297 36677 35330 46 251 48 256 53 262 45 278 35330 33923 42 250 46 255 49 254 41 266 33923 32457 40 252 43 255 41 249 40 266 32457 30915 37 253 38 251 37 252 42 266 30915 29287 35 254 33 251 36 253 46 262 29287 27576 34 245 34 253 34 255 45 264 27576 25786 33 230 38 249 35 256 34 266 25786 23919 33 230 41 243 37 254 31 265 23919 21977 29 239 37 241 35 253 33 258 21977 19953 26 250 35 246 35 250 34 253 19953 17839 30 259 31 246 34 254 31 252 17839 15681 34 274 27 249 29 251 25 250 15681 13602 25 277 22 259 23 251 20 250 13602 11714 17 275 17 262 16 254 13 247 11714 10041 14 286 12 270 12 264 6 241 10041 8561 11 289 10 277 10 270 4 273 8561 7251 9 285 8 285 8 264 4 266 7251 6092 7 278 9 280 9 264 6 258 6092 5064 4 281 8 268 9 261 7 245 5064 4160 2 353 8 263 8 259 7 229 4160 3364 3 358 7 254 5 245 5 198 3364 2656 3 003 5 245 1*108 6 102 2656 2036 2 068 1*000 7*055 14 073 2036 1524 7 062 4*015 8 053 15 067 1524 1133 9*046 4 014 8 052 14 065 1133 863 7*041 4 013 8 051 13 064 863 700 6 039 4 013 7 050 11*064 700 607 5 039 3 012 6 049 6*063 607 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