DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/12 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 - - - 0949z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 6 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 39.6 - - 42.5 - - 42.5 - - 36.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 65 - - 109 - - 10 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1555 - - 2659 - - 2106 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 589 - - 1800 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2155 - - 3259 - - 2706 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 807 - - 2154 - - 3147 - - 2264 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 195 - - 274 - - 130 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 23 - - 21 - - 22 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 354 - - 345 - - 340 - - 316 Direction Wind Shear - - - 13 - - 10 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - 1 - - -6 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 341 - - 843 - - 319 - - -812 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1814 - - 2416 - - 2388 - - 1417 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1885 - - 242 - - -383 - - -2177 ODpotential blCL - - - 4040 - - 3017 - - 3089 - - 2782 blCL maxRH - - - 93 - - 99 - - 100 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 39.6 - - 42.5 - - 42.5 - - 36.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.9 - - 34.1 - - 34.2 - - 33.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 39.2 - - 42.0 - - 42.5 - - 38.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.0 - - 33.0 - - 33.4 - - 32.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 65 - - 109 - - 10 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1555 - - 2659 - - 2106 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 72 - - 97 - - 100 - - 50 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 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] 95888 37 271 49 268 45 254 44 255 95888 88803 21 273 25 272 22 284 17 268 88803 83365 16 272 14 279 19 294 18 298 83365 78835 14 306 8 312 18 293 22 299 78835 74909 17 334 9 322 12 300 16 313 74909 71414 18 327 15 322 10 334 16 320 71414 68215 18 318 18 327 20 345 19 321 68215 65250 19 324 22 328 23 319 23 315 65250 62483 23 322 23 323 21 318 24 321 62483 59782 26 320 25 327 26 335 28 323 59782 56942 32 317 32 324 31 328 30 325 56942 53975 35 312 34 317 36 321 34 324 53975 51129 36 308 33 316 38 319 32 322 51129 48553 36 308 33 318 39 314 32 327 48553 46237 39 308 33 320 36 312 41 329 46237 44151 38 312 35 324 35 322 48 325 44151 42259 40 319 37 326 39 324 48 316 42259 40521 43 317 39 324 41 317 43 316 40521 38908 40 310 39 319 41 317 42 322 38908 37406 36 307 39 315 40 326 43 329 37406 36004 36 307 36 315 41 335 44 331 36004 34665 37 305 33 318 41 340 49 332 34665 33325 38 300 32 320 43 341 50 334 33325 31954 38 295 32 319 44 344 50 340 31954 30547 39 290 30 319 46 354 54 344 30547 29084 39 286 27 318 53 003 58 344 29084 27550 37 288 25 316 57 006 57 344 27550 25943 34 291 25 314 56 006 54 345 25943 24263 32 292 25 314 52 005 51 345 24263 22512 31 292 25 317 48 003 49 345 22512 20686 30 293 25 320 44 003 45 348 20686 18779 29 294 26 324 41 360 41 348 18779 16790 28 302 26 329 37 358 40 347 16790 14762 26 317 23 333 32 353 39 350 14762 12812 22 331 20 343 24 351 31 351 12812 11046 16 349 7 352 19 351 23 353 11046 9483 9 020 6 165 17 345 6 355 9483 8101 5 015 11 314 18 356 14 023 8101 6875 6 303 17 330 21 023 17 013 6875 5786 15 302 20 005 21 018 19 005 5786 4822 18 317 20 011 22 005 24 009 4822 3975 24 351 21*360 25 352 29 000 3975 3230 28 002 23*351 26*347 32 352 3230 2564 29*360 23 347 26*344 33 348 2564 1976 27*356 23 345 25 341 32 343 1976 1485 25 355 22 343 24 340 30 337 1485 1109 24 353 21 343 22 338 25 329 1109 851 21 352 20 342 20 337 19 321 851 695 19 352 18 342 17 336 16 319 695 605 14 351 14 340 13 335 9*316 605 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