DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 12/06 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 - - - 32.0 - - 31.5 - - 32.1 - - 30.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -1 - - 3 - - 0 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 143 - - 966 - - 466 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - 743 - - 1566 - - 1066 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3262 - - 2372 - - 2934 - - 2602 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 16 - - 60 - - 21 - - 3 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 5 - - 2 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 266 - - 277 - - 265 - - 146 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -246 - - 288 - - -185 - - -179 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 989 - - 1278 - - 1251 - - 784 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -566 - - 34 - - -556 - - -1037 ODpotential blCL - - - 1309 - - 1532 - - 1622 - - 1642 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 32.0 - - 31.5 - - 32.1 - - 30.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.0 - - 28.3 - - 28.9 - - 29.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 32.3 - - 31.5 - - 32.3 - - 31.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.8 - - 27.9 - - 28.4 - - 28.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -1 - - 3 - - 0 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 143 - - 966 - - 466 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 102 - - 100 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96264 13 053 16 115 9 095 10 140 96264 89023 4 064 3 143 4 331 4 039 89023 83433 1 303 5 282 6 255 11 251 83433 78785 14 296 15 279 10 251 10 257 78785 74765 14 250 22 267 23 266 26 273 74765 71231 20 275 25 259 30 260 32 264 71231 68023 32 277 35 262 39 261 39 274 68023 65062 43 268 45 267 49 272 49 274 65062 62316 49 269 50 262 51 267 48 272 62316 59630 53 275 51 263 53 272 53 276 59630 56805 60 274 57 265 62 266 62 274 56805 53867 70 265 64 262 68 265 71 266 53867 51057 74 260 66 260 78 258 77 260 51057 48526 79 261 74 260 72 253 82 261 48526 46245 84 258 86 254 76 263 84 261 46245 44164 82 258 77 252 88 263 83 264 44164 42251 82 262 79 260 92 263 84 267 42251 40484 85 264 85 262 87 263 87 267 40484 38848 85 262 84 260 85 265 93 265 38848 37331 81 262 79 258 86 264 100 264 37331 35919 78 267 73 261 88 263 107 262 35919 34566 78 268 74 268 88 263 107 261 34566 33206 74 263 79 267 82 265 102 260 33206 31818 66 261 73 264 76 266 95 259 31818 30411 57 263 61 275 75 267 89 257 30411 28957 53 266 71 284 76 266 85 258 28957 27431 46 276 70 285 74 266 79 264 27431 25835 44 288 57 282 69 267 72 270 25835 24165 48 295 52 280 63 267 65 266 24165 22422 48 299 52 281 58 268 58 267 22422 20607 46 292 47 279 57 266 50 273 20607 18713 45 283 43 277 50 263 50 274 18713 16735 43 281 39 272 40 258 51 275 16735 14718 39 286 35 273 36 258 33 293 14718 12776 31 288 28 272 32 256 35 273 12776 11013 25 292 22 269 28 253 33 264 11013 9448 20 295 19 268 25 254 27 259 9448 8056 18 297 17 263 24 259 25 257 8056 6820 19 298 15 259 24 263 22 258 6820 5722 20 299 13 267 22 259 18 254 5722 4755 19 289 14 264 17 255 17 252 4755 3918 11 287 12 261 13 252 15 242 3918 3186 10 287 11 262 11 254 12 236 3186 2531 10 287 10 265 9 256 9 214 2531 1953 9 286 8*270 8 258 8 188 1953 1471 9 281 7*272 5 260 9 169 1471 1101 9 271 6 276 3*261 9 155 1101 847 7*267 5 279 2*266 8 149 847 693 6*267 4 281 2 265 6*147 693 605 4 265 3 282 1 263 3*146 605 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