DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/23 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.7 - - 78.4 - - 77.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 361 - - 175 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3713 - - 4719 - - 3077 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3112 - - 3559 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4313 - - 5319 - - 3677 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1008 - - 1831 - - 3906 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 450 - - 385 - - 99 W* B/S - - - - - - 16 - - 16 - - 10 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 315 - - 252 - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -348 - - -8 - - -1500 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4661 - - 5327 - - 5178 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1977 - - -379 - - -2280 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6290 - - 5698 - - 5957 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 91 - - 99 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 110 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.7 - - 78.4 - - 77.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 57.3 - - 57.1 - - 56.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 73.6 - - 77.0 - - 77.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.6 - - 56.4 - - 56.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 361 - - 175 - - 2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3713 - - 4719 - - 3077 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 62 - - 98 - - 88 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 10 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] 98478 22 120 8 147 8 033 98478 91022 18 097 7 137 7 089 91022 85273 10 057 5 105 9 119 85273 80500 4 034 7 063 7 075 80500 76398 5 105 6 065 7 001 76398 72779 6 144 2 050 5 327 72779 69507 6 149 2 170 1 238 69507 66503 5 196 6 176 2 210 66503 63714 5 220 7 198 6 197 63714 60992 9 230 7 259 3 248 60992 58140 11 225 18 244 16 256 58140 55192 19 229 25 216 25 235 55192 52390 25 230 23 213 26 229 52390 49887 30 228 24 238 28 224 49887 47672 36 224 31 240 29 237 47672 45688 43 221 35 229 38 234 45688 43894 41 219 35 226 41 214 43894 42259 34 219 22 206 46 198 42259 40738 25 216 13 204 50 194 40738 39297 17 219 20 239 50 204 39297 37929 15 235 20 241 40 213 37929 36604 18 239 25 244 40 233 36604 35254 20 233 25 250 46 237 35254 33845 23 225 18 254 45 236 33845 32381 28 215 12 235 37 232 32381 30845 30 212 14 224 31 226 30845 29223 29 212 24 220 29 220 29223 27513 25 210 33 220 28 211 27513 25720 27 211 33 228 30 209 25720 23857 27 230 30 237 32 219 23857 21929 23 248 24 234 30 224 21929 19924 12 235 17 226 24 231 19924 17834 12 258 13 224 18 240 17834 15702 15 270 12 237 17 243 15702 13646 17 268 14 253 16 246 13646 11775 16 265 14 256 15 244 11775 10113 13 251 12 261 12 241 10113 8637 5 266 10 263 11 251 8637 7330 1 151 7 248 11 247 7330 6172 4 305 7*245 10 242 6172 5146 7*311 6*247 7 237 5146 4241 6*308 6 248 5*236 4241 3441 6 309 5 250 4*239 3441 2724 5 312 4 253 3 243 2724 2090 5 316 4 256 2 253 2090 1561 5 320 3 259 1 262 1561 1154 4 323 3 262 1 272 1154 875 4 326 3 266 1 274 875 705 4 326 2 265 1 280 705 608 3 327 2 267 1 278 608 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