DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/19 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 - - - - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.1 - - 67.8 - - 57.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 150 - - 50 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2011 - - 3178 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1513 - - 591 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2611 - - 3778 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1434 - - 923 - - 1387 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 275 - - 224 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 11 - - 11 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 193 - - 220 - - 102 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3325 - - -3989 - - -4823 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5936 - - 7768 - - 5430 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11452 - - -11944 - - -14048 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14063 - - 15722 - - 14655 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 47 - - 72 - - 45 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.1 - - 67.8 - - 57.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.7 - - 36.3 - - 36.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.0 - - 67.3 - - 62.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 39.6 - - 35.4 - - 36.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 150 - - 50 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2011 - - 3178 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 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] 97536 13 258 5 289 8 301 97536 90256 14 244 14 263 11 295 90256 84680 16 219 18 260 13 283 84680 80055 7 172 13 239 13 266 80055 76064 3 199 9 228 11 272 76064 72525 7 257 11 258 12 295 72525 69318 10 303 9 254 13 289 69318 66385 14 303 10 284 13 284 66385 63674 18 282 18 293 19 293 63674 61047 21 272 23 284 22 286 61047 58304 22 281 25 283 22 289 58304 55460 25 287 28 282 28 286 55460 52746 30 288 31 281 33 290 52746 50297 32 286 37 282 37 295 50297 48088 37 284 41 282 38 299 48088 46066 40 283 42 281 37 299 46066 44201 41 279 43 281 37 295 44201 42472 44 277 42 283 37 292 42472 40862 44 278 43 282 36 287 40862 39360 40 279 43 278 35 286 39360 37951 34 278 36 278 34 284 37951 36601 26 277 27 260 25 268 36601 35247 22 293 24 249 14 249 35247 33845 23 294 22 250 14 245 33845 32384 21 293 24 253 18 248 32384 30850 23 287 22 264 19 252 30850 29232 24 279 21 271 19 256 29232 27532 24 264 22 266 18 265 27532 25749 20 255 20 268 16 280 25749 23889 18 246 15 261 14 278 23889 21949 18 239 16 257 16 275 21949 19921 16 240 18 253 17 278 19921 17803 15 250 18 252 17 273 17803 15644 16 255 17 251 18 268 15644 13568 17 252 13 255 13 262 13568 11685 16 248 11 264 8 258 11685 10018 14 243 11 264 7 274 10018 8540 12 244 10 260 7 281 8540 7229 9 237 8 258 6 273 7229 6069 7 223 6 245 7 250 6069 5048 7 199 7 228 7 226 5048 4156 8 184 6*223 5 184 4156 3372 7 191 5*222 4 180 3372 2671 6*197 4 220 3 197 2671 2051 5*196 4 221 3 212 2051 1535 5 194 3 220 3 217 1535 1138 4 192 3 219 2 219 1138 866 4 191 3 218 1 206 866 701 4 189 3 220 1*121 701 607 3 189 2 219 1*102 607 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