DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 12/18 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 - - - - - - 52.4 - - 40.2 - - 37.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -34 - - 31 - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6 - - 1185 - - 2156 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 590 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 606 - - 1785 - - 2756 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1737 - - 1176 - - 986 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 9 - - 141 - - 139 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 23 - - 31 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 179 - - 277 - - 276 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 12 - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -3 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -77 - - 798 - - 1124 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 683 - - 987 - - 1632 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -750 - - 474 - - 518 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1356 - - 1311 - - 2238 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 160 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 52.4 - - 40.2 - - 37.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 50.8 - - 37.7 - - 31.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 53.2 - - 40.0 - - 36.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.7 - - 37.1 - - 30.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -34 - - 31 - - 12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6 - - 1185 - - 2156 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - 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] 96183 17 264 24 283 17 281 96183 89218 10 251 15 256 7 214 89218 83762 11 260 12 232 14 249 83762 79174 19 262 12 262 16 251 79174 75184 19 230 20 250 18 258 75184 71641 15 256 19 240 20 266 71641 68420 20 263 18 243 18 272 68420 65435 20 252 18 239 18 270 65435 62649 17 261 19 238 19 265 62649 59945 24 277 22 242 17 253 59945 57123 32 254 29 248 23 246 57123 54185 38 242 33 240 26 246 54185 51359 42 244 34 233 36 244 51359 48801 49 243 40 223 47 224 48801 46492 59 237 37 228 43 216 46492 44378 63 231 45 231 46 219 44378 42441 65 222 66 234 52 238 42441 40669 63 219 86 234 57 244 40669 39034 67 228 94 228 65 242 39034 37509 84 221 93 224 73 232 37509 36079 96 213 96 217 76 224 36079 34709 90 202 94 207 77 219 34709 33335 89 198 96 204 85 213 33335 31936 89 197 105 203 97 207 31936 30516 89 200 104 204 112 203 30516 29047 92 201 99 206 117 193 29047 27509 92 199 90 207 108 188 27509 25896 92 201 86 208 109 189 25896 24205 87 204 87 207 105 192 24205 22436 76 209 86 206 101 191 22436 20589 74 215 84 206 102 192 20589 18666 75 215 80 205 105 201 18666 16672 77 210 72 199 90 211 16672 14649 69 201 61 195 73 215 14649 12708 65 200 55 204 52 215 12708 10951 63 207 65 223 40 232 10951 9394 62 213 62 233 44 243 9394 8015 61 214 48 241 47 243 8015 6796 61 213 39 239 43 241 6796 5717 62 212 35 242 33 240 5717 4763 64 210 32 250 26 257 4763 3926 64 206 31 268 28 275 3926 3193 59 198 32 280 33*275 3193 2538 54 193 31 280 33*275 2538 1960 49 188 30*279 33 276 1960 1477 43 184 27*277 33 276 1477 1105 37 182 25 277 32 276 1105 850 32 181 23 276 29 276 850 694 27 180 20 276 25 276 694 605 19*179 15 275 17 276 605 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