DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/07 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.9 - - 45.2 - - 38.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 96 - - 24 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1115 - - 975 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1715 - - 1575 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 413 - - 548 - - 192 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 194 - - 120 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 230 - - 202 - - 166 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 308 - - -316 - - -76 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1407 - - 1891 - - 681 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 289 - - -5616 - - -7566 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1426 - - 7191 - - 8171 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 89 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.9 - - 45.2 - - 38.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 37.0 - - 39.1 - - 37.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.2 - - 44.9 - - 40.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 36.4 - - 38.5 - - 38.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 96 - - 24 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1115 - - 975 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 98 - - 56 - - 46 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 96266 48 259 51 266 40 271 96266 89091 24 259 29 265 22 269 89091 83579 15 263 17 254 20 252 83579 79013 11 275 13 253 20 243 79013 75097 11 264 14 269 15 264 75097 71635 16 286 17 284 13 279 71635 68467 24 270 21 268 20 266 68467 65517 17 267 34 269 30 267 65517 62759 36 273 40 267 36 278 62759 60073 48 264 46 269 46 273 60073 57269 44 263 51 271 47 274 57269 54343 48 278 49 274 58 277 54343 51537 59 277 56 280 61 275 51537 49013 62 276 62 279 62 275 49013 46761 62 277 66 278 64 273 46761 44730 66 278 71 276 63 273 44730 42881 71 279 72 274 66 278 42881 41191 74 279 72 275 76 280 41191 39635 70 279 77 275 84 278 39635 38186 65 284 80 273 85 275 38186 36826 67 285 74 274 82 273 36826 35513 69 280 60 271 78 273 35513 34179 67 270 49 277 72 275 34179 32795 61 274 50 278 64 278 32795 31365 57 277 49 267 52 274 31365 29873 57 278 47 258 48 275 29873 28306 58 278 44 259 50 275 28306 26660 61 278 44 265 47 274 26660 24937 64 281 49 261 44 277 24937 23137 63 282 49 270 48 279 23137 21260 60 283 47 272 47 276 21260 19303 60 283 51 278 46 277 19303 17258 57 285 51 283 47 279 17258 15175 45 290 41 282 47 278 15175 13178 38 291 38 282 44 284 13178 11372 37 288 36 283 42 287 11372 9768 34 287 36 276 37 279 9768 8341 32 290 31 272 33 276 8341 7072 30 301 28 269 35 263 7072 5946 24 287 25 261 30 245 5946 4949 26 279 20 254 30 234 4949 4071 24 282 19 253 28 228 4071 3296 19 276 18 249 28 223 3296 2604 16 260 17 235 28 216 2604 1997 12*243 13*219 25 201 1997 1497 8*232 8*203 21 172 1497 1116 8 230 7 202 19 176 1116 854 7 230 7 201 15 175 854 696 7 230 6 200 12 172 696 605 6 231 5 199 5*166 605 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