DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/19 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.4 - - 42.8 - - 43.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - 9 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1020 - - 645 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1620 - - 1245 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1473 - - 2102 - - 2547 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 118 - - 76 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 115 - - 132 - - 119 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 344 - - 54 - - -330 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1276 - - 1191 - - 936 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 218 - - -128 - - -542 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1402 - - 1373 - - 1148 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.4 - - 42.8 - - 43.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 39.3 - - 40.0 - - 41.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.1 - - 42.6 - - 43.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.8 - - 39.6 - - 41.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 22 - - 9 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1020 - - 645 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 95966 34 309 29 311 41 299 95966 89021 26 317 28 303 38 313 89021 83639 26 309 31 308 32 312 83639 79147 25 307 32 305 28 314 79147 75238 24 319 27 301 24 304 75238 71752 25 311 22 300 19 302 71752 68578 25 298 22 298 18 303 68578 65648 22 293 24 299 19 306 65648 62924 26 296 28 288 23 296 62924 60282 32 284 31 283 26 293 60282 57519 33 277 38 283 34 287 57519 54644 40 277 50 275 44 276 54644 51911 49 264 56 268 56 279 51911 49462 51 274 68 269 71 276 49462 47265 63 274 73 263 72 267 47265 45270 68 272 69 266 74 271 45270 43447 75 274 69 273 84 272 43447 41770 86 273 89 273 88 270 41770 40213 100 270 93 268 89 269 40213 38754 111 269 91 266 92 269 38754 37382 113 267 86 266 94 268 37382 36056 101 266 77 270 92 267 36056 34709 84 269 75 275 88 267 34709 33314 80 277 78 263 89 267 33314 31872 79 273 76 260 86 260 31872 30358 71 276 69 261 83 262 30358 28762 63 281 62 260 79 270 28762 27082 59 270 54 264 71 265 27082 25321 61 269 57 273 59 262 25321 23483 60 273 54 269 54 266 23483 21571 41 267 53 271 50 265 21571 19579 37 263 44 279 43 263 19579 17504 29 260 40 273 43 256 17504 15379 25 257 32 269 39 264 15379 13318 23 257 25 264 37 278 13318 11439 20 264 24 269 26 278 11439 9774 14 247 20 269 20 272 9774 8302 9 240 17 255 17 268 8302 7006 8 244 11 225 12 249 7006 5871 8 239 9 211 10 214 5871 4879 6 215 7 207 5 244 4879 4013 7 150 7 181 5 295 4013 3256 9 123 6 157 2 216 3256 2582 9 121 5 149 4 152 2582 1988 8*117 5 139 5 139 1988 1494 7*115 4*135 5 131 1494 1115 6 115 4*132 5 127 1115 854 6 114 4 132 4 124 854 696 5 114 3 131 4*122 696 606 5 114 3 131 2*119 606 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