DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - - - - - 37.0 - - 42.2 - - 35.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 11 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 947 - - 933 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1547 - - 1533 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 355 - - 597 - - 326 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 194 - - 99 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 247 - - 239 - - 209 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -734 - - -419 - - -114 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2281 - - 1952 - - 719 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9681 - - -7298 - - -8540 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 11228 - - 8831 - - 9145 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 81 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 37.0 - - 42.2 - - 35.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.5 - - 36.1 - - 34.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 36.3 - - 42.2 - - 37.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.3 - - 35.1 - - 35.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 11 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 947 - - 933 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 15 - - 25 - - 48 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 94537 51 273 49 285 57 317 94537 87844 52 284 47 293 51 310 87844 82648 56 287 50 302 44 309 82648 78292 50 281 49 296 43 308 78292 74494 33 276 42 293 44 306 74494 71088 27 289 35 288 39 293 71088 67960 32 297 31 284 31 289 67960 65040 35 295 29 289 30 294 65040 62307 37 289 33 296 34 299 62307 59652 41 280 41 296 35 301 59652 56870 45 275 44 287 37 293 56870 53955 39 271 40 280 41 284 53955 51149 33 290 43 287 45 287 51149 48633 46 292 51 291 55 289 48633 46398 51 287 60 289 59 293 46398 44376 59 285 62 285 60 292 44376 42528 60 278 59 279 60 293 42528 40831 52 286 51 290 57 295 40831 39265 60 298 60 303 56 301 39265 37814 70 298 69 302 60 309 37814 36462 78 292 73 294 64 308 36462 35170 82 288 70 290 64 304 35170 33864 81 283 66 288 58 299 33864 32511 73 287 63 290 52 299 32511 31113 72 298 60 294 51 304 31113 29650 75 303 60 297 51 308 29650 28107 77 305 61 299 52 309 28107 26483 76 307 63 301 53 310 26483 24778 75 307 64 303 53 306 24778 22999 67 306 65 307 51 299 22999 21148 58 303 61 311 47 299 21148 19217 47 296 55 315 44 303 19217 17198 43 292 46 313 36 307 17198 15139 42 298 37 296 30 302 15139 13155 42 300 36 296 27 292 13155 11348 39 299 35 302 22 292 11348 9739 38 298 31 302 19 286 9739 8309 33 298 27 299 20 283 8309 7038 28 288 26 292 20 279 7038 5913 27 285 27 291 22 283 5913 4919 26 287 27 292 23 292 4919 4043 26 291 26 294 22 296 4043 3272 25 284 24 289 19 291 3272 2586 24 269 22 276 18 278 2586 1985 21*259 17*260 19 262 1985 1489 16*248 13*241 20 240 1489 1111 15 247 13 239 19 231 1111 852 14 246 12 238 15 224 852 695 12 246 10 237 13 220 695 605 10 245 8 236 5*209 605 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