DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/31 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 - - - - - - 77.5 - - 80.8 - - 79.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 314 - - 185 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3476 - - 3801 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2886 - - 2919 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4076 - - 4401 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1494 - - 1613 - - 5946 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 422 - - 368 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 56 - - 25 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 167 - - 121 - - 074 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4304 - - -5341 - - -7967 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 8381 - - 9743 - - 8575 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10905 - - -11057 - - -12695 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14981 - - 15458 - - 13303 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 97 - - 47 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 10 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.5 - - 80.8 - - 79.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 43.0 - - 40.2 - - 44.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.6 - - 79.4 - - 80.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 41.8 - - 39.0 - - 43.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 314 - - 185 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3476 - - 3801 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 32 - - 88 - - 0 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] 98602 13 132 12 061 3 011 98602 91107 12 072 5 091 8 040 91107 85376 11 065 10 075 10 065 85376 80609 10 064 12 078 13 055 80609 76480 11 057 12 082 19 045 76480 72842 11 066 14 065 19 039 72842 69565 13 065 13 057 14 023 69565 66566 14 047 11 045 8 006 66566 63788 15 015 12 014 10 015 63788 61097 18 342 17 346 17 009 61097 58295 18 328 19 334 21 353 58295 55401 22 315 21 321 22 327 55401 52649 25 314 21 307 22 306 52649 50174 27 304 22 307 24 304 50174 47963 25 301 26 305 26 301 47963 45987 24 300 26 307 24 312 45987 44202 29 296 30 294 31 293 44202 42558 30 288 35 291 33 284 42558 41015 23 269 25 294 28 276 41015 39562 16 253 15 269 22 293 39562 38186 13 260 13 268 20 292 38186 36847 17 260 18 282 21 291 36847 35480 17 270 18 287 22 302 35480 34054 16 271 18 296 20 298 34054 32572 21 265 21 303 20 292 32572 31022 28 259 20 311 23 287 31022 29391 28 259 22 315 27 282 29391 27677 26 255 22 310 29 281 27677 25881 23 253 22 302 27 276 25881 24006 17 262 19 296 24 276 24006 22054 15 258 15 279 23 278 22054 20023 13 274 18 275 22 278 20023 17909 6 276 16 273 16 281 17909 15757 8 225 15 275 14 281 15757 13687 8 246 15 279 14 291 13687 11805 9 269 15 271 17 295 11805 10133 11 268 16 261 21 291 10133 8648 9 248 7 247 20 286 8648 7331 4 244 6 220 13 265 7331 6168 5 299 5 247 8 228 6168 5142 5 277 1*204 5 200 5142 4238 2*218 2*126 4 167 4238 3439 2*190 2 122 3 138 3439 2722 2 176 3 121 3 114 2722 2089 1 169 3 122 4 097 2089 1560 1 156 3 120 4 087 1560 1154 1 151 3 120 4 081 1154 875 1 143 3 119 4 078 875 705 1 137 3 120 4*077 705 608 1 136 2 120 3*074 608 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