DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/29 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 - - - - - - 12.8 - - 15.9 - - 10.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 54 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1397 - - 1973 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 587 - - 587 - - 587 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1997 - - 2573 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 681 - - 674 - - 2769 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 222 - - 193 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 328 - - 323 - - 338 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2579 - - -2285 - - -2534 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4576 - - 4858 - - 3138 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -17637 - - -15494 - - -16067 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 19634 - - 18067 - - 16671 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 72 - - 80 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 12.8 - - 15.9 - - 10.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - -4.9 - - -3.1 - - -0.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 12.0 - - 15.5 - - 14.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - -5.7 - - -3.9 - - -1.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 54 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1397 - - 1973 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 19 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 95188 96 241 99 234 108 240 95188 87919 90 245 89 248 86 250 87919 82409 84 260 82 259 86 264 82409 77820 76 268 78 267 85 273 77820 73852 72 273 77 278 76 277 73852 70334 73 277 80 286 74 284 70334 67143 74 280 85 286 80 286 67143 64207 76 281 85 282 84 284 64207 61491 77 281 80 279 86 283 61491 58867 79 281 77 280 84 283 58867 56129 81 281 79 283 82 285 56129 53273 81 281 83 285 82 288 53273 50523 79 282 84 283 85 286 50523 48023 75 283 81 281 84 280 48023 45759 71 286 78 282 82 276 45759 43684 70 285 78 281 80 275 43684 41770 72 282 79 280 79 276 41770 40007 72 285 76 280 77 279 40007 38396 78 284 66 284 74 283 38396 36921 79 275 68 286 70 290 36921 35558 72 273 72 281 72 297 35558 34263 59 283 65 279 74 297 34263 32962 55 290 58 282 74 294 32962 31618 59 293 60 291 72 294 31618 30226 61 291 63 296 69 295 30226 28771 62 289 63 298 67 296 28771 27240 65 291 64 297 65 295 27240 25634 68 291 63 294 63 293 25634 23947 64 289 63 292 62 294 23947 22179 60 287 62 291 63 294 22179 20333 60 286 61 290 64 293 20333 18408 61 285 62 286 63 292 18408 16409 60 288 64 283 59 287 16409 14388 59 289 63 284 54 284 14388 12459 47 293 54 290 44 293 12459 10717 37 289 39 292 36 298 10717 9179 31 285 32 299 25 302 9179 7818 27 299 27 303 23 306 7818 6612 24 306 24 309 21 314 6612 5548 18 308 19 312 19 323 5548 4613 12 309 13 313 14 329 4613 3800 9 328 8 327 9 352 3800 3092 9 350 8*331 10 355 3092 2460 8*349 8*325 10 352 2460 1903 7*333 7 324 9 351 1903 1439 7 329 7 323 8 351 1439 1082 6 327 7 322 7 348 1082 837 6 326 7 321 6 347 837 688 6 323 6 322 5*343 688 604 5 324 5 321 4*338 604 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