DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/01 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 - - - - - - 63.1 - - 61.9 - - 61.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 13 - - 28 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 683 - - 1463 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 591 - - 590 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1283 - - 2063 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1666 - - 1638 - - 3439 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 95 - - 156 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 24 - - 22 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 225 - - 251 - - 260 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 568 - - 847 - - -533 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 715 - - 1216 - - 1140 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 159 - - 194 - - -1354 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1124 - - 1869 - - 1961 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 310 - - 90 - - 300 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 63.1 - - 61.9 - - 61.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.4 - - 58.3 - - 58.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 63.1 - - 61.8 - - 62.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.1 - - 57.6 - - 58.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 13 - - 28 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 683 - - 1463 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 12 - - 10 - - 11 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] 97644 10 221 6 346 6 022 97644 90278 3 134 3 127 2 116 90278 84618 4 047 11 152 1 312 84618 79901 2 098 9 156 3 310 79901 75823 8 148 3 269 3 071 75823 72224 14 142 5 224 4 139 72224 68970 10 150 8 204 6 179 68970 65980 6 214 9 196 7 196 65980 63209 13 248 9 206 9 205 63209 60522 15 236 12 219 10 228 60522 57707 13 239 12 220 17 242 57707 54773 19 238 20 234 22 238 54773 51961 23 226 21 231 27 234 51961 49425 25 228 26 226 28 222 49425 47154 34 218 38 229 32 239 47154 45097 50 200 53 218 45 241 45097 43221 50 192 62 204 55 223 43221 41503 56 209 70 200 57 209 41503 39914 78 204 73 196 50 205 39914 38428 97 185 73 194 52 214 38428 37040 90 185 74 193 61 214 37040 35712 85 188 74 192 63 210 35712 34370 81 183 70 196 60 207 34370 32984 79 192 79 204 52 215 32984 31555 68 201 88 202 50 230 31555 30066 66 205 83 202 41 236 30066 28506 66 205 66 211 36 249 28506 26869 64 204 46 215 34 248 26869 25149 63 203 43 225 35 249 25149 23348 65 200 44 230 35 257 23348 21468 62 206 34 226 33 261 21468 19505 42 230 28 219 33 261 19505 17455 33 228 36 232 33 259 17455 15363 31 223 35 250 33 258 15363 13349 33 225 35 254 34 260 13349 11520 35 225 35 256 33 264 11520 9897 34 225 36 262 31 264 9897 8455 34 226 33 258 31 258 8455 7174 34 227 31 253 31 257 7174 6037 34 227 32 254 29 260 6037 5031 33 227 34 259 29 262 5031 4146 33 228 34 257 30 257 4146 3366 33 228 32 252 28 258 3366 2669 32 227 29*251 27 260 2669 2051 32 227 27*251 24 262 2051 1536 30*226 24 251 21 262 1536 1140 28*225 22 251 18 262 1140 867 25 225 20 251 15 262 867 702 24 225 18 251 12*261 702 607 15 223 13 250 8*260 607 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