DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/09 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 = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1553z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.4 - - 55.9 - - 53.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -2 - - 9 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7 - - 1069 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 590 - - 590 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 607 - - 1669 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2611 - - 1766 - - 1972 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 12 - - 99 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 17 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 029 - - 041 - - 027 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -454 - - 550 - - -308 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1061 - - 1119 - - 916 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -795 - - 137 - - -781 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1402 - - 1532 - - 1388 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 320 - - 20 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.4 - - 55.9 - - 53.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.6 - - 52.9 - - 51.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 56.5 - - 56.0 - - 54.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.2 - - 52.5 - - 51.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -2 - - 9 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7 - - 1069 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 102 - - 91 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 8 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] 98188 21 230 15 255 15 224 98188 90724 15 226 10 222 16 257 90724 84988 9 229 14 195 16 272 84988 80257 3 156 11 198 7 287 80257 76197 2 069 8 234 2 235 76197 72600 1 057 6 274 3 251 72600 69338 4 269 9 297 6 307 69338 66339 8 269 14 307 12 302 66339 63555 10 242 15 268 17 288 63555 60843 9 258 16 241 17 271 60843 57985 15 241 18 253 17 265 57985 55004 21 261 21 262 19 275 55004 52156 38 260 29 267 20 289 52156 49589 38 246 33 262 35 276 49589 47291 30 249 27 256 33 263 47291 45211 35 265 31 261 27 271 45211 43299 44 251 37 258 35 284 43299 41529 42 251 42 261 46 273 41529 39892 60 261 49 265 49 265 39892 38375 78 253 59 262 48 263 38375 36956 80 244 64 258 48 264 36956 35594 77 240 66 255 51 263 35594 34222 77 242 62 256 59 266 34222 32817 81 245 57 260 68 267 32817 31380 82 246 58 264 68 265 31380 29893 81 250 54 264 62 264 29893 28336 73 251 44 264 60 266 28336 26701 49 256 35 265 57 267 26701 24983 34 262 34 265 50 269 24983 23186 29 264 35 265 42 273 23186 21312 26 261 34 265 34 276 21312 19357 25 257 31 266 29 282 19357 17318 22 251 26 266 22 282 17318 15234 24 251 25 264 17 285 15234 13227 21 251 23 269 17 292 13227 11401 19 246 16 274 15 295 11401 9780 18 242 14 260 9 296 9780 8346 12 227 11 242 9 029 8346 7077 8 130 7 132 18 047 7077 5955 19 087 21 091 21 043 5955 4963 27 076 24 078 22 040 4963 4090 24 076 25 072 23 043 4090 3320 21 074 24 067 23 046 3320 2631 19 064 23 056 22 047 2631 2023 17 050 21*046 21 044 2023 1517 15 045 20*043 19 040 1517 1128 14 041 18 041 15 034 1128 861 12 037 16 040 12 030 861 699 10*033 14 039 11*029 699 607 7*029 10 038 7*027 607 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