DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/17 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.2 - - 75.5 - - 78.8 - - 75.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 130 - - 162 - - 110 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1571 - - 4352 - - 5133 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1163 - - 3312 - - 3658 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2171 - - 4952 - - 5733 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3063 - - 2702 - - 3372 - - 8135 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 248 - - 381 - - 355 - - 14 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 19 - - 16 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 246 - - 207 - - 217 - - 138 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 3 - - -8 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 123 - - 702 - - -151 - - -2945 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2048 - - 4251 - - 5885 - - 3554 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1710 - - -732 - - -1863 - - -4276 ODpotential blCL - - - 3881 - - 5684 - - 7596 - - 4884 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 70 - - 59 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - 1220 - - 880 - - 560 - - 1470 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.2 - - 75.5 - - 78.8 - - 75.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 62.9 - - 58.7 - - 54.9 - - 61.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.3 - - 74.3 - - 78.0 - - 76.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 61.7 - - 57.4 - - 53.6 - - 60.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 130 - - 162 - - 110 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1571 - - 4352 - - 5133 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 42 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 11 - - 9 - - 8 - - 12 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] 98509 25 083 20 105 17 085 19 078 98509 91137 20 089 21 104 22 079 23 079 91137 85459 19 106 17 102 20 083 20 086 85459 80733 17 118 12 091 15 098 15 090 80733 76640 14 105 8 129 9 125 8 106 76640 73005 7 145 12 150 6 157 4 164 73005 69713 5 163 13 161 7 201 7 192 69713 66687 10 222 13 170 15 213 9 245 66687 63878 8 228 12 246 21 204 16 242 63878 61164 19 259 16 234 20 221 20 240 61164 58318 32 242 21 252 21 246 21 247 58318 55332 38 239 35 249 39 251 37 261 55332 52470 39 243 47 240 42 248 45 255 52470 49888 37 249 44 235 41 254 42 255 49888 47583 39 258 38 241 42 251 41 258 47583 45505 43 255 41 252 40 245 36 253 45505 43613 43 247 44 252 37 246 32 257 43613 41877 42 247 44 246 37 247 31 264 41877 40277 44 253 42 249 34 251 23 265 40277 38793 50 254 42 256 32 257 20 279 38793 37405 44 248 41 243 36 260 20 271 37405 36071 34 254 36 231 37 255 23 256 36071 34720 35 254 33 236 34 252 20 255 34720 33325 37 249 33 245 34 254 23 263 33325 31887 46 241 37 245 33 256 28 262 31887 30391 49 239 40 245 32 264 22 266 30391 28818 48 241 39 246 28 271 19 267 28818 27165 42 252 36 255 25 279 21 268 27165 25429 39 259 36 260 26 282 21 282 25429 23611 32 263 34 260 27 272 16 287 23611 21716 25 269 30 259 33 265 16 273 21716 19740 24 274 23 268 29 265 17 265 19740 17679 22 275 19 273 22 261 17 268 17679 15574 16 261 17 280 14 266 15 279 15574 13543 14 265 13 272 12 279 12 290 13543 11698 13 288 8 271 8 281 5 288 11698 10062 11 279 8 253 7 256 6 242 10062 8610 10 257 8 237 9 236 9 256 8610 7319 10 248 6 219 9 240 9 266 7319 6167 11 245 5 222 8*244 9 268 6167 5144 10 262 5*222 6*242 7 265 5144 4240 8 278 4*219 5 236 5 249 4240 3440 6 282 4 214 4 224 4 215 3440 2724 6*267 4 209 4 213 5 183 2724 2091 5*250 4 205 4 201 6 164 2091 1561 5 246 3 202 4 192 7 155 1561 1155 5 245 3 197 4 186 7 150 1155 875 4 244 3 197 3 183 7 146 875 705 4 242 3 195 3 181 6 141 705 608 4 243 3 194 3 179 5*138 608 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