DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/22 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.5 - - 47.9 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 414 - - 295 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1584 - - 2132 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1538 - - 1847 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2184 - - 2732 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 279 - - 401 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 352 - - 346 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 24 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 030 - - 011 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 11 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2530 - - -1849 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4715 - - 4581 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11851 - - -12400 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14035 - - 15132 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 96 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.5 - - 47.9 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.1 - - 30.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 54.5 - - 46.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 37.6 - - 29.8 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 414 - - 295 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1584 - - 2132 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 82 - - 84 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - - 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] 96625 29 243 21 256 96625 89423 17 239 18 233 89423 83912 11 206 17 239 83912 79335 14 221 16 258 79335 75380 12 219 17 239 75380 71863 5 251 15 222 71863 68669 12 267 16 229 68669 65742 14 244 20 235 65742 63032 13 243 21 251 63032 60401 22 245 20 247 60401 57646 27 248 28 244 57646 54776 33 248 34 262 54776 52030 38 264 45 273 52030 49548 45 269 53 265 49548 47301 51 270 56 262 47301 45241 55 273 61 269 45241 43342 68 276 69 269 43342 41588 79 274 79 270 41588 39981 88 275 83 265 39981 38507 87 275 77 267 38507 37137 82 281 87 280 37137 35820 90 279 102 282 35820 34483 92 277 99 276 34483 33098 86 275 89 271 33098 31663 80 274 83 270 31663 30165 75 275 84 268 30165 28592 70 276 84 264 28592 26938 67 281 79 263 26938 25200 67 278 74 263 25200 23380 67 270 70 263 23380 21482 65 259 68 261 21482 19500 65 250 64 256 19500 17433 64 250 61 253 17433 15323 61 252 58 257 15323 13288 56 255 52 263 13288 11435 50 258 38 273 11435 9792 43 259 19 287 9792 8336 35 256 13 311 8336 7044 13 258 14 335 7044 5900 14 032 9 356 5900 4892 18 027 8 013 4892 4012 16 048 18 009 4012 3247 20 060 25*010 3247 2575 21*044 25*010 2575 1985 23*031 25 010 1985 1493 23 030 25 011 1493 1115 22 030 24 011 1115 854 21 030 23 011 854 697 20 030 21 011 697 606 16 029 16 011 606 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