DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/21 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 31.4 - - 32.0 - - 29.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 158 - - 67 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2790 - - 2919 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2072 - - 1443 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3390 - - 3519 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 825 - - 1295 - - 3754 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 308 - - 236 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 292 - - 298 - - 296 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 343 - - 683 - - -1296 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3048 - - 2836 - - 1901 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 302 - - 550 - - -1487 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3088 - - 2969 - - 2092 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 31.4 - - 32.0 - - 29.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 20.4 - - 22.0 - - 23.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 30.6 - - 31.6 - - 29.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 19.8 - - 21.4 - - 23.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 158 - - 67 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2790 - - 2919 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 102 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96872 28 097 28 092 25 100 96872 89714 26 102 20 098 18 090 89714 84149 25 094 16 114 12 072 84149 79496 15 094 9 115 7 058 79496 75457 11 097 6 105 5 030 75457 71861 5 112 2 045 4 020 71861 68592 8 115 4 216 4 298 68592 65581 1 286 4 219 7 286 65581 62779 6 292 9 262 10 262 62779 60062 11 279 13 261 16 273 60062 57221 29 265 19 262 28 270 57221 54250 30 259 26 258 34 262 54250 51383 35 261 41 253 33 254 51383 48783 42 262 45 254 43 265 48783 46452 56 257 52 257 54 258 46452 44347 65 256 63 258 55 258 44347 42418 71 254 70 253 59 257 42418 40638 70 253 70 249 60 253 40638 38988 69 252 64 247 60 252 38988 37452 69 253 61 249 58 254 37452 36015 72 251 63 251 55 255 36015 34634 74 247 69 249 58 256 34634 33245 74 245 69 243 68 253 33245 31822 74 245 68 239 68 249 31822 30372 78 245 67 241 57 249 30372 28876 82 244 68 244 52 252 28876 27321 80 242 68 247 52 254 27321 25703 74 240 64 247 46 254 25703 24023 67 237 58 245 38 253 24023 22280 59 231 53 243 34 255 22280 20471 46 221 45 248 28 268 20471 18581 36 220 39 253 30 265 18581 16603 28 232 34 240 28 258 16603 14585 30 248 32 238 25 254 14585 12648 28 250 28 244 19 265 12648 10892 23 244 27 253 21 279 10892 9338 13 267 24 268 21 284 9338 7963 16 264 18 262 20 282 7963 6745 15 274 16 281 17 295 6745 5669 14 282 18 305 17 299 5669 4722 15 295 17 305 17 304 4722 3895 14*294 16*300 17 304 3895 3169 14*294 16*300 18 303 3169 2519 14 293 16 299 17 302 2519 1944 13 292 16 298 17 301 1944 1465 13 291 15 297 16 299 1465 1098 12 291 15 297 15 299 1098 846 12 290 14 297 13 298 846 692 11 290 13 296 11*297 692 605 9 290 10 296 8*296 605 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