DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/24 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 - - - - - - 46.8 - - 47.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 36 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2018 - - 1400 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1384 - - 590 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2618 - - 2000 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 645 - - 728 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 255 - - 156 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 186 - - 190 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -6 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -4099 - - -4567 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6717 - - 6567 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12809 - - -12312 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15427 - - 14312 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 110 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 46.8 - - 47.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 20.0 - - 21.3 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 46.0 - - 47.2 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 18.8 - - 20.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 119 - - 36 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2018 - - 1400 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - 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] 96194 24 257 25 254 96194 89024 24 254 26 249 89024 83507 20 269 23 257 83507 78910 23 272 20 275 78910 74919 26 276 27 287 74919 71397 31 287 42 285 71397 68220 32 271 38 274 68220 65278 28 288 37 287 65278 62540 38 294 52 297 62540 59895 45 300 57 290 59895 57123 54 302 59 296 57123 54225 58 300 62 302 54225 51448 64 304 64 307 51448 48953 68 306 66 309 48953 46726 70 307 71 308 46726 44713 74 305 73 305 44713 42874 73 299 70 306 42874 41179 68 297 72 310 41179 39611 65 307 69 310 39611 38152 69 313 65 310 38152 36787 71 309 65 313 36787 35475 77 300 68 313 35475 34149 79 299 72 310 34149 32778 82 301 79 306 32778 31360 83 298 84 303 31360 29874 78 292 82 303 29874 28306 73 290 75 301 28306 26655 69 286 74 297 26655 24924 65 281 72 292 24924 23117 54 276 63 294 23117 21238 43 277 60 292 21238 19278 40 276 60 282 19278 17237 40 273 53 271 17237 15162 40 270 41 274 15162 13165 32 271 40 275 13165 11344 27 271 44 265 11344 9720 26 266 40 264 9720 8280 23 264 28 267 8280 7008 23 260 22 255 7008 5884 19 252 16 247 5884 4895 17 257 10 245 4895 4029 15 242 9 235 4029 3266 13*212 11 216 3266 2587 9*196 10*202 2587 1992 8 189 6*194 1992 1497 7 184 4 189 1497 1117 6 180 3 189 1117 855 5 177 3 185 855 697 5 175 3 186 697 606 4 175 3 188 606 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