DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/04 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 - - - - - - 50.3 - - 45.4 - - 41.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 38 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1816 - - 1739 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1305 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2416 - - 2339 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 400 - - 1816 - - 4309 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 255 - - 176 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 21 - - 25 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 269 - - 266 - - 261 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 14 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1154 - - 971 - - -882 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1262 - - 1368 - - 1488 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 657 - - 488 - - -1353 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1759 - - 1851 - - 1959 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.3 - - 45.4 - - 41.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 46.9 - - 41.6 - - 37.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.7 - - 45.1 - - 42.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 45.6 - - 40.7 - - 36.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 122 - - 38 - - -21 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1816 - - 1739 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 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] 96754 30 271 24 273 26 267 96754 89532 19 273 21 282 16 298 89532 84014 13 290 11 255 18 287 84014 79441 9 311 6 288 15 284 79441 75505 11 318 14 307 19 311 75505 72021 12 298 16 296 20 300 72021 68855 11 287 17 289 19 281 68855 65929 15 296 16 274 18 270 65929 63181 18 297 13 266 17 265 63181 60489 17 291 22 276 20 258 60489 57669 18 268 26 259 22 269 57669 54745 30 253 32 268 30 274 54745 51951 34 249 45 265 37 269 51951 49425 38 244 50 252 48 262 49425 47162 42 237 50 236 56 249 47162 45114 38 236 46 234 54 244 45114 43241 60 243 53 241 59 244 43241 41522 90 232 78 244 73 243 41522 39946 93 219 106 234 90 235 39946 38496 89 214 120 220 113 226 38496 37140 89 212 115 215 126 221 37140 35824 87 212 114 215 127 219 35824 34478 85 211 110 217 123 221 34478 33074 83 210 105 218 119 223 33074 31615 78 208 104 220 117 225 31615 30086 75 209 104 222 114 226 30086 28477 76 214 102 223 109 226 28477 26790 73 214 96 219 106 225 26790 25025 69 210 92 220 104 224 25025 23181 70 206 90 222 99 226 23181 21268 68 209 89 223 83 229 21268 19288 68 226 82 230 69 232 19288 17233 64 238 61 231 63 236 17233 15134 48 233 53 226 61 238 15134 13105 42 215 49 230 60 238 13105 11258 40 210 51 228 60 238 11258 9620 42 213 56 228 55 241 9620 8177 42 215 58 229 46 247 8177 6908 40 215 55 230 40 255 6908 5797 35 221 45 238 38 269 5797 4830 28 234 36 255 37 274 4830 3985 25 250 31 265 36 273 3985 3239 24 262 31 265 35 272 3239 2572 23*267 30*266 33 271 2572 1982 23*268 29*266 29 268 1982 1491 22 268 28 266 26 266 1491 1113 22 269 26 266 22 264 1113 854 20 269 23 266 18 263 854 696 18 269 20 265 16*262 696 606 14 269 15 265 11*261 606 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