DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/01 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 - - 0703z - - 1002z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 40.2 - - 45.0 - - 42.7 - - 43.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 56 - - 68 - - 40 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 907 - - 1581 - - 924 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1507 - - 2181 - - 1524 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 675 - - 905 - - 1013 - - 2056 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 154 - - 199 - - 140 - - 9 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 21 - - 17 - - 19 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 054 - - 055 - - 056 - - 070 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 7 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - 1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 480 - - 804 - - 488 - - -343 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1027 - - 1377 - - 1036 - - 949 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 290 - - 480 - - 277 - - -582 ODpotential blCL - - - 1217 - - 1701 - - 1247 - - 1188 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.2 - - 45.0 - - 42.7 - - 43.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.2 - - 41.4 - - 40.6 - - 41.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 40.0 - - 44.5 - - 42.5 - - 43.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.6 - - 40.5 - - 40.0 - - 41.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 56 - - 68 - - 40 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 907 - - 1581 - - 924 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 96533 25 247 27 256 21 245 31 250 96533 89263 15 253 18 252 25 249 23 259 89263 83692 12 228 19 256 24 261 20 271 83692 79086 7 258 18 261 17 263 17 274 79086 75116 11 289 21 271 15 265 15 284 75116 71611 5 235 18 261 15 274 13 290 71611 68435 13 285 17 273 19 277 14 295 68435 65505 28 279 26 275 28 276 23 299 65505 62780 31 269 30 270 32 262 31 285 62780 60128 24 256 26 267 32 256 31 273 60128 57346 26 271 28 284 31 262 38 274 57346 54453 36 276 37 274 39 266 42 266 54453 51699 45 269 45 271 43 263 37 266 51699 49233 47 261 51 263 41 271 40 270 49233 47037 42 262 41 256 51 268 43 271 47037 45070 49 273 46 268 55 269 50 277 45070 43309 63 266 57 275 69 277 62 286 43309 41714 65 253 68 274 77 274 84 282 41714 40225 61 252 69 274 74 279 78 278 40225 38816 64 258 67 275 72 276 72 280 38816 37476 64 262 62 269 71 269 65 277 37476 36173 64 264 63 264 73 264 64 270 36173 34839 60 260 63 261 69 262 64 263 34839 33446 57 256 61 256 59 267 61 260 33446 31999 55 251 62 250 56 267 53 254 31999 30482 53 252 62 248 61 264 56 247 30482 28881 53 258 58 249 59 264 60 246 28881 27196 49 254 56 251 55 261 53 248 27196 25429 38 246 56 251 53 256 53 240 25429 23581 39 243 53 248 56 259 52 229 23581 21657 43 255 44 249 53 262 51 234 21657 19649 39 261 36 257 42 263 46 249 19649 17556 35 268 27 259 35 264 38 261 17556 15427 41 269 26 258 27 266 25 272 15427 13379 45 260 24 260 18 261 21 256 13379 11515 32 251 21 249 15 244 27 229 11515 9861 4 214 20 247 14 230 31 241 9861 8393 9 024 12 234 9 212 27 249 8393 7088 12 034 10 156 6 202 22 243 7088 5933 10 064 11 132 17 130 19 228 5933 4916 6 057 12 104 22 115 19 186 4916 4028 11 082 18 096 24 111 21 143 4028 3258 20 081 21 078 25 096 27 103 3258 2582 28 065 19*063 24 078 27 089 2582 1988 28*059 18*058 23*062 26 085 1988 1494 24*055 18 056 22*058 23 079 1494 1115 22 055 17 054 20 056 20 075 1115 854 20 054 16 053 19 055 17 073 854 696 18 054 14 053 16 054 15*071 696 606 13 053 11 052 12 053 10*070 606 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