DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/02 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.0 - - 67.8 - - 64.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -21 - - -66 - - -61 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 591 - - 591 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 607 - - 608 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3274 - - 3616 - - 2087 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 19 - - 17 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 18 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 188 - - 201 - - 205 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -664 - - -475 - - -64 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1271 - - 1083 - - 671 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1361 - - -1435 - - -1164 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1968 - - 2043 - - 1771 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 520 - - 810 - - 780 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.0 - - 67.8 - - 64.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 64.0 - - 64.6 - - 63.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 68.6 - - 69.1 - - 66.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 63.4 - - 64.2 - - 63.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -21 - - -66 - - -61 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7 - - 8 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - 13 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] 96638 16 254 17 252 25 253 96638 89407 13 248 16 273 12 261 89407 83872 10 222 16 271 13 296 83872 79298 10 267 10 270 12 310 79298 75353 8 281 7 293 15 315 75353 71861 11 306 8 291 13 293 71861 68686 16 306 12 296 7 280 68686 65744 22 287 24 290 20 305 65744 63007 23 262 28 273 26 283 63007 60358 20 256 26 263 26 271 60358 57580 25 264 26 260 27 268 57580 54683 32 257 28 260 30 264 54683 51917 34 249 36 253 32 262 51917 49437 42 229 39 236 36 246 49437 47231 45 231 45 244 40 248 47231 45246 75 231 65 224 50 242 45246 43442 73 221 84 213 61 238 43442 41789 72 218 87 211 65 225 41789 40253 72 215 84 206 79 213 40253 38812 72 215 85 205 98 207 38812 37448 71 214 84 206 101 206 37448 36122 67 213 80 206 100 208 36122 34769 62 208 73 206 101 209 34769 33361 59 202 69 207 95 208 33361 31901 56 202 73 211 85 205 31901 30377 52 204 74 213 80 203 30377 28775 48 208 68 207 77 206 28775 27097 46 210 65 204 77 206 27097 25349 44 211 69 208 70 209 25349 23531 48 214 69 209 62 211 23531 21641 55 218 62 210 62 215 21641 19671 64 221 55 215 60 221 19671 17615 71 216 55 223 61 224 17615 15517 72 210 58 224 60 224 15517 13493 68 204 60 227 57 224 13493 11652 65 205 58 227 56 225 11652 10015 62 209 55 227 56 227 10015 8559 60 211 55 228 56 230 8559 7264 60 210 55 226 55 229 7264 6115 55 212 55 220 54 226 6115 5096 52 213 54 214 55 223 5096 4198 53 208 52 210 55 220 4198 3404 50 202 50 207 54 215 3404 2694 46 198 47 206 51 212 2694 2068 43 196 45 205 47 210 2068 1546 37 192 41 204 41 207 1546 1146 33 190 36 203 36 206 1146 870 29 189 31 202 29 206 870 703 24 188 27*201 25 205 703 607 18*188 18*201 17*205 607 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