DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/17 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 - - - - - - 77.7 - - 77.9 - - 70.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 180 - - 164 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3895 - - 3119 - - 239 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2981 - - 2365 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4495 - - 3719 - - 839 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2621 - - 3506 - - 1971 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 369 - - 332 - - 49 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 25 - - 25 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 184 - - 182 - - 266 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 9 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 13 - - 10 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 429 - - -230 - - -111 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4066 - - 3949 - - 950 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -161 - - -1211 - - -1030 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4656 - - 4930 - - 1869 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 85 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1590 - - 1820 - - 2080 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 77.7 - - 77.9 - - 70.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.7 - - 62.4 - - 67.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 76.8 - - 77.2 - - 70.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 61.1 - - 61.8 - - 67.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 180 - - 164 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3895 - - 3119 - - 239 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 53 - - 40 - - 103 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 12 - - 15 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] 96813 27 247 33 269 36 287 96813 89590 21 263 22 268 20 261 89590 84080 19 260 23 287 26 288 84080 79517 29 240 32 266 28 277 79517 75562 26 234 22 243 30 262 75562 72043 26 254 30 260 31 263 72043 68833 33 251 43 253 40 264 68833 65862 41 248 41 248 49 257 65862 63100 44 249 42 254 48 250 63100 60436 44 255 45 259 40 249 60436 57660 46 258 46 259 39 259 57660 54763 51 257 50 256 50 261 54763 51991 51 255 55 254 54 253 51991 49493 54 259 55 256 51 252 49493 47252 61 263 59 261 62 262 47252 45238 69 261 71 259 72 266 45238 43438 71 257 79 253 76 271 43438 41811 62 254 77 252 86 270 41811 40309 52 248 78 258 75 267 40309 38896 48 246 75 263 67 261 38896 37555 51 249 65 266 59 256 37555 36249 55 251 58 268 57 258 36249 34914 55 251 54 266 53 258 34914 33522 52 250 52 263 48 254 33522 32074 50 250 52 260 53 257 32074 30558 51 251 51 258 51 253 30558 28959 51 251 51 260 46 247 28959 27280 51 250 53 261 46 249 27280 25518 49 246 53 257 45 249 25518 23678 40 242 46 253 42 243 23678 21763 35 241 42 250 41 239 21763 19768 33 245 38 234 43 240 19768 17688 30 246 33 224 42 229 17688 15567 28 232 29 226 40 214 15567 13536 27 230 28 228 37 201 13536 11706 24 224 29 238 36 201 11706 10077 25 212 30 244 38 208 10077 8619 27 213 28 236 38 208 8619 7317 27 211 26 227 37 207 7317 6158 26 206 26 220 35 210 6158 5130 26*197 25 209 32 216 5130 4224 26*187 25*196 31 225 4224 3425 26 185 25*187 30 233 3425 2710 26 184 26 184 30 238 2710 2079 26 183 26 182 29 239 2079 1554 26 183 26 181 27 252 1554 1150 25 183 25 180 24 259 1150 873 24 182 24 179 21*263 873 704 22 182 21 179 18*265 704 608 17 182 17 179 12 267 608 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