DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/21 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 - - - - - - 65.6 - - 79.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 173 - - 91 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1290 - - 3494 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1085 - - 2268 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1890 - - 4094 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 657 - - 1551 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 252 - - 284 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 20 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 186 - - 232 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3227 - - -5285 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5117 - - 9380 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7775 - - -8024 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9665 - - 12118 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 63 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 65.6 - - 79.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 45.4 - - 40.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.5 - - 78.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 44.1 - - 39.3 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 173 - - 91 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1290 - - 3494 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 16 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 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] 96483 13 237 19 226 96483 89368 11 233 9 244 89368 83911 8 231 15 239 83911 79353 3 244 18 208 79353 75393 3 299 13 214 75393 71877 9 303 7 245 71877 68681 11 310 9 317 68681 65753 12 301 18 307 65753 63057 11 286 20 284 63057 60445 15 310 24 302 60445 57700 25 322 31 289 57700 54822 45 326 36 294 54822 52049 56 320 40 300 52049 49553 55 316 51 306 49553 47319 59 314 61 310 47319 45285 65 314 68 310 45285 43423 75 312 74 307 43423 41719 81 306 76 303 41719 40157 82 304 75 303 40157 38712 80 308 74 310 38712 37358 80 315 78 318 37358 36049 80 320 82 321 36049 34715 75 321 83 322 34715 33324 68 320 78 321 33324 31879 63 319 73 319 31879 30367 57 317 70 318 30367 28778 53 314 67 318 28778 27114 50 309 62 315 27114 25373 51 308 59 313 25373 23555 50 308 55 311 23555 21662 44 304 49 310 21662 19689 39 306 46 308 19689 17632 34 306 45 307 17632 15535 34 308 42 312 15535 13520 38 309 38 317 13520 11686 34 304 38 313 11686 10051 32 292 40 300 10051 8594 29 288 36 284 8594 7296 25 282 35 279 7296 6141 27 278 32 274 6141 5117 27 258 29 265 5117 4217 26 250 24*246 4217 3422 26 233 22*237 3422 2711 22 217 21 234 2711 2081 16*197 21 232 2081 1556 12*188 20 230 1556 1152 12 186 19 230 1152 874 11 185 18 229 874 705 10 184 16 228 705 608 8 184 13 228 608 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