DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/03 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 - - - - - - 57.7 - - 61.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 148 - - 52 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1437 - - 1477 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1128 - - 591 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2037 - - 2077 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 242 - - 669 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 250 - - 183 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 27 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 2 - - 7 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 238 - - 094 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -1 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 476 - - 605 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1561 - - 1472 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 15 - - 169 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2022 - - 1908 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 180 - - 600 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.7 - - 61.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 53.0 - - 57.5 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 56.8 - - 61.5 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 51.7 - - 56.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 148 - - 52 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1437 - - 1477 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 85 - - 100 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - - 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] 96780 26 239 34 257 96780 89548 17 255 22 259 89548 83988 13 256 15 272 83988 79378 1 072 16 280 79378 75427 10 299 14 277 75427 71944 7 308 8 295 71944 68774 16 304 19 297 68774 65849 18 295 23 296 65849 63123 20 297 25 298 63123 60463 27 283 26 280 60463 57681 31 270 23 272 57681 54786 31 260 25 262 54786 52015 30 259 27 267 52015 49522 36 263 37 266 49522 47305 39 260 44 257 47305 45316 47 248 52 247 45316 43525 56 239 55 243 43525 41896 58 240 64 246 41896 40392 62 245 67 247 40392 38980 62 241 68 245 38980 37637 61 239 69 241 37637 36327 56 240 69 240 36327 34988 55 237 64 240 34988 33591 56 237 60 240 33591 32138 55 245 58 243 32138 30617 55 247 56 245 30617 29020 57 245 54 246 29020 27348 58 243 52 248 27348 25594 56 246 49 247 25594 23758 53 251 47 247 23758 21839 52 255 44 253 21839 19835 49 258 40 258 19835 17743 37 253 36 254 17743 15615 23 252 30 249 15615 13569 21 246 25 239 13569 11706 22 238 22 235 11706 10048 21 235 23 229 10048 8577 23 236 29 230 8577 7268 24 237 30 227 7268 6104 24 237 26 217 6104 5073 23 244 20 217 5073 4166 24 243 16 212 4166 3369 24 238 15 195 3369 2663 18*234 10*168 2663 2044 3*230 8*103 2044 1531 2 236 7 096 1531 1137 2 241 7 093 1137 866 1 244 7 090 866 702 1 249 6 089 702 607 1 253 6 088 607 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