DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 02/01 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 22.6 - - 24.6 - - 20.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 82 - - 34 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1020 - - 1406 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 587 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1620 - - 2006 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 651 - - 654 - - 1850 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 177 - - 150 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 15 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 208 - - 202 - - 187 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1083 - - -1087 - - -1563 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2703 - - 3093 - - 2167 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -7824 - - -7822 - - -9923 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 9444 - - 9828 - - 10527 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 88 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 22.6 - - 24.6 - - 20.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 13.2 - - 13.4 - - 13.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 22.0 - - 24.3 - - 22.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 12.3 - - 12.7 - - 13.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 82 - - 34 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1020 - - 1406 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 50 - - 59 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95541 85 233 101 237 83 244 95541 88357 69 244 73 249 71 257 88357 82841 49 250 48 253 66 262 82841 78262 42 262 39 263 50 261 78262 74293 32 271 42 279 38 285 74293 70783 34 276 46 281 40 298 70783 67609 32 280 39 287 37 295 67609 64667 35 298 42 297 34 295 64667 61911 39 304 39 304 35 305 61911 59219 43 310 41 320 38 311 59219 56396 48 309 51 324 47 318 56396 53461 49 310 57 318 52 324 53461 50657 49 314 56 315 55 327 50657 48131 50 318 52 318 56 324 48131 45862 49 320 51 324 56 321 45862 43804 46 325 51 327 54 322 43804 41923 47 330 51 326 52 325 41923 40196 51 331 51 327 51 330 40196 38602 52 324 46 331 53 331 38602 37120 45 315 45 335 47 331 37120 35741 36 312 39 336 42 339 35741 34433 33 308 31 334 29 329 34433 33124 21 340 27 324 14 330 33124 31775 20 003 18 335 14 002 31775 30377 20 357 15 010 10 009 30377 28915 20 341 16 014 4 024 28915 27377 17 311 13 348 2 032 27377 25765 15 297 12 322 2 331 25765 24074 14 284 11 284 7 258 24074 22311 15 277 12 275 6 275 22311 20484 14 279 10 266 5 283 20484 18585 11 276 9 250 7 269 18585 16602 11 270 9 248 9 251 16602 14582 11 261 12 249 10 244 14582 12644 14 248 17 248 9 268 12644 10882 15 238 23 234 14 276 10882 9317 15 235 25 219 15 251 9317 7936 15 236 24 217 25 217 7936 6720 15 236 22 220 28 205 6720 5647 15 234 21 219 25 209 5647 4699 15 231 22 219 25 214 4699 3867 16 227 23 221 24 220 3867 3139 18 224 23 220 23 224 3139 2492 19 220 21*212 21 216 2492 1924 18*215 17*203 20 206 1924 1452 15*210 16 202 17 198 1452 1090 13 208 15 201 16 195 1090 841 12 208 14 201 13 192 841 690 11 207 13 200 11 190 690 604 9 207 10 200 6*187 604 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