DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/01 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.8 - - 38.1 - - 31.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 377 - - 200 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3373 - - 3638 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2852 - - 2796 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3973 - - 4238 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 733 - - 1031 - - 2623 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 436 - - 362 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 7 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 063 - - 070 - - 050 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1580 - - -2402 - - -5203 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5553 - - 6641 - - 5808 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -11890 - - -11795 - - -16849 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 15863 - - 16033 - - 17454 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 86 - - 53 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 34.8 - - 38.1 - - 31.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 12.8 - - 11.3 - - 9.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 33.0 - - 36.9 - - 32.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 12.2 - - 11.0 - - 8.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 377 - - 200 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3373 - - 3638 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 15 - - 44 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 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] 96450 15 127 8 165 4 121 96450 89250 8 113 11 199 5 208 89250 83666 11 199 9 218 5 239 83666 79014 13 217 14 220 13 240 79014 74983 12 260 8 254 14 244 74983 71394 24 259 22 257 22 271 71394 68141 25 266 25 261 33 279 68141 65161 26 269 31 264 36 269 65161 62399 17 270 27 276 33 268 62399 59706 32 297 37 286 36 290 59706 56886 44 287 46 289 47 293 56886 53963 47 281 54 288 56 290 53963 51178 51 283 59 283 59 285 51178 48674 55 286 62 281 58 282 48674 46428 62 288 65 283 60 284 46428 44388 70 289 68 288 66 285 44388 42521 73 282 72 290 72 288 42521 40815 74 282 75 288 81 292 40815 39266 82 282 80 282 88 290 39266 37854 83 277 83 274 87 282 37854 36538 84 279 79 278 81 279 36538 35261 85 282 81 286 81 284 35261 33957 87 282 82 283 84 280 33957 32597 88 281 84 280 88 277 32597 31182 90 281 84 279 90 278 31182 29697 91 283 84 279 86 278 29697 28129 91 283 86 279 83 278 28129 26482 91 282 86 280 83 275 26482 24754 88 283 82 283 83 275 24754 22947 80 289 80 283 78 278 22947 21063 79 290 81 284 77 278 21063 19100 80 290 78 284 69 274 19100 17054 76 294 69 286 63 274 17054 14968 71 299 59 285 52 281 14968 12958 57 300 53 285 45 281 12958 11134 45 296 48 306 41 284 11134 9518 36 297 38 311 34 306 9518 8091 29 300 28 305 26 314 8091 6833 22 310 18 306 18 316 6833 5729 14 352 5 334 9 334 5729 4764 14*044 6*088 4 060 4764 3923 14*061 6*080 9 092 3923 3185 15 062 7 076 11 085 3185 2528 15 063 7 071 14 066 2528 1950 15 064 7 068 18 055 1950 1469 15 064 7 065 18 052 1469 1100 14 064 7 062 18 052 1100 847 13 064 7 062 16 051 847 693 13 064 7 062 14*050 693 605 11 064 6 060 10*050 605 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