DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/02 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 31.0 - - 37.6 - - 42.8 - - 39.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 115 - - 188 - - 149 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1119 - - 1598 - - 2095 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 588 - - 1308 - - 1552 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1719 - - 2198 - - 2695 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 493 - - 784 - - 667 - - 2058 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 205 - - 271 - - 275 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 9 - - 8 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 112 - - 116 - - 106 - - 098 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -1 - - -5 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1355 - - -937 - - -895 - - -2285 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 3074 - - 3136 - - 3590 - - 2890 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13893 - - -11720 - - -10503 - - -12685 ODpotential blCL - - - 15612 - - 13918 - - 13198 - - 13290 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 97 - - 88 - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 31.0 - - 37.6 - - 42.8 - - 39.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 20.2 - - 26.4 - - 29.5 - - 29.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 30.4 - - 36.5 - - 41.8 - - 40.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 19.5 - - 25.8 - - 29.1 - - 29.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 115 - - 188 - - 149 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1119 - - 1598 - - 2095 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 86 - - 51 - - 94 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96198 9 156 11 202 14 222 5 268 96198 89033 11 152 13 199 15 233 9 262 89033 83475 2 293 16 209 19 218 18 264 83475 78844 14 263 10 236 16 225 24 249 78844 74838 16 250 20 263 22 267 26 256 74838 71295 25 267 23 265 25 290 28 283 71295 68097 25 266 30 283 38 291 37 283 68097 65177 26 277 35 281 39 281 39 286 65177 62469 39 297 41 280 42 278 43 285 62469 59831 50 289 44 278 44 281 48 282 59831 57060 50 288 52 287 53 288 50 287 57060 54172 57 292 65 289 65 290 63 290 54172 51426 68 293 72 289 71 289 72 288 51426 48970 78 293 75 289 75 287 76 286 48970 46772 83 292 79 289 79 285 76 288 46772 44773 88 292 83 288 78 285 81 292 44773 42940 91 292 85 288 79 288 84 284 42940 41255 90 291 86 286 82 287 81 281 41255 39702 91 291 84 286 86 287 88 284 39702 38270 96 294 87 290 96 285 99 282 38270 36938 101 294 91 291 96 281 95 278 36938 35649 97 296 92 291 88 280 85 280 35649 34331 87 302 88 290 82 284 83 282 34331 32954 85 303 84 289 80 286 80 279 32954 31521 83 299 78 288 78 283 77 277 31521 30018 75 292 73 286 77 282 75 275 30018 28433 70 286 68 286 71 282 71 276 28433 26768 64 283 57 279 64 279 61 279 26768 25023 58 280 53 278 58 286 55 279 25023 23200 52 277 47 281 50 283 48 276 23200 21308 44 282 40 283 39 278 36 266 21308 19340 34 290 31 281 33 279 31 260 19340 17286 25 290 22 277 27 275 27 258 17286 15186 16 285 18 272 21 264 25 259 15186 13159 14 275 16 271 17 265 22 263 13159 11315 14 266 11 269 11 271 15 264 11315 9684 9 272 6 250 5 234 10 235 9684 8246 5 289 1 257 4 144 10 186 8246 6973 1 321 5 129 7 129 12 134 6973 5851 5 091 9 143 10 140 13 133 5851 4863 10 106 10 129 10 128 9 150 4863 3998 13 117 12 116 11 141 11 153 3998 3241 11 114 13 132 11*130 13 129 3241 2568 15 114 12*125 9*109 14 104 2568 1978 17*113 10*118 8 106 14 098 1978 1487 14*112 10 117 8 106 14 098 1487 1111 14 112 9 116 8 105 13 098 1111 852 13 112 9 116 7 105 11 098 852 695 12 112 8 115 7 104 9 098 695 605 9 112 7 115 6 104 6*098 605 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