DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/25 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 - - - 29.5 - - 35.6 - - 39.6 - - 33.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 124 - - 320 - - 217 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1564 - - 2565 - - 2973 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 1063 - - 2196 - - 2353 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2164 - - 3165 - - 3573 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 586 - - 820 - - 879 - - 2714 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 237 - - 380 - - 350 - - 4 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 18 - - 17 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 297 - - 293 - - 295 - - 306 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 7 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - -3 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -178 - - -971 - - -2736 - - -4253 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2342 - - 4136 - - 6310 - - 4858 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7679 - - -7437 - - -9046 - - -11934 ODpotential blCL - - - 9843 - - 10602 - - 12619 - - 12539 blCL maxRH - - - 86 - - 74 - - 56 - - 49 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 29.5 - - 35.6 - - 39.6 - - 33.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.4 - - 19.5 - - 13.9 - - 14.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 28.9 - - 34.2 - - 38.4 - - 35.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.3 - - 18.6 - - 13.5 - - 13.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 124 - - 320 - - 217 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1564 - - 2565 - - 2973 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 43 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 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] 96494 20 077 14 081 13 092 14 057 96494 89342 13 066 10 107 7 094 8 066 89342 83749 9 062 14 117 3 201 8 349 83749 79070 11 286 1 122 7 236 7 332 79070 75011 16 283 13 286 10 254 6 315 75011 71392 19 271 22 286 15 289 15 293 71392 68101 24 282 22 293 27 306 25 310 68101 65060 37 277 38 288 43 282 41 296 65060 62244 41 284 43 281 48 268 47 284 62244 59519 42 293 42 280 42 275 43 277 59519 56662 46 300 42 289 41 290 41 281 56662 53677 57 300 53 298 51 294 45 289 53677 50818 65 296 62 298 60 296 56 295 50818 48253 69 292 71 297 70 294 65 296 48253 45966 75 291 79 292 78 291 72 293 45966 43906 82 288 86 287 85 286 76 285 43906 42029 86 285 92 285 90 282 76 281 42029 40299 86 287 93 283 94 279 78 279 40299 38692 93 290 96 284 95 278 80 279 38692 37194 105 291 104 286 94 279 79 281 37194 35792 112 290 115 286 97 280 82 285 35792 34450 116 291 120 285 101 281 87 288 34450 33101 119 292 122 286 104 280 91 287 33101 31718 120 293 124 287 107 279 93 283 31718 30305 115 293 127 287 108 278 91 279 30305 28843 106 291 125 286 109 276 83 278 28843 27323 99 288 120 284 109 273 84 283 27323 25741 91 289 113 283 107 271 95 285 25741 24086 76 289 108 283 104 272 100 285 24086 22351 68 288 98 285 100 275 96 288 22351 20541 67 287 87 286 89 278 82 287 20541 18656 67 289 78 287 86 280 66 286 18656 16694 65 291 67 287 82 285 65 291 16694 14689 63 290 58 286 73 289 67 293 14689 12755 58 289 56 288 57 285 67 298 12755 10993 54 291 52 288 52 283 64 302 10993 9429 52 294 49 290 49 286 50 296 9429 8045 52 293 48 291 48 290 45 296 8045 6816 52 293 48 291 47 294 42 300 6816 5728 51 292 45 292 43 295 37 299 5728 4770 47 291 37 291 34 293 29 292 4770 3932 41 293 29 288 22*290 22 286 3932 3196 31 302 20*290 18*292 14 279 3196 2540 22*303 19*291 18 293 13 288 2540 1960 19*298 19 292 18 295 12 294 1960 1476 18 297 18 294 17 295 12 299 1476 1104 18 297 18 295 16 296 11 302 1104 849 16 296 17 295 16 297 10 305 849 694 15 296 15 295 14 297 8 305 694 605 11 296 13 296 12 297 4*306 605 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