DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/12 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 - - - - - - 79.8 - - 79.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 46 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5081 - - 5827 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3866 - - 3450 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5681 - - 6427 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3648 - - 3652 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 403 - - 289 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 31 - - 32 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 213 - - 206 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 14 - - 17 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -36 - - 49 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5717 - - 6379 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -932 - - -919 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6613 - - 7346 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 93 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 390 - - 170 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 79.8 - - 79.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 56.8 - - 53.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.0 - - 79.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 56.2 - - 53.1 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 181 - - 46 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5081 - - 5827 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 72 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - - 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] 96608 36 263 43 263 96608 89373 41 267 42 270 89373 83847 43 270 44 278 83847 79258 44 270 47 279 79258 75313 40 277 43 277 75313 71838 41 281 35 282 71838 68682 42 279 37 288 68682 65768 45 276 43 283 65768 63060 42 275 42 274 63060 60424 41 279 42 275 60424 57657 41 280 44 275 57657 54782 48 277 50 271 54782 52043 55 269 58 265 52043 49587 59 261 62 253 49587 47393 55 254 51 246 47393 45423 53 269 48 263 45423 43642 75 272 84 259 43642 42014 80 263 86 254 42014 40506 74 254 81 249 40506 39083 72 251 73 241 39083 37731 67 253 72 241 37731 36414 64 252 66 243 36414 35068 59 249 60 248 35068 33665 56 243 57 251 33665 32205 52 240 53 253 32205 30673 49 240 49 251 30673 29060 45 241 45 252 29060 27365 38 239 41 257 27365 25587 34 242 40 252 25587 23734 38 246 36 259 23734 21814 47 240 42 248 21814 19820 45 232 44 234 19820 17746 34 232 41 224 17746 15630 36 229 42 230 15630 13588 36 220 43 233 13588 11732 34 212 39 226 11732 10087 35 211 36 214 10087 8628 35 215 36 211 8628 7328 34 218 35*210 7328 6173 34*218 34*209 6173 5148 33*216 34 208 5148 4244 33 215 34 207 4244 3443 32 214 33 206 3443 2726 32 213 32 206 2726 2092 31 212 32 205 2092 1562 30 211 31 205 1562 1156 29 211 29 205 1156 876 28 211 27 205 876 706 25 210 23 204 706 608 19 210 17 204 608 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