DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/07 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 - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.0 - - 46.0 - - 41.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 60 - - 67 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1476 - - 1557 - - 1383 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 590 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2076 - - 2157 - - 1983 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 829 - - 1145 - - 1396 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 190 - - 198 - - 78 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 23 - - 22 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 275 - - 275 - - 281 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 14 - - 11 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 989 - - 909 - - 700 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1087 - - 1248 - - 1283 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 507 - - 503 - - 220 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1569 - - 1654 - - 1763 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 50.0 - - 46.0 - - 41.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.3 - - 42.7 - - 38.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 49.8 - - 45.7 - - 42.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.5 - - 41.9 - - 38.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 60 - - 67 - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1476 - - 1557 - - 1383 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95535 48 253 53 262 44 272 95535 88483 41 258 43 262 49 264 88483 83104 36 260 38 259 48 265 83104 78649 34 254 38 259 46 265 78649 74812 34 262 40 264 36 257 74812 71421 41 258 43 256 38 262 71421 68325 44 250 48 255 44 264 68325 65447 55 247 50 259 45 259 65447 62758 57 240 62 248 50 262 62758 60137 62 237 64 242 65 259 60137 57397 60 233 67 239 71 249 57397 54553 57 237 63 237 69 234 54553 51821 66 240 63 246 69 237 51821 49338 69 242 74 248 78 243 49338 47096 76 243 78 242 84 245 47096 45047 77 243 79 240 89 246 45047 43163 80 245 88 245 93 247 43163 41430 91 247 103 247 96 245 41430 39831 100 242 110 241 101 244 39831 38341 108 231 109 231 108 242 38341 36943 118 224 109 224 114 236 36943 35605 110 219 113 221 117 230 35605 34264 101 219 117 217 118 228 34264 32881 96 216 115 213 121 229 32881 31445 93 213 116 214 123 227 31445 29936 92 213 115 217 126 226 29936 28342 94 216 111 223 125 227 28342 26671 96 222 107 228 116 228 26671 24927 92 227 100 235 111 237 24927 23110 88 234 90 241 102 241 23110 21220 81 240 83 243 100 247 21220 19252 73 238 82 250 93 252 19252 17206 73 254 80 255 88 261 17206 15126 75 260 72 260 61 260 15126 13127 67 255 57 256 45 247 13127 11306 62 250 50 243 47 238 11306 9684 55 249 52 236 50 246 9684 8244 48 242 57 236 45 263 8244 6970 47 238 59 237 37 275 6970 5845 48 236 57 246 28 281 5845 4856 49 236 47 262 25 292 4856 3993 41 245 31 274 26 289 3993 3239 33 265 27 275 28 283 3239 2571 30*274 26*275 28*282 2571 1982 30*275 26*275 27*282 1982 1490 29 275 25 275 25 281 1490 1113 27 276 24 275 23 281 1113 853 25 276 22 275 20 281 853 696 22 276 19 275 17 280 696 606 16 276 15 275 13 280 606 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