DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/18 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 - - - - - - 43.8 - - 43.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 219 - - 119 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3776 - - 4515 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2985 - - 3211 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4376 - - 5115 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 692 - - 877 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 390 - - 341 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 23 - - 25 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 290 - - 290 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 13 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -6 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1630 - - 1931 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2746 - - 3184 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 967 - - 911 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3409 - - 4204 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 99 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 43.8 - - 43.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.0 - - 32.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.9 - - 43.3 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 32.8 - - 30.9 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 219 - - 119 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3776 - - 4515 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 84 - - 96 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 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] 96900 25 279 30 278 96900 89628 28 241 38 264 89628 84090 24 245 36 251 84090 79494 22 254 33 256 79494 75511 28 261 32 259 75511 71959 30 259 30 245 71959 68727 26 260 27 249 68727 65757 32 264 41 264 65757 62993 48 249 45 246 62993 60280 43 239 47 242 60280 57433 40 245 56 241 57433 54494 49 250 55 241 54494 51701 61 244 53 243 51701 49183 65 241 58 242 49183 46917 67 240 63 241 46917 44855 73 239 72 243 44855 42966 81 238 80 242 42966 41225 88 237 86 241 41225 39611 97 234 91 237 39611 38106 102 231 92 234 38106 36700 102 231 96 236 36700 35358 103 231 110 239 35358 34010 104 229 124 239 34010 32621 104 227 122 234 32621 31185 104 227 115 231 31185 29687 102 228 111 230 29687 28112 100 228 109 231 28112 26457 99 228 107 230 26457 24721 96 227 104 230 24721 22905 93 227 103 231 22905 21013 89 227 103 230 21013 19041 89 230 103 229 19041 16989 91 237 92 233 16989 14915 76 239 66 231 14915 12933 54 234 53 231 12933 11133 52 220 51 238 11133 9534 48 225 51 254 9534 8120 45 243 53 268 8120 6869 42 265 51 277 6869 5776 33 279 30*287 5776 4821 24*288 28*289 4821 3980 24*289 27 289 3980 3236 24 289 26 290 3236 2570 24 290 25 290 2570 1981 23 290 25 290 1981 1490 23 290 24 290 1490 1113 22 291 23 290 1113 853 21 290 21 290 853 696 19 290 19 290 696 606 15 291 15 289 606 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