DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/24 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 - - - - - - 70.7 - - 73.2 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 75 - - 220 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2898 - - 3863 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1839 - - 3037 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3498 - - 4463 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2492 - - 2824 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 266 - - 389 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 248 - - 300 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 9 - - 2 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1087 - - 155 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2411 - - 4309 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -9 - - -376 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3507 - - 4839 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 82 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 790 - - 380 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 70.7 - - 73.2 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.8 - - 56.1 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.1 - - 71.8 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 60.4 - - 55.5 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 75 - - 220 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2898 - - 3863 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 90 - - 28 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - - 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] 97204 31 225 37 243 97204 89827 23 244 33 230 89827 84167 16 245 17 221 84167 79480 10 242 12 241 79480 75445 5 225 10 253 75445 71894 4 112 6 264 71894 68684 7 022 5 311 68684 65724 11 339 7 328 65724 62973 10 326 12 335 62973 60307 15 315 14 306 60307 57530 10 327 16 325 57530 54639 20 327 17 313 54639 51863 21 299 15 285 51863 49346 17 264 17 271 49346 47086 17 264 24 239 47086 45056 28 251 25 219 45056 43228 31 241 30 213 43228 41576 36 216 39 201 41576 40050 47 198 40 226 40050 38611 43 194 51 227 38611 37259 43 206 56 221 37259 35950 53 220 59 219 35950 34614 58 223 62 218 34614 33221 57 222 63 215 33221 31775 56 219 62 215 31775 30261 54 216 61 218 30261 28666 52 216 62 222 28666 26992 48 221 55 226 26992 25240 48 222 49 226 25240 23413 51 229 43 232 23413 21516 48 240 34 239 21516 19545 30 248 21 233 19545 17498 21 237 15 214 17498 15418 19 232 18 249 15418 13414 21 225 23 248 13414 11586 22 233 20 261 11586 9956 25 238 18 264 9956 8511 25 243 15 261 8511 7230 21 253 13 262 7230 6090 18 257 13 276 6090 5080 16 255 14*294 5080 4188 15*254 15*297 4188 3401 14*251 15 298 3401 2695 13 249 15 300 2695 2070 12 247 15 300 2070 1548 12 247 15 300 1548 1148 11 246 14 301 1148 872 10 246 13 302 872 704 9 245 13 302 704 608 8 245 11 302 608 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