DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/29 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.5 - - 54.4 - - 59.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - -2 - - -41 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1040 - - 223 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 590 - - 590 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1640 - - 823 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 879 - - 1916 - - 3008 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 168 - - 46 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 9 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 195 - - 174 - - 180 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2751 - - -3325 - - -6407 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4391 - - 4148 - - 7014 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12669 - - -12072 - - -14092 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14309 - - 12895 - - 14699 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 70 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 51.5 - - 54.4 - - 59.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 34.8 - - 38.6 - - 31.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 51.3 - - 54.5 - - 61.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 33.6 - - 37.4 - - 30.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 57 - - -2 - - -41 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1040 - - 223 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 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] 96435 21 240 28 241 31 284 96435 89197 14 249 17 273 21 258 89197 83594 20 259 19 301 12 245 83594 78940 16 277 23 283 21 281 78940 74957 19 297 21 274 26 292 74957 71465 21 306 22 267 30 284 71465 68327 29 307 22 277 27 277 68327 65437 39 300 34 293 27 280 65437 62735 43 289 41 291 37 294 62735 60102 47 281 48 286 48 290 60102 57344 52 282 56 279 55 287 57344 54479 61 285 64 281 65 286 54479 51740 74 284 76 281 74 281 51740 49262 81 281 80 280 79 280 49262 47030 80 279 82 279 82 283 47030 45011 77 281 81 276 83 282 45011 43179 79 284 76 276 76 280 43179 41505 80 280 72 281 69 281 41505 39966 75 276 72 281 67 283 39966 38537 66 275 65 273 66 281 38537 37197 58 278 56 271 63 279 37197 35901 55 279 54 273 62 276 35901 34579 58 283 57 278 62 278 34579 33207 69 287 69 284 63 278 33207 31786 74 285 70 282 59 274 31786 30296 70 284 67 281 59 273 30296 28725 64 286 63 281 56 274 28725 27072 60 287 61 281 53 277 27072 25338 57 284 60 281 50 280 25338 23526 54 280 56 282 44 282 23526 21640 53 280 52 283 43 287 21640 19668 53 283 50 282 39 288 19668 17607 50 283 48 274 47 274 17607 15499 45 279 49 269 50 272 15499 13460 38 274 42 269 42 277 13460 11598 35 265 37 268 38 281 11598 9938 43 248 40 261 33 283 9938 8463 36 241 40 255 32 273 8463 7160 29 238 35 251 36 259 7160 6014 26 230 29 243 32 244 6014 5008 23 223 25 230 29 218 5008 4128 22 222 23 219 27 211 4128 3351 25 226 22 213 25 206 3351 2655 26 218 22 202 24 203 2655 2041 24*206 20 190 23 200 2041 1528 19*196 17 182 21 196 1528 1135 18 195 15 179 19 193 1135 864 16 194 13*177 16 189 864 701 14 193 11*175 12*185 701 607 11 192 8 173 7*180 607 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