DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/05 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 - - - - - - 24.7 - - 28.5 - - 28.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - 5 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 551 - - 562 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1151 - - 1162 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 561 - - 1322 - - 1410 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 119 - - 63 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 13 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 203 - - 206 - - 198 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -879 - - -338 - - -460 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2030 - - 1500 - - 1064 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -12391 - - -8222 - - -2793 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 13542 - - 9384 - - 3397 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.7 - - 28.5 - - 28.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 18.2 - - 24.3 - - 26.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 24.4 - - 28.6 - - 29.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 17.4 - - 23.8 - - 25.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 43 - - 5 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 551 - - 562 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 95684 61 249 60 248 60 262 95684 88688 38 273 39 275 39 285 88688 83291 30 290 37 263 33 289 83291 78743 20 296 32 269 39 292 78743 74786 23 309 29 272 35 296 74786 71277 29 311 24 285 30 304 71277 68098 27 308 29 299 35 305 68098 65170 31 312 30 304 33 298 65170 62429 35 305 31 311 29 296 62429 59738 32 306 34 310 32 318 59738 56921 39 317 40 318 43 325 56921 54007 47 321 47 320 47 324 54007 51215 43 328 45 321 50 330 51215 48684 52 343 45 333 54 336 48684 46403 65 337 54 339 59 335 46403 44330 64 331 61 336 68 332 44330 42434 60 327 67 329 75 328 42434 40695 59 328 70 320 73 326 40695 39090 64 334 69 319 73 329 39090 37596 74 339 64 323 74 331 37596 36197 86 340 63 337 79 335 36197 34860 97 339 70 344 90 337 34860 33517 103 339 87 343 92 336 33517 32138 110 341 97 334 88 334 32138 30729 117 342 93 327 81 330 30729 29269 117 344 84 332 77 327 29269 27733 113 346 84 338 74 327 27733 26118 96 339 88 338 67 330 26118 24421 87 331 92 338 64 337 24421 22643 84 327 94 337 59 338 22643 20790 75 324 89 339 60 330 20790 18858 62 322 75 339 65 332 18858 16850 54 318 55 337 63 337 16850 14808 48 314 43 332 50 332 14808 12846 44 316 39 322 39 326 12846 11067 45 324 37 310 33 323 11067 9485 37 299 35 308 36 319 9485 8077 28 284 36 305 37 319 8077 6826 26 284 35 289 29 325 6826 5720 27 279 28 281 26 313 5720 4755 25 267 27 281 27 287 4755 3918 27 257 28 270 25 272 3918 3182 30 247 26 254 22 264 3182 2524 29 238 24 239 21 242 2524 1946 27 220 20 223 25 221 1946 1466 24*213 17*211 24 207 1466 1098 18*204 16*208 21 203 1098 846 17 203 14 206 17 200 846 693 15 203 12 205 15 199 693 604 11 202 10 204 9*198 604 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