DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/30 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 - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.7 - - 58.9 - - 49.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - -21 - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5911 - - 6689 - - 572 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 4181 - - 590 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6511 - - 7289 - - 1172 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2830 - - 2573 - - 3278 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 364 - - 177 - - 87 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 2 - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 19 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 243 - - 267 - - 342 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 10 - - 8 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 32 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 578 - - 1623 - - 130 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5933 - - 5667 - - 1042 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -459 - - 195 - - -323 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6970 - - 7094 - - 1495 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 60 - - 110 - - 90 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.7 - - 58.9 - - 49.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 32.8 - - 36.2 - - 47.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 56.0 - - 59.7 - - 49.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.6 - - 35.2 - - 46.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 107 - - -21 - - 13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5911 - - 6689 - - 572 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - 7 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] 97337 14 249 25 264 17 264 97337 89930 13 229 16 248 15 271 89930 84308 13 205 6 248 11 267 84308 79659 1 260 6 181 6 255 79659 75644 4 314 6 214 5 312 75644 72080 2 166 3 239 3 328 72080 68836 5 015 6 260 9 276 68836 65828 5 312 6 237 14 237 65828 63023 10 272 9 253 11 237 63023 60283 16 243 21 252 21 265 60283 57403 15 235 26 231 24 260 57403 54403 28 273 30 267 26 265 54403 51534 38 266 38 267 37 274 51534 48958 42 262 39 269 46 270 48958 46660 42 266 48 274 50 274 46660 44579 45 271 57 273 55 274 44579 42669 50 273 58 273 59 272 42669 40907 54 274 59 276 61 273 40907 39275 57 276 63 275 65 275 39275 37756 62 278 67 273 71 276 37756 36336 67 277 71 271 76 275 36336 34978 70 274 74 270 78 274 34978 33618 70 273 72 270 82 273 33618 32230 72 275 70 272 83 272 32230 30811 76 277 72 276 81 272 30811 29340 79 280 74 277 82 273 29340 27796 80 282 74 276 82 273 27796 26177 72 283 73 278 79 275 26177 24488 62 284 64 282 69 275 24488 22729 54 285 54 280 58 275 22729 20903 50 287 49 278 51 275 20903 19002 50 289 50 280 48 275 19002 17017 49 287 50 280 41 271 17017 14990 51 285 46 278 25 265 14990 13033 43 293 35 278 24 261 13033 11250 31 298 24 272 23 263 11250 9663 25 289 21 269 24 267 9663 8253 20 281 19*266 24 268 8253 7001 16*270 19*266 23 267 7001 5890 14*261 19 267 21 267 5890 4909 12 252 19 267 18 271 4909 4047 12 248 20 267 16 278 4047 3288 10 241 20 267 14 287 3288 2608 10 238 20 267 12 297 2608 2008 9 234 20 266 10 309 2008 1507 9 231 20 266 9*329 1507 1123 8 229 19 266 9*338 1123 858 8 229 17 266 8 342 858 698 7 228 15 266 8 344 698 606 6 226 11 266 6 345 606 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