DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/15 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 - - - - - - 61.2 - - 62.3 - - 55.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 135 - - 62 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3551 - - 4461 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2630 - - 2650 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4151 - - 5061 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1186 - - 1209 - - 4423 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 336 - - 277 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 27 - - 24 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 216 - - 211 - - 256 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 15 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 13 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1027 - - 737 - - -2455 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3124 - - 4324 - - 3061 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1375 - - -242 - - -3812 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5526 - - 5303 - - 4418 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 92 - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 61.2 - - 62.3 - - 55.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 49.0 - - 44.9 - - 44.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 60.6 - - 62.0 - - 56.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 47.7 - - 44.2 - - 43.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 135 - - 62 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3551 - - 4461 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 15 - - 69 - - 70 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 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] 96065 10 165 10 223 17 260 96065 88824 9 060 14 127 14 214 88824 83332 13 069 10 061 8 155 83332 78832 15 030 8 021 4 010 78832 74963 20 334 11 350 9 352 74963 71520 11 320 10 256 11 301 71520 68366 12 325 10 270 14 286 68366 65453 19 274 20 264 23 256 65453 62753 22 255 20 253 21 231 62753 60113 25 259 22 262 14 250 60113 57317 32 247 34 253 26 248 57317 54378 33 235 36 238 32 238 54378 51555 29 237 33 233 36 224 51555 49017 35 238 36 231 38 228 49017 46738 44 235 44 231 41 231 46738 44657 54 235 47 232 47 231 44657 42755 65 238 61 237 62 233 42755 41026 89 239 90 234 91 219 41026 39445 101 228 102 227 105 212 39445 37980 99 225 128 211 103 206 37980 36610 108 225 141 201 108 199 36610 35295 129 220 132 200 117 195 35295 33964 139 209 128 198 126 193 33964 32583 137 205 124 196 127 194 32583 31155 136 205 119 194 119 198 31155 29671 131 210 110 193 98 204 29671 28116 113 217 98 198 84 204 28116 26482 103 222 89 210 77 203 26482 24766 94 223 75 215 74 199 24766 22970 88 225 76 214 71 196 22970 21099 82 232 71 211 67 192 21099 19151 70 233 60 217 59 187 19151 17125 63 229 45 226 49 185 17125 15067 64 222 41 226 36 193 15067 13088 66 219 51 224 27 213 13088 11289 60 223 56 224 29 214 11289 9691 55 227 50 225 29 222 9691 8276 52 229 41 230 28 234 8276 7023 47 233 32 232 29 223 7023 5914 40 241 25*222 29 201 5914 4936 36*235 25*213 24 194 4936 4073 31*224 25 212 20 202 4073 3310 29 217 25 212 17 215 3310 2627 29 215 25 211 15 229 2627 2023 28 214 24 211 15 243 2023 1517 27 214 24 211 15 249 1517 1129 26 213 23 210 14 254 1129 862 25 213 21 210 13 256 862 699 22 212 19 210 11 256 699 606 17 212 14 209 7*256 606 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