DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/16 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 - - - - - - 24.4 - - 25.5 - - 20.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 53 - - 30 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3298 - - 2097 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1528 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3898 - - 2697 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2948 - - 3601 - - 3943 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 235 - - 170 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 31 - - 28 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 318 - - 311 - - 287 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 20 - - 16 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1986 - - 1109 - - -761 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1912 - - 1588 - - 1366 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 906 - - 405 - - -1237 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2992 - - 2292 - - 1841 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 100 - - 101 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 24.4 - - 25.5 - - 20.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 18.1 - - 20.8 - - 16.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 24.2 - - 25.4 - - 20.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 17.1 - - 19.8 - - 16.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 53 - - 30 - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3298 - - 2097 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 100 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96605 18 259 10 248 23 259 96605 89413 9 248 6 252 11 258 89413 83836 6 255 6 245 11 298 83836 79191 2 280 3 195 11 302 79191 75188 1 076 0 197 5 305 75188 71626 7 021 5 299 8 315 71626 68375 10 310 5 278 10 293 68375 65367 12 279 17 277 17 276 65367 62557 15 266 21 272 20 263 62557 59811 14 263 25 267 21 251 59811 56918 23 259 24 252 22 244 56918 53882 36 246 27 250 22 249 53882 50960 41 237 33 251 25 256 50960 48322 39 229 34 250 28 258 48322 45963 39 228 35 248 28 257 45963 43824 38 227 33 244 30 256 43824 41868 36 223 29 237 31 254 41868 40064 33 227 25 233 30 254 40064 38392 32 233 23 235 29 255 38392 36835 33 231 23 237 27 255 36835 35380 34 225 24 232 24 253 35380 33984 35 220 25 227 22 252 33984 32575 37 213 26 230 21 253 32575 31128 40 211 26 235 20 265 31128 29647 44 213 28 231 22 276 29647 28125 44 211 29 226 22 280 28125 26566 40 207 26 236 28 275 26566 24979 25 216 22 258 25 263 24979 23337 19 231 26 287 20 270 23337 21623 21 287 22 295 18 280 21623 19841 22 297 23 321 24 286 19841 17989 18 297 28 323 28 293 17989 16074 15 280 32 321 34 303 16074 14140 26 313 45 325 36 297 14140 12289 42 314 44 330 33 298 12289 10609 42 324 47 335 32 307 10609 9115 51 333 45 334 32 311 9115 7786 47 331 38 336 30 313 7786 6605 40 326 34 329 26 325 6605 5559 39 324 34 318 30 323 5559 4641 38*323 34 317 35 319 4641 3833 36*322 34 316 36 315 3833 3120 36 321 33*314 37 309 3120 2482 33 319 32*313 36 303 2482 1918 31 317 31 312 34 298 1918 1449 29 317 29 310 31 294 1449 1088 27 316 27 309 27 291 1088 840 25 315 24 309 23 289 840 690 22 315 21 308 20 288 690 604 16 315 16 308 14*287 604 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