DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/03 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 37.5 - - 38.6 - - 43.0 - - 41.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 31 - - 20 - - 66 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 621 - - 735 - - 1067 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1221 - - 1335 - - 1667 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 597 - - 596 - - 682 - - 1717 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 110 - - 101 - - 169 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 9 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 2 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 091 - - 108 - - 002 - - 355 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -2 - - -1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -90 - - -62 - - -14 - - -525 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1311 - - 1398 - - 1681 - - 1131 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11364 - - -11141 - - -10447 - - -937 ODpotential blCL - - - 12585 - - 12476 - - 12114 - - 1543 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 100 - - 98 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 20 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 37.5 - - 38.6 - - 43.0 - - 41.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.2 - - 35.0 - - 38.1 - - 38.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 37.1 - - 38.4 - - 42.4 - - 42.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.8 - - 34.5 - - 37.4 - - 38.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 31 - - 20 - - 66 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 621 - - 735 - - 1067 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 101 - - 93 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 96202 16 195 18 232 19 233 23 259 96202 89041 7 244 20 237 22 244 19 266 89041 83514 16 240 23 228 27 241 26 260 83514 78918 20 268 21 242 26 251 30 255 78918 74946 36 271 28 268 26 273 25 278 74946 71442 35 264 41 273 41 286 46 290 71442 68291 38 276 44 270 45 273 40 274 68291 65367 37 267 38 272 38 271 40 278 65367 62635 43 289 47 288 46 288 50 281 62635 59993 58 291 58 288 59 286 60 281 59993 57233 63 283 66 274 65 281 66 282 57233 54358 68 275 70 269 74 278 76 280 54358 51607 71 273 78 269 80 268 80 274 51607 49125 74 275 79 268 80 267 80 271 49125 46897 79 279 77 270 76 269 77 273 46897 44868 87 282 79 271 78 271 82 275 44868 43013 93 276 83 272 85 271 86 272 43013 41324 95 272 85 273 90 272 87 275 41324 39776 98 270 92 270 98 273 95 276 39776 38345 96 269 92 267 98 272 97 270 38345 37008 92 269 91 265 94 270 98 267 37008 35714 91 269 92 265 94 269 100 268 35714 34396 92 268 90 266 93 268 97 270 34396 33025 89 267 86 265 89 267 93 271 33025 31604 83 266 82 264 82 266 86 271 31604 30119 76 264 78 265 78 264 79 271 30119 28556 73 260 71 267 77 266 76 269 28556 26913 71 261 68 268 74 268 72 263 26913 25185 68 266 65 265 69 267 74 261 25185 23371 61 267 65 263 65 262 73 264 23371 21480 53 260 64 265 58 263 66 271 21480 19509 50 250 55 265 51 259 54 275 19509 17447 49 254 51 260 51 257 44 265 17447 15335 41 261 50 254 43 261 42 264 15335 13298 34 266 44 256 41 261 37 266 13298 11445 26 263 35 261 42 260 32 268 11445 9797 21 244 29 276 32 263 25 283 9797 8335 20 221 23 277 22 266 19 282 8335 7039 18 203 19 250 18 263 14 276 7039 5896 15 192 18 244 15 267 11 286 5896 4894 11 181 11 241 12 260 8 313 4894 4022 7 160 8 196 10 263 8 337 4022 3257 4 162 10 186 8 276 9 000 3257 2577 5 177 10 200 5 294 10 023 2577 1983 7 162 7 199 4*348 8 031 1983 1490 7*130 3*144 4*001 7 023 1490 1113 6*094 2*113 4 003 6 018 1113 853 6 091 2 108 4 002 6 011 853 696 5 090 2 106 4 004 5*000 696 606 5 089 2 105 3 002 3*355 606 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