DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/23 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 - - - - - - 28.0 - - 30.4 - - 25.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 354 - - 202 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3389 - - 3572 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2843 - - 2752 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3989 - - 4172 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 735 - - 803 - - 3754 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 428 - - 361 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 14 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 340 - - 341 - - 342 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -883 - - -1563 - - -3608 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4872 - - 5735 - - 4212 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10420 - - -11194 - - -13437 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 14409 - - 15366 - - 14041 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 82 - - 70 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 28.0 - - 30.4 - - 25.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 9.0 - - 7.5 - - 9.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 26.4 - - 29.3 - - 26.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 8.5 - - 7.0 - - 9.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 354 - - 202 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3389 - - 3572 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 29 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96595 24 080 18 098 13 071 96595 89426 17 100 12 091 10 072 89426 83834 13 130 6 072 8 050 83834 79150 10 131 1 185 7 014 79150 75095 8 098 5 205 11 300 75095 71516 5 346 4 220 11 267 71516 68259 12 313 8 313 8 283 68259 65242 13 298 14 299 15 286 65242 62434 9 304 14 284 18 290 62434 59700 14 306 18 300 19 304 59700 56829 26 304 23 302 29 312 56829 53840 28 300 31 301 33 303 53840 50984 35 305 33 303 33 305 50984 48413 42 306 38 309 40 303 48413 46114 41 308 45 309 45 309 46114 44045 43 309 49 308 52 312 44045 42170 45 313 50 313 51 316 42170 40453 48 321 49 320 67 324 40453 38874 54 325 59 327 78 320 38874 37414 59 328 72 325 80 324 37414 36050 67 331 78 325 91 329 36050 34741 72 333 83 330 103 330 34741 33420 74 334 88 331 113 330 33420 32057 75 334 85 331 118 330 32057 30651 75 334 80 330 110 327 30651 29191 75 335 78 328 100 324 29191 27661 75 337 75 327 92 326 27661 26053 74 339 72 326 86 331 26053 24364 73 341 70 324 78 331 24364 22593 72 342 66 322 77 331 22593 20747 68 345 61 324 65 330 20747 18821 61 344 58 325 57 329 18821 16812 56 343 55 330 47 329 16812 14766 52 342 49 337 44 333 14766 12791 47 343 46 339 43 335 12791 10991 43 346 41 337 38 335 10991 9394 39 349 37 337 35 333 9394 7986 36 352 33 340 31 330 7986 6746 30 354 30 344 25 334 6746 5657 26 353 23 349 19 333 5657 4709 21*345 15*339 15 316 4709 3884 18*341 15*340 12 324 3884 3159 18 341 15 341 11 333 3159 2511 18 341 14 341 11 338 2511 1939 18 340 14 341 11 340 1939 1461 18 340 14 342 11 343 1461 1095 17 340 14 341 11 344 1095 844 16 340 13 342 9 345 844 692 15 340 12 342 7 344 692 604 12 339 10 342 4*342 604 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