DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/04 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 - - - - - - 23.7 - - 24.2 - - 22.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 22 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2143 - - 2044 - - 4 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 588 - - 588 - - 588 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2743 - - 2644 - - 604 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 797 - - 708 - - 2894 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 195 - - 149 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 12 - - 14 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 007 - - 331 - - 356 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 907 - - 569 - - -976 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1836 - - 2075 - - 1580 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 688 - - 276 - - -1667 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2055 - - 2368 - - 2271 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 101 - - 99 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 23.7 - - 24.2 - - 22.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 18.4 - - 17.7 - - 18.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 23.3 - - 23.9 - - 24.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 17.3 - - 16.7 - - 17.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 50 - - 22 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2143 - - 2044 - - 4 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 97 - - 53 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] 95789 47 251 43 249 46 258 95789 88666 35 285 34 266 35 269 88666 83206 21 269 29 273 30 273 83206 78654 18 272 28 277 28 271 78654 74706 23 288 25 275 27 285 74706 71205 24 290 24 286 34 294 71205 68023 26 295 25 285 32 291 68023 65076 31 292 25 279 31 294 65076 62318 33 288 29 281 32 293 62318 59623 32 294 32 281 31 289 59623 56802 35 302 30 283 29 296 56802 53871 34 293 29 294 31 307 53871 51061 28 281 28 295 34 310 51061 48519 24 292 24 297 33 307 48519 46235 26 308 24 312 29 310 46235 44164 29 313 27 322 30 323 44164 42270 29 313 31 324 32 333 42270 40531 26 313 33 324 34 340 40531 38925 22 315 33 326 36 347 38925 37443 19 322 31 331 41 359 37443 36070 19 327 30 343 50 012 36070 34761 20 332 33 357 63 016 34761 33444 22 324 38 006 71 016 33444 32083 23 311 43 013 75 018 32083 30672 26 300 45 017 75 021 30672 29194 28 292 43 015 75 025 29194 27636 27 287 35 008 75 028 27636 26000 24 296 28 356 67 031 26000 24293 21 314 23 336 50 025 24293 22523 20 316 21 331 37 013 22523 20685 19 321 21 333 30 007 20685 18767 19 328 24 336 26 001 18767 16765 19 333 24 341 23 353 16765 14722 19 323 18 339 19 340 14722 12755 18 327 16 324 17 330 12755 10970 15 328 17 325 16 330 10970 9388 10 324 15 328 14 337 9388 7990 9 336 14 329 12 337 7990 6755 8 354 13 336 13 341 6755 5664 8 011 12 342 15 344 5664 4705 9 010 9 349 17 341 4705 3871 7 013 6 342 17 325 3871 3146 4*015 3*332 13 327 3146 2501 4*012 2*331 9 334 2501 1932 3 009 2 333 7 342 1932 1457 3 007 2 331 6 348 1457 1093 3 003 2 330 5 353 1093 843 3 003 2 327 4 354 843 691 2 001 2 332 4 354 691 604 2 002 1 330 3*356 604 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