DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 03/12 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.5 - - 44.9 - - 40.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 180 - - 77 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3516 - - 4190 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2707 - - 2695 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4116 - - 4790 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1560 - - 2017 - - 3305 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 358 - - 294 - - 11 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 286 - - 247 - - 184 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 600 - - 1196 - - -1122 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3516 - - 3594 - - 1729 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1673 - - 198 - - -2319 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5789 - - 4592 - - 2925 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 79 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 40 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.5 - - 44.9 - - 40.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 29.5 - - 31.4 - - 35.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.6 - - 44.5 - - 41.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 28.3 - - 30.2 - - 34.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 180 - - 77 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3516 - - 4190 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 15 - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 96216 4 041 3 318 7 269 96216 89105 6 178 3 285 0 117 89105 83569 9 165 7 223 7 292 83569 78949 9 203 7 186 10 237 78949 74951 16 241 6 256 7 256 74951 71383 27 239 27 249 18 263 71383 68138 27 222 28 250 23 274 68138 65155 24 233 26 250 26 266 65155 62380 22 232 22 269 25 262 62380 59672 25 278 31 279 23 282 59672 56824 39 275 42 276 34 285 56824 53851 56 256 51 265 43 281 53851 50996 57 248 50 261 39 274 50996 48410 54 256 41 262 60 279 48410 46101 55 265 54 281 73 271 46101 44028 60 271 68 272 65 267 44028 42136 66 263 64 268 63 279 42136 40402 59 255 65 280 77 286 40402 38815 56 271 68 288 79 289 38815 37346 73 276 78 289 82 293 37346 35975 72 274 76 292 90 296 35975 34666 61 284 80 304 106 301 34666 33353 67 302 98 310 126 300 33353 31999 87 307 114 312 135 299 31999 30598 101 305 117 313 141 301 30598 29130 117 301 110 310 134 303 29130 27590 126 300 102 304 107 300 27590 25981 124 300 98 300 92 296 25981 24302 111 304 93 296 82 294 24302 22550 95 305 86 293 69 293 22550 20728 81 307 78 303 58 284 20728 18826 75 308 58 306 55 281 18826 16835 73 307 56 297 58 285 16835 14800 67 304 54 292 62 283 14800 12840 52 305 52 292 65 276 12840 11067 40 300 40 294 59 268 11067 9492 34 298 28 277 39 272 9492 8098 33 300 23 265 24 244 8098 6874 31 299 20 262 26 231 6874 5794 27 299 19 254 29 230 5794 4837 21*295 17*249 30 228 4837 3990 18*288 17*248 30 218 3990 3243 17 287 16 247 28 209 3243 2575 17 286 15 247 27 203 2575 1985 17 286 15 247 25 199 1985 1492 16 286 14 246 24 196 1492 1113 15 286 14 246 21 191 1113 853 15 286 13 246 17 188 853 696 14 286 12 246 14*186 696 606 11 286 10 246 8*184 606 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