DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/16 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.1 - - 61.1 - - 53.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 171 - - 117 - - -47 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1582 - - 2310 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1266 - - 1557 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2182 - - 2910 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 906 - - 1228 - - 828 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 264 - - 262 - - 5 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 21 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 218 - - 223 - - 196 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -602 - - -1403 - - -2091 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2784 - - 4313 - - 2698 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3123 - - -3460 - - -6610 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5305 - - 6370 - - 7217 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 71 - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.1 - - 61.1 - - 53.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 47.0 - - 44.4 - - 43.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 56.3 - - 60.4 - - 55.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 46.5 - - 44.2 - - 43.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 171 - - 117 - - -47 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1582 - - 2310 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 32 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 6 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] 96773 18 082 19 095 15 093 96773 89675 15 085 15 091 10 095 89675 84103 14 090 5 104 7 066 84103 79416 9 116 5 021 4 074 79416 75365 5 140 4 301 8 007 75365 71777 5 031 5 209 10 311 71777 68527 10 308 6 264 11 286 68527 65538 16 286 14 292 11 301 65538 62766 22 276 22 284 19 289 62766 60071 23 273 23 270 28 277 60071 57248 33 284 37 279 42 275 57248 54331 57 280 57 276 56 279 54331 51565 63 277 60 278 57 281 51565 49069 68 280 64 285 64 289 49069 46820 75 278 73 285 84 285 46820 44793 74 281 85 284 96 281 44793 42963 87 285 95 282 98 283 42963 41299 98 281 103 283 106 287 41299 39769 93 283 112 287 118 288 39769 38344 102 293 117 288 124 288 38344 37001 119 296 115 290 122 288 37001 35697 119 295 114 294 116 288 35697 34368 111 292 111 295 110 290 34368 32983 105 289 103 292 105 291 32983 31547 100 286 97 290 97 290 31547 30047 93 282 94 288 88 288 30047 28473 90 283 90 288 81 286 28473 26822 86 287 83 287 75 283 26822 25093 81 288 77 284 71 284 25093 23288 73 286 73 283 68 284 23288 21408 67 281 70 280 63 281 21408 19449 67 280 71 278 59 277 19449 17403 59 278 66 281 59 279 17403 15317 49 282 45 281 46 285 15317 13309 41 284 38 275 33 279 13309 11478 37 267 40 269 40 279 11478 9848 29 263 35 264 36 271 9848 8405 26 271 28 261 27 269 8405 7126 26 275 24 265 20 261 7126 5993 27 270 26 270 17 259 5993 4991 27 259 28 259 20 260 4991 4109 27 246 29 244 24 252 4109 3334 28 235 27*236 27 238 3334 2641 27*230 23*226 27 224 2641 2030 24*223 23 224 27 218 2030 1521 21 218 22 223 26 212 1521 1130 21 217 21 222 23 207 1130 862 19 216 20 221 19 202 862 699 17 215 18 221 15*200 699 607 14 214 14 221 8*196 607 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