DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/05 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 - - - - - - 42.7 - - 46.6 - - 45.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 124 - - 45 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2927 - - 4345 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2094 - - 2288 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3527 - - 4945 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1077 - - 627 - - 4548 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 299 - - 255 - - 9 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 19 - - 16 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 307 - - 293 - - 268 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1305 - - 1958 - - -919 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2222 - - 2987 - - 1525 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 569 - - 671 - - -1853 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2958 - - 4274 - - 2459 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 99 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.7 - - 46.6 - - 45.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.4 - - 35.9 - - 41.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 42.1 - - 46.4 - - 46.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.2 - - 34.7 - - 40.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 124 - - 45 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2927 - - 4345 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 83 - - 96 - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96623 22 274 26 254 30 278 96623 89361 11 247 14 256 25 269 89361 83863 9 247 11 281 14 250 83863 79284 6 248 11 266 8 257 79284 75311 6 258 10 244 9 288 75311 71790 12 282 13 264 13 263 71790 68592 16 258 18 252 16 252 68592 65625 16 234 21 251 19 259 65625 62856 19 229 23 242 21 252 62856 60166 17 267 24 258 25 278 60166 57363 27 270 33 255 38 269 57363 54451 31 253 35 254 40 257 54451 51639 30 257 39 265 38 265 51639 49084 45 277 49 273 50 278 49084 46786 56 274 60 270 60 276 46786 44699 58 264 61 261 64 270 44699 42783 57 253 60 253 68 267 42783 41016 53 248 59 268 72 268 41016 39384 50 256 66 273 76 270 39384 37870 57 265 75 275 79 274 37870 36466 61 267 77 274 86 278 36466 35126 64 269 72 272 96 279 35126 33773 70 269 69 280 101 279 33773 32377 71 265 75 287 98 282 32377 30943 67 265 80 290 98 286 30943 29460 62 268 80 292 98 290 29460 27913 58 271 76 294 95 294 27913 26296 56 273 70 296 94 296 26296 24603 56 278 67 298 91 297 24603 22830 52 285 63 297 86 298 22830 20983 50 288 58 296 78 299 20983 19054 49 289 55 296 69 298 19054 17041 47 290 50 296 60 298 17041 14995 42 293 41 297 50 299 14995 13025 38 296 36 305 40 301 13025 11234 38 304 33 310 34 305 11234 9640 38 313 31 311 31 314 9640 8225 37 320 28 311 29 320 8225 6971 37 325 25 311 27 316 6971 5862 35 328 21*301 24 305 5862 4888 28 323 19*292 22 294 4888 4032 22*311 18 292 21 289 4032 3276 21*309 18 292 20 288 3276 2599 21 308 16 293 19 286 2599 2001 20 307 16 294 18 284 2001 1503 19 306 15 293 16 282 1503 1120 19 306 14 294 14 280 1120 857 17 306 13 294 12 276 857 697 16 305 12 294 9*273 697 606 12 305 10 294 5*268 606 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