DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/10 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 - - - 0654z - - 0955z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 65.4 - - 73.1 - - 79.6 - - 68.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 44 - - 195 - - 145 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 662 - - 2866 - - 4549 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 591 - - 2246 - - 3320 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1262 - - 3466 - - 5149 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 729 - - 1267 - - 2008 - - 1627 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 132 - - 338 - - 357 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 13 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 5 - - 17 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 225 - - 185 - - 192 - - 156 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 7 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 1 - - 12 - - 18 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -148 - - -115 - - -849 - - -131 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1410 - - 3581 - - 5998 - - 739 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3669 - - -2824 - - -3074 - - -2035 ODpotential blCL - - - 4931 - - 6290 - - 8223 - - 2643 blCL maxRH - - - 90 - - 85 - - 82 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 620 - - 820 - - 860 - - 2190 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.4 - - 73.1 - - 79.6 - - 68.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 61.0 - - 59.2 - - 55.2 - - 66.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 65.0 - - 71.8 - - 78.7 - - 69.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 60.3 - - 58.6 - - 54.8 - - 66.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 44 - - 195 - - 145 - - -31 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 662 - - 2866 - - 4549 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 59 - - 40 - - 27 - - 55 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 11 - - 10 - - 8 - - 14 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] 96385 13 287 11 314 9 262 24 279 96385 89304 3 335 8 258 9 303 13 298 89304 83826 5 133 6 214 7 303 9 298 83826 79277 7 199 15 246 17 280 10 310 79277 75328 10 238 11 232 20 253 16 276 75328 71815 18 273 14 264 19 244 25 245 71815 68640 30 271 32 271 28 265 26 253 68640 65733 38 252 42 251 40 263 29 259 65733 63023 39 267 44 251 49 254 38 251 63023 60378 51 264 50 257 52 252 44 251 60378 57606 59 250 56 257 55 254 53 255 57606 54715 64 247 61 257 67 257 60 259 54715 51930 66 256 69 259 72 259 68 260 51930 49417 73 262 79 259 76 260 75 258 49417 47174 85 258 90 253 80 256 87 259 47174 45154 82 252 87 245 88 259 104 255 45154 43329 72 258 74 249 93 254 102 253 43329 41666 75 268 75 265 88 257 94 256 41666 40130 79 269 91 268 94 260 97 260 40130 38691 78 268 97 265 100 259 104 258 38691 37331 75 266 89 261 98 256 107 255 37331 36015 72 263 77 258 93 254 107 254 36015 34677 72 262 74 257 87 253 100 252 34677 33290 68 265 71 256 81 254 92 251 33290 31854 65 265 64 257 77 254 85 249 31854 30354 62 259 61 257 73 253 82 249 30354 28776 62 257 61 257 68 251 78 249 28776 27118 58 256 62 258 65 252 74 250 27118 25382 49 250 62 259 62 254 70 253 25382 23571 43 249 60 258 59 252 58 252 23571 21688 40 250 57 259 56 252 53 247 21688 19723 37 252 53 256 55 254 54 250 19723 17675 38 255 45 251 50 254 46 251 17675 15588 36 264 39 250 47 253 39 248 15588 13575 31 269 35 251 45 248 42 246 13575 11739 24 267 28 249 39 241 45 237 11739 10099 20 267 22 242 37 231 48 233 10099 8635 19 260 20 236 37 228 49 228 8635 7329 18 256 20 228 32 225 47 226 7329 6168 17 250 21 223 25*215 42 222 6168 5140 19 239 20 213 20*200 39 214 5140 4233 22 238 16*211 18 193 37 207 4233 3432 21 246 9*202 18 192 38 200 3432 2716 20 251 6 193 17 191 39 190 2716 2084 20 245 5 182 17 191 36 183 2084 1556 18*234 4 176 16 191 31 178 1556 1151 13*226 3 167 16 190 25 173 1151 873 12 225 3 162 15 190 18 166 873 704 11 224 3 160 14 190 14*163 704 608 8 223 2 159 11 190 7*156 608 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