DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/10 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 - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 47.0 - - 48.5 - - 40.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 178 - - 132 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1538 - - 2221 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1253 - - 1570 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2138 - - 2821 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 526 - - 679 - - 2683 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 265 - - 269 - - 6 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 336 - - 327 - - 333 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -966 - - -527 - - -1583 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3104 - - 3349 - - 2190 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -10091 - - -7579 - - -7818 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12229 - - 10400 - - 8424 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 80 - - 90 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 47.0 - - 48.5 - - 40.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 35.6 - - 36.0 - - 33.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 46.1 - - 47.8 - - 41.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 34.8 - - 35.7 - - 32.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 178 - - 132 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1538 - - 2221 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 20 - - 58 - - 35 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96336 8 022 27 017 20 014 96336 89380 18 041 19 014 23 007 89380 83936 23 021 13 350 22 006 83936 79371 22 013 8 345 14 352 79371 75391 16 356 11 349 14 345 75391 71830 13 340 14 337 15 328 71830 68582 14 311 16 333 11 310 68582 65595 18 297 19 302 16 304 65595 62833 19 298 19 278 21 296 62833 60153 24 292 28 285 31 293 60153 57359 33 282 33 268 39 275 57359 54459 37 282 37 273 43 273 54459 51679 45 274 50 276 58 274 51679 49173 52 272 61 280 64 274 49173 46920 57 271 72 275 70 278 46920 44864 70 269 79 269 80 274 44864 42974 78 274 81 267 85 274 42974 41233 85 276 83 272 91 273 41233 39636 89 274 97 274 101 273 39636 38168 91 271 101 271 105 272 38168 36810 89 268 98 268 104 270 36810 35506 88 266 97 266 103 267 35506 34177 87 266 95 263 97 268 34177 32793 85 269 92 263 94 272 32793 31355 85 273 91 268 94 272 31355 29850 83 273 90 273 95 273 29850 28267 80 272 86 273 94 274 28267 26605 79 271 84 271 91 272 26605 24865 77 267 86 269 90 270 24865 23050 79 264 86 266 90 271 23050 21158 80 265 85 267 87 271 21158 19186 76 266 80 266 79 271 19186 17135 70 263 69 263 68 271 17135 15049 64 263 61 265 61 267 15049 13045 61 257 58 267 50 267 13045 11233 59 248 47 265 40 280 11233 9633 53 252 39 271 35 300 9633 8215 41 262 35 279 34 310 8215 6956 33 272 28 305 32 314 6956 5840 24 279 23 316 30 320 5840 4856 20 307 21 312 30 325 4856 3994 23 323 20 314 26 323 3994 3241 24 334 18*326 24 318 3241 2573 24*341 18*327 22 322 2573 1983 18*337 18 327 21 327 1983 1491 18 336 18 327 20 332 1491 1113 17 335 17 327 18 334 1113 853 16 335 17 327 14 335 853 696 15 335 15 328 12*334 696 606 12 334 12 328 6*333 606 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