DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/16 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.3 - - 68.1 - - 68.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 55 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2847 - - 2993 - - 7 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2012 - - 1658 - - 591 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3447 - - 3593 - - 607 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1517 - - 1872 - - 4814 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 292 - - 247 - - 10 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 15 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 279 - - 295 - - 331 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - -8 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1430 - - 1201 - - -2301 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2017 - - 2392 - - 2908 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 428 - - 268 - - -3678 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3019 - - 3325 - - 4285 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 95 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1000 - - 700 - - 330 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 68.3 - - 68.1 - - 68.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.2 - - 59.5 - - 57.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 67.7 - - 67.8 - - 69.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.9 - - 58.1 - - 56.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 106 - - 55 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2847 - - 2993 - - 7 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 87 - - 78 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 10 - - 10 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] 96888 24 265 17 255 21 262 96888 89662 18 231 23 264 20 280 89662 84155 17 220 23 245 22 270 84155 79602 16 230 23 223 23 271 79602 75666 9 227 15 224 21 265 75666 72147 13 245 15 249 18 244 72147 68923 26 253 28 256 22 251 68923 65947 33 247 35 249 32 259 65947 63189 32 233 38 240 38 247 63189 60514 29 229 40 233 43 237 60514 57697 40 247 37 232 38 245 57697 54759 56 249 51 253 50 250 54759 51961 61 244 62 250 56 250 51961 49454 56 240 58 243 53 251 49454 47209 50 241 52 239 49 250 47209 45169 50 244 48 242 45 250 45169 43311 52 246 47 247 44 257 43311 41617 54 246 46 247 45 262 41617 40051 53 246 40 253 40 262 40051 38594 51 248 34 260 23 283 38594 37235 48 251 28 261 19 316 37235 35929 43 252 21 261 16 319 35929 34601 41 257 14 259 16 328 34601 33218 40 258 6 274 18 324 33218 31787 36 265 13 299 17 325 31787 30291 36 271 16 282 17 326 30291 28717 36 264 16 279 16 326 28717 27063 23 271 18 295 15 328 27063 25329 27 295 20 295 15 327 25329 23515 32 296 21 291 15 315 23515 21628 36 295 21 288 18 295 21628 19661 38 294 22 288 22 287 19661 17607 36 286 23 290 24 289 17607 15507 36 276 24 293 25 293 15507 13478 34 276 26 293 24 297 13478 11632 29 279 28 293 23 301 11632 9992 23 276 25 292 24 300 9992 8537 21 276 19 282 25 300 8537 7247 21 281 18 274 24 295 7247 6102 23 286 19 277 21 273 6102 5089 23 282 19 281 18 265 5089 4195 22*279 19*284 16 267 4195 3404 22*279 18*289 13 278 3404 2696 22 279 17 293 10 294 2696 2071 21 279 16 295 10 306 2071 1548 20 279 15 297 10 315 1548 1147 19 279 15 299 9 321 1147 871 18 279 14 299 8 325 871 704 16 279 13 299 7 327 704 607 13 278 10 299 4*331 607 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