DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/04 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 - - - - - - 46.0 - - 45.7 - - 43.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 34 - - 17 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 988 - - 922 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1588 - - 1522 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 697 - - 390 - - 1171 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 132 - - 102 - - 4 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 8 - - 6 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 116 - - 095 - - 095 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -144 - - 149 - - -123 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1732 - - 1373 - - 729 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -8421 - - 68 - - -388 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10009 - - 1454 - - 994 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 120 - - 90 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 46.0 - - 45.7 - - 43.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 40.8 - - 42.0 - - 42.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 45.7 - - 45.5 - - 43.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 40.5 - - 41.8 - - 42.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 34 - - 17 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 988 - - 922 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 101 - - 101 - - 100 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 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] 96201 26 256 25 260 26 278 96201 89028 24 262 30 264 34 260 89028 83491 20 259 29 256 32 270 83491 78898 31 270 37 269 42 272 78898 74951 31 257 36 265 37 282 74951 71474 35 271 41 275 50 288 71474 68349 47 279 52 280 53 277 68349 65470 50 277 53 280 48 279 65470 62771 54 274 52 283 53 285 62771 60140 57 273 57 280 61 282 60140 57382 59 273 62 275 66 279 57382 54500 63 276 66 271 70 275 54500 51732 71 276 71 271 75 273 51732 49237 76 272 75 272 77 273 49237 47001 78 269 75 271 76 271 47001 44979 74 270 74 273 74 268 44979 43145 77 265 76 265 72 263 43145 41483 82 262 73 264 67 258 41483 39959 83 258 77 265 67 259 39959 38535 85 254 81 259 75 255 38535 37193 86 252 79 252 80 243 37193 35897 86 251 79 249 86 238 35897 34578 83 251 78 249 91 235 34578 33202 79 254 77 247 90 233 33202 31772 72 256 75 248 85 235 31772 30274 67 256 71 251 80 238 30274 28697 68 253 64 254 74 241 28697 27040 66 251 62 255 67 243 27040 25300 67 260 62 255 62 242 25300 23481 60 263 60 260 55 234 23481 21585 56 258 42 268 51 229 21585 19605 39 257 38 263 48 247 19605 17538 31 253 31 249 37 241 17538 15429 25 259 23 240 36 234 15429 13395 19 274 16 229 27 238 13395 11546 15 252 21 227 21 242 11546 9900 19 240 26 231 23 233 9900 8437 16 233 23 229 32 231 8437 7140 20 232 19 230 35 234 7140 5990 19 229 17 244 34 236 5990 4973 11 216 11 245 31 233 4973 4079 10 184 10 206 23 228 4079 3293 11 160 10 189 12 220 3293 2598 15 130 9 176 6 165 2598 1992 14*114 8*134 9 102 1992 1495 10*115 7*098 12 072 1495 1115 9 115 6 095 9 069 1115 854 8 116 6 095 8 070 854 696 8 117 6 094 6*075 696 606 6 118 5 094 2*095 606 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