DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/27 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 - - - 43.5 - - 55.9 - - 64.8 - - 55.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 14 - - 133 - - 94 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 255 - - 1695 - - 4631 - - 6 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 589 - - 1245 - - 3068 - - 590 Hcrit BL Top - - - 855 - - 2295 - - 5231 - - 606 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 237 - - 928 - - 2929 - - 87 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 69 - - 253 - - 311 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 16 - - 18 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 203 - - 231 - - 228 - - 220 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 6 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 0 - - 2 - - -1 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1336 - - -2068 - - -3890 - - -4418 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2192 - - 4363 - - 9121 - - 5024 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5552 - - -4333 - - -6484 - - -7725 ODpotential blCL - - - 6407 - - 6628 - - 11715 - - 8331 blCL maxRH - - - 69 - - 67 - - 88 - - 52 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 43.5 - - 55.9 - - 64.8 - - 55.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.2 - - 38.9 - - 26.5 - - 35.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 43.5 - - 55.1 - - 64.2 - - 58.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.2 - - 37.8 - - 25.7 - - 35.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 14 - - 133 - - 94 - - -46 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 255 - - 1695 - - 4631 - - 6 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 51 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - 3 - - 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] 96648 22 095 10 102 9 109 9 073 96648 89467 22 092 15 128 7 106 10 085 89467 83868 14 100 13 119 9 168 4 133 83868 79180 9 128 4 208 4 184 1 248 79180 75121 7 073 6 174 10 231 14 270 75121 71530 5 334 8 230 12 233 16 258 71530 68260 15 290 14 263 18 254 19 244 68260 65223 28 275 27 277 24 273 20 283 65223 62403 27 276 33 274 38 274 37 278 62403 59689 23 270 34 272 38 260 40 264 59689 56861 29 298 34 269 33 285 32 272 56861 53925 36 294 35 269 43 288 37 280 53925 51115 40 290 38 271 47 272 44 286 51115 48577 47 283 47 269 45 270 55 288 48577 46311 52 288 48 276 52 288 62 284 46311 44280 57 280 61 280 64 286 61 284 44280 42442 54 281 60 281 63 279 58 283 42442 40765 62 288 57 283 59 277 60 282 40765 39227 67 281 58 283 61 279 63 279 39227 37807 61 285 59 288 64 281 65 275 37807 36482 62 303 65 292 66 282 65 273 36482 35204 81 312 68 294 67 281 66 273 35204 33901 81 305 69 295 68 279 66 274 33901 32544 80 301 69 293 69 277 66 274 32544 31133 81 303 68 287 70 277 65 274 31133 29656 79 304 69 285 70 278 65 276 29656 28100 75 302 72 288 69 280 65 279 28100 26468 72 299 72 291 68 285 66 282 26468 24760 73 295 69 292 65 290 66 285 24760 22977 74 294 66 291 62 291 66 287 22977 21121 74 296 64 288 60 292 65 287 21121 19188 68 301 62 285 62 293 60 286 19188 17177 64 305 57 287 58 291 51 286 17177 15134 52 299 51 289 47 285 46 279 15134 13170 42 294 44 285 49 271 45 264 13170 11386 30 286 48 288 54 266 41 264 11386 9802 27 275 47 294 47 264 34 264 9802 8390 28 272 38 303 42 260 31 257 8390 7132 29 271 27 297 34 253 32 258 7132 6011 25 262 25 277 25*247 31 256 6011 5016 23 251 29 271 22*237 32 259 5016 4138 24 247 28 270 20 230 32 262 4138 3360 25 242 26 267 19 227 31 262 3360 2663 23 234 22*254 18 226 30 261 2663 2046 19 219 17*233 18 225 29 257 2046 1531 20 205 17 231 17 225 26 250 1531 1136 20*204 16 231 16 224 23 240 1136 865 16*203 15 230 16 224 19 230 865 700 14 203 14 230 14 224 15 226 700 606 9 202 11 230 11 224 6*220 606 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