DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/14 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 - - - 34.0 - - 36.8 - - 36.8 - - 37.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 61 - - 1 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1362 - - 2089 - - 1423 - - 5 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 - - 589 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1962 - - 2689 - - 2023 - - 605 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 754 - - 1005 - - 1055 - - 1759 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 159 - - 208 - - 74 - - 9 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 11 - - 15 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 091 - - 115 - - 121 - - 091 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 4 - - 8 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -3 - - -1 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -385 - - 802 - - 179 - - -1159 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 2347 - - 1887 - - 1844 - - 1764 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11566 - - 400 - - -10604 - - -11440 ODpotential blCL - - - 13528 - - 2289 - - 12627 - - 12045 blCL maxRH - - - 98 - - 100 - - 101 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 34.0 - - 36.8 - - 36.8 - - 37.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.2 - - 31.1 - - 31.1 - - 32.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 33.7 - - 36.4 - - 36.8 - - 39.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.0 - - 30.1 - - 30.4 - - 31.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 61 - - 1 - - -42 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1362 - - 2089 - - 1423 - - 5 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 92 - - 100 - - 102 - - 38 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96369 7 247 7 225 18 235 19 261 96369 89194 8 192 4 244 9 235 15 273 89194 83632 3 257 9 207 12 251 16 281 83632 79005 12 307 7 308 8 247 10 257 79005 74992 14 306 15 277 15 301 10 304 74992 71431 17 276 17 255 20 274 17 278 71431 68207 18 238 24 271 24 277 19 283 68207 65237 23 282 33 263 32 285 29 290 65237 62471 43 262 47 272 48 273 44 282 62471 59771 30 279 52 269 45 271 41 279 59771 56939 66 306 59 280 50 285 49 288 56939 54014 74 284 68 279 61 280 62 279 54014 51242 73 277 69 273 67 275 66 273 51242 48761 60 280 65 274 68 276 62 273 48761 46539 66 288 68 283 70 282 63 279 46539 44525 87 286 84 285 79 282 78 279 44525 42694 98 280 95 276 89 277 84 274 42694 41023 108 277 101 271 92 273 82 272 41023 39490 114 272 104 265 91 269 84 275 39490 38070 114 268 103 262 85 268 86 275 38070 36738 110 268 100 265 81 268 83 272 36738 35447 107 270 98 269 80 269 81 269 35447 34129 103 274 95 272 80 270 81 269 34129 32755 100 280 92 275 79 271 79 270 32755 31329 100 282 90 277 79 274 76 272 31329 29836 95 281 87 278 76 278 71 272 29836 28266 90 281 81 278 68 277 64 266 28266 26620 84 283 76 277 66 281 57 258 26620 24898 80 281 72 278 62 280 52 257 24898 23097 80 278 69 277 60 275 50 259 23097 21221 81 273 68 275 58 272 48 260 21221 19261 79 269 64 277 56 271 45 259 19261 17216 76 270 56 267 51 271 43 257 17216 15130 67 273 58 258 55 262 44 259 15130 13119 57 279 56 258 56 257 48 265 13119 11286 52 271 51 261 44 256 44 262 11286 9657 49 268 47 255 41 247 34 249 9657 8219 32 283 35 250 39 237 33 235 8219 6949 23 293 22 265 31 222 34 216 6949 5831 14 285 14 284 12 203 33 195 5831 4851 8 269 6 318 10 171 30 168 4851 3991 3 269 5 060 13 147 27 152 3991 3237 4 087 11*109 17 137 28 137 3237 2567 12*100 12*112 18*128 27 123 2567 1978 15*093 11 114 17*124 26 112 1978 1487 14 092 11 116 16 122 24 104 1487 1111 13 091 11 116 15 120 21 098 1111 852 12 090 10 117 13 118 17 094 852 695 11 089 10 118 12 118 14 093 695 605 8 089 8 117 9 116 8*091 605 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