DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/14 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 - - - - - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.8 - - 74.2 - - 73.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - -1 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2927 - - 1095 - - 8 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1737 - - 592 - - 592 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3527 - - 1695 - - 608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2064 - - 3128 - - 2159 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 255 - - 111 - - 13 W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 18 - - 20 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 222 - - 224 - - 190 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 11 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 10 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1235 - - 209 - - -1214 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2292 - - 1486 - - 1822 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 134 - - -871 - - -5253 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3393 - - 2566 - - 5861 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 96 - - 100 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 2600 - - 3210 - - 2430 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.8 - - 74.2 - - 73.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 67.4 - - 69.2 - - 67.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.5 - - 74.3 - - 75.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 66.0 - - 68.5 - - 66.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - -1 - - -40 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2927 - - 1095 - - 8 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 82 - - 100 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 15 - - 14 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] 96676 21 270 28 288 18 288 96676 89452 16 266 23 278 26 289 89452 83980 17 286 19 261 31 281 83980 79447 15 277 19 281 23 274 79447 75535 14 266 17 261 17 257 75535 72051 16 249 15 239 17 236 72051 68859 16 260 13 254 20 238 68859 65898 22 250 22 254 21 248 65898 63152 26 239 29 249 25 263 63152 60484 25 247 34 255 29 261 60484 57680 36 262 37 258 39 257 57680 54777 42 262 44 257 46 257 54777 52026 57 256 55 254 52 250 52026 49550 61 254 59 252 55 247 49550 47331 63 255 58 255 67 259 47331 45342 73 254 65 260 82 262 45342 43557 83 250 83 259 91 262 43557 41933 84 246 90 259 95 262 41933 40426 80 244 82 258 95 262 40426 39005 79 246 69 253 91 261 39005 37658 78 248 65 251 88 260 37658 36347 77 251 61 250 85 257 36347 35010 75 253 58 251 82 255 35010 33615 73 254 53 251 78 255 33615 32166 74 255 48 251 75 256 32166 30648 75 256 48 252 71 257 30648 29049 76 255 52 255 70 259 29049 27370 67 252 56 254 67 260 27370 25612 57 251 57 251 62 260 25612 23777 51 252 54 249 56 259 23777 21869 52 256 51 250 51 253 21869 19878 48 256 50 257 50 253 19878 17801 41 252 47 263 54 261 17801 15692 37 254 42 259 51 265 15692 13664 34 254 41 251 43 261 13664 11819 31 261 41 243 41 253 11819 10171 28 260 41 237 42 244 10171 8701 27 257 39 231 44 238 8701 7387 25 253 36 225 44 233 7387 6216 19 235 32 221 42 228 6216 5178 20 225 29 218 38 219 5178 4264 20*224 27 218 36 210 4264 3457 20*223 26 218 35 206 3457 2735 19 222 25 220 33 202 2735 2098 19 222 25*221 30 200 2098 1566 18 221 24*223 26 199 1566 1158 18 221 22 224 23 197 1158 876 17 221 20 224 18 195 876 706 15 220 17 225 14 193 706 608 12 220 13 226 7*190 608 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